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  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert B. Gagosian is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with focused subfields in Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

They have contributed recent publications that reflect these fields and topics. A notable paper is titled Molecular characteristics of water-soluble dicarboxylic acids, ω-oxocarboxylic acids, pyruvic acid and α-dicarbonyls in the aerosols from the eastern North Pacific, published in 2020 in Marine Chemistry. This publication aligns with the atmospheric aerosol work typical of their research.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Mir Md. Mozammal Hoque
  • Kimitaka Kawamura
  • Tomohiro Nagayama
  • Bhagawati Kunwar
  • Edward T. Peltzer

The publication venues for their work currently feature Marine Chemistry, reflecting a focus on chemical and environmental marine studies.

Robert B. Gagosian has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2002.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of dissolved organic matter in the Black Sea by fluorescence spectroscopy

    Paula G. Coble;Sarah A. Green;Neil V. Blough;Robert B. Gagosian

  • Implications of ω -oxocarboxylic acids in the remote marine atmosphere for photo-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids

    K. Kawamura;R. B. Gagosian

  • The importance of atmospheric input of terrestrial organic material to deep sea sediments

    Robert B. Gagosian;Edward T. Peltzer

  • Atmospheric transport of continentally derived lipids to the tropical North Pacific

    Robert B. Gagosian;Edward T. Peltzer;Oliver C. Zafiriou

  • Biogeochemistry of particulate organic matter in the oceans: results from sediment trap experiments

    Stuart G. Wakeham;Cindy Lee;John W. Farrington;Robert B. Gagosian

  • The sources and deposition of organic matter in the Late Quaternary Pigmy Basin, Gulf of Mexico

    John P. Jasper;Robert B. Gagosian

  • Organic matter fluxes from sediment traps in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

    Stuart G. Wakeham;John W. Farrington;Robert B. Gagosian;Cindy Lee

  • Long-range transport of terrestrially derived lipids in aerosols from the south Pacific

    Robert B. Gagosian;Edward T. Peltzer;John T. Merrill

  • Marine and terrigenous lipids in coastal sediments from the Peru upwelling region at 15°S: Sterols and triterpene alcohols*

    John K. Volkman;John W. Farrington;Robert B. Gagosian

  • Lipids in aerosols from the tropical North Pacific: Temporal variability

    Robert B. Gagosian;Oliver C. Zafiriou;Edward T. Peltzer;Jane B. Alford

  • Steroid transformations in Recent marine sediments

    Robert B. Gagosian;Steven O. Smith;Cindy Lee;John W. Farrington

  • Sterenes in surface sediments from the southwest African shelf and slope

    Robert B. Gagosian;John W. Farrington

  • Vertical transport of steroid alcohols and ketones measured in a sediment trap experiment in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

    Robert B. Gagosian;Steven O. Smith;Gale E. Nigrelli

  • Air‐to‐sea fluxes of lipids at Enewetak Atoll

    Oliver C. Zafiriou;Robert B. Gagosian;Edward T. Peltzer;Jane B. Alford

  • Sterol geochemistry of sediments from the western North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent coastal areas

    Cindy Lee;John W. Farrington;Robert B. Gagosian

  • The cycling of biogenic compounds and their diagenetically transformed products in seawater

    Robert B. Gagosian;Daniel H. Stuermer

  • Transformation reactions and recycling of carotenoids and chlorins in the Peru upwelling region (15°S, 75°W)

    Daniel J. Repeta;Robert B. Gagosian

  • Glacial–interglacial climatically forced δ 13 C variations in sedimentary organic matter

    John P. Jasper;John P. Jasper;Robert B. Gagosian

  • Particle size distributions of n-alkanes and 210Pb in aerosols off the coast of Peru

    J. K. Schneider;R. B. Gagosian;J. K. Cochran;T. W. Trull

  • Use of microbial enrichments for the study of the anaerobic degradation of cholesterol

    Craig D. Taylor;Steven O. Smith;Robert B. Gagosian

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward T. Peltzer
Edward T. Peltzer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
John W. Farrington
John W. Farrington Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Cindy Lee
Cindy Lee Stony Brook University
Stuart G. Wakeham
Stuart G. Wakeham Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Daniel J. Repeta
Daniel J. Repeta Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John K. Volkman
John K. Volkman Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jelle Atema
Jelle Atema Boston University
Robert A. Duce
Robert A. Duce Texas A&M University

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