Funded Researchers
Andrew Babbin
- Associate Professor
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Professor Andrew Babbin is a field-going oceanographer, biogeochemist, and climate scientist. He joined the MIT faculty in 2017 in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. His research exploring how microorganisms shape global climate has taken him across the world, sampling lakes in Antarctica, coral reefs in Cuba, anoxic waters in the Pacific, and air in the Galapagos. He is the recipient of numerous recognitions, including an NSF CAREER award and a recent MIT Bose research grant to study shark migrations as a tracer of ocean chemistry.
Photo credit: Andrew Babbin