Thomas S. Bianchi is an oceanographer and biogeochemist. He is currently a Distinguished Professor, the Jon and Beverly Thompson Endowed Research Chair of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida, and Editor-in-chief of the journal Marine Chemistry.

Thomas S. Bianchi
Alma materUniversity of Maryland (Ph.D.)
State University of New York at Stony Brook (M.A.)
Dowling College (B.A.)
Known forBiogeochemistry, marine chemistry, organic geochemistry, chemical oceanography
AwardsFellow, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Geophysical Union
Fellow, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
Qilu Friendship Award
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida

Early life and education

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Bianchi was born in 1956 in Richmond Hill, New York, and moved to Holbrook in eastern Long Island where he stayed through his early college years. As a child, he was very interested in basketball, largely influenced by his uncle, Al Bianchi, who was a professional basketball player. Bianchi has played drums through much of his life, and became interested in oceanography very early on. He earned his Ph.D. from University of Maryland in 1987.

Research and career

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Bianchi has been a professor at the University of Florida since 2013.[1] Before joining UF, he held full professor positions at Tulane University and Texas A&M University.

Awards and recognition

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Personal life

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Bianchi is the son of Rita and Tom Bianchi and is married to Jo Ann Bianchi (artist). They have a son, Christopher T. Bianchi (video artist).

Books

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Gulf of Mexico: Origin, Waters, and Biota
  • Gulf of Mexico: Origin, Waters, and Biota (Vol. 5, Chemical Oceanography) (published in 2019 by Texas A&M University Press) ISBN 978-1-62349-774-3
  • Deltas and Humans: A Long Relationship Now Threatened by Global Change. Oxford University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-19-976417-4.[9]
  • Biogeochemical Dynamics at Major River-Coastal Interfaces: Linkages with Global Change. Cambridge University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-1-107-02257-7.[10]
  • Chemical Biomarkers in Aquatic Ecosystems. Princeton University Press. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4008-3910-0.[11]
  • Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Springer. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60615-037-5.
  • Biogeochemistry of Estuaries. Oxford University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-534771-5.[12][13]
  • Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. John Wiley & Sons. 1998. ISBN 978-0-471-16174-5.[14][15][16]

Selected publications

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Tom Bianchi has published over 300 articles.

References

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  1. ^ "Dr Thomas Bianchi - Soil and Water Sciences Department - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences". University of Florida.
  2. ^ "Bass Distinguished Scholars". Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellowship G. Evelyn Hutchinson Environmental Postdoctoral Fellowship Osborn Memorial Laboratories, 2023.
  3. ^ "2019 Class of AGU Fellows Announced". AGU Newsroom.
  4. ^ "Geology Professor Honored at AGU Meeting". UF News. 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "OUC Foreign Expert Prof. Thomas Bianchi Wins 2018 Qilu Friendship Award". College of Food Science and Engineering.
  6. ^ "Geochemistry Fellows |". Geochemical Society.
  7. ^ "ASLO Fellows". ASLO.
  8. ^ "UF Faculty in the AAAS - Academic Affairs - University of Florida". Ufl.edu.
  9. ^ Finkl, Charles W. (November 2017). "Deltas and Humans: A Long Relationship Now Threatened by Global Change". Journal of Coastal Research. 336: 1501. doi:10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17A-00008.1. S2CID 135116124.
  10. ^ "Biogeochemical Dynamics at Major River-coastal Interfaces: Linkages with Global Change's page on Publons". Publons.com.
  11. ^ Parrish, Christopher C. (March 2012). "Reviewed Work: Chemical Biomarkers in Aquatic Ecosystems by Bianchi, Thomas S.; Canuel, Elizabeth A." Oceanography. 25 (1): 304–305. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.34. JSTOR 24861171.
  12. ^ Valiela, Ivan (June 2007). "Biogeochemistry of Estuaries by Thomas S Bianchi". The Quarterly Review of Biology (Review). 82 (2): 166–167. doi:10.1086/519627.
  13. ^ Burdige, David J. (2007). "Biogeochemistry of Estuaries". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 88 (52): 581. Bibcode:2007EOSTr..88..581B. doi:10.1029/2007EO520011.
  14. ^ McManus, George B. (2000). "Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico estuaries". Limnology and Oceanography. 45 (2): 524. Bibcode:2000LimOc..45..524M. doi:10.4319/lo.2000.45.2.0524.
  15. ^ Boynton, W.R. (1999). "Review: Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries by T.S. Bianchi, J.R. Pennock, and R.R. Twilley". Gulf of Mexico Science. 17 (1). doi:10.18785/goms.1701.07.
  16. ^ Hitchcock, Gary A. (March 2000). "Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries". Bulletin of Marine Science. 66 (2): 290–304. Bibcode:2000LimOc..45..524M. doi:10.4319/lo.2000.45.2.0524.
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