Curriculum Vita

Ian David WalshIan Walsh


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EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Texas A& M University
May, 1990 (Oceanography)
Dissertation Title: Project CATSTIX: Camera, Transmissometer and Sediment Trap Integration Experiment

M.S., College of Oceanography, Oregon State University
June, 1986 (Marine Geology)
Thesis Title: Resuspension and the Rebound Process: Implications of Sediment Trap Studies in the Northern Pacific

B.S., Case Institute of Technology, Case Western Reserve University
August, 1981 (Geology)

CURRENT POSITION
2005–Present: Vice President of Operations, WET Labs Inc.
2002–2005: Director of Business Development, WET Labs Inc.

OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
1997–2002  Associate Professor - Senior Research, Oregon State University
1991–1997  Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University
1990–1991  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University
1988–1990  University Marine Fellow, Texas A&M University
1986–1988  Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
1981–1985  Graduate Research Assistant, College of Oceanography, Oregon State University

Large Science Programs:
1997–2002  North Water Polynya Program:
1995–2000  ONR Coastal Mixing and Optics ARI
1992–1997  DOE Ocean Margins Program
1991–2002  NSF Polar Programs ARCSS-OAII
1988–2002  NSF JGOFS: Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
1982–1985  Low-Level Waste Disposal
1981–1984  NSF MANOP: Manganese Nodule Project

SHIPBOARD EXPERIENCE:
1981–2001  35 oceanographic cruises, over 570 days at sea

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Particle dynamics, including the use of the particle field to understand basic biogeochemical processes and the influence of physical forcing on those processes.

Carbon fluxes and fates including predictive modeling.

Development of imaging tools (hardware and software) for in-situ measurements of particle abundance and size distribution.

PUBLISHED PAPERS:
Walsh I., J. Dymond and R. Collier, Rates of recycling of biogenic components of fast settling particles derived from sediment trap experiments, Deep-Sea Res., (35):43–58, 1988.

Walsh I., K. Fischer, D. Murray and J. Dymond, Evidence for resuspension of rebound particles from near-bottom sediment traps, Deep-Sea Res., (35):59–70, 1988.

Gardner, W.D. and I.D. Walsh, Distribution of macroaggregates and fine-grained particles across a continental margin and their potential role in fluxes, Deep-Sea Res., (37):401–411, 1990. (Rapid Response Paper)

Gardner, W.D., M.J. Richardson, I.D. Walsh, and B.L. Berglund, In-situ optical sensing of particles for determination of oceanic processes: what satellites can't see, but transmissometers can, Oceanography 3, 11–17, 1990).

Walsh, I.D., Large Aggregate Flux and Fate at the Seafloor: Diagenesis During the Rebound Process. In: Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle, G.T. Rowe and V. Pariente, eds. pp. 365–373, Kluwer Academic 1992.

Smith, C. R., I.D. Walsh and R. A. Jahnke, Adding biology to one-dimensional models of sediment carbon degradation: the multi-B approach, In: Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle, G.T. Rowe and V. Pariente, eds. pp. 395–400, Kluwer Academic, 1992.

Walsh, I.D. and W.D. Gardner, Comparison of large particle camera profiles with sediment trap fluxes, Deep-Sea Res. (39):1817-1834, 1992. (Rapid Response Paper)

Gardner, W. D., I.D. Walsh and M.J. Richardson, Biophysical forcing of particle production and distribution during a spring bloom in the North Atlantic, Deep-Sea Res. II (40):171–195, 1993.

The NEWATER Steering Committee and Principle Investigators.Northeast Water Polynya: Polar Sea Cruise Results, EOS 74, 185, 1993.

Smith, W.O., I.D. Walsh, B.C. Booth and J.W. Deming, Particulate matter and phytoplankton biomass distributions in the Northeast Water polynya during Summer, 1992, J. of Geophys. Res.—Oceans, 100, (C3):4341–4356, 1995.

Walsh, I.D., S.P. Chung, M.J. Richardson and W.D. Gardner, The Diel Cycle in the Integrated Particle Load in the Equatorial Pacific: A Comparison with Primary Production, Deep-Sea Res. II, (42):465–478, 1995.

Gardner, W. D., S.P. Chung, M.J. Richardson and I.D. Walsh, The oceanic mixed-layer pump, Deep-Sea Res. II, (42):757–776, 1995.

Wallace, D.W.R., T.S. Hopkins, W.J. Behrens, F. Bignami, J. Deming, C. Kinder, Y. Shi, W.O. Smith, Z. Top and I.D. Walsh, Collaborative research on the Northeast Water Polynya: NEWP93 Hydrographic data report USCGC Polar Sea Cruise, July 18–August 20, 1993, National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA.1995.

Wallace, D.W.R., T.S. Hopkins, W.J. Behrens, J. Deming, C. Kinder, W.O. Smith, Z. Top and I.D. Walsh, Collaborative research on the Northeast Water Polynya: NEWP92 Hydrographic data report USCGC Polar Sea Cruise, July 15–August 15, 1992, National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA. 1995.

Chung, S.P., W.D. Gardner, M.J. Richardson, I.D. Walsh and M.R. Landry, Beam attenuation and microorganisms: spatial and temporal variations in small particles along 140°W during the 1992 JGOFS-EqPac transects, Deep-Sea Res. II (43):1205–1226, 1996.

Kohfeld, K.E., R. G. Fairbanks,S. L. Smith and I.D. Walsh, Understanding Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral coiling) as a Paleoceanographic Tracer in the Polar Oceans: Evidence from Arctic Plankton Tows, Sediment Traps and Surface Sediment Samples, Paleoceanography, 11, 679–699, 1996.

Ramseier, R.O., E. Bauerfeind, C. Garrity and I.D. Walsh, Seasonal variability of sediment trap collections in the Northeast Water Polynya. Part 1: sea-ice parameters and particle flux, J. Marine Systems, (10):359–370, 1997.

Rowe, G.T., G.S. Boland, E.G. Escobar Briones, M.E. Cruz-Kaegi, A. Newton, D. Piepenburg, I. Walsh and J. Deming, Sediment community biomass and respiration in the Northeast Water Polynya, Greenland: a numerical simulation of benthic lander and spade core data, J. Marine Systems, (10):497–516, 1997.

Walsh, I.D., W.D. Gardner, M.J. Richardson, S. P. Chung, C. A. Plattner, and V. L. Asper, Particle dynamics as controlled by the flow field of the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, Deep-Sea Res. II, (44):2025–2048, 1997.

Chung, S.P., W.D. Gardner, M.R. Landry, M.J. Richardson and I.D. Walsh, Beam attenuation by microorganisms and detrital particles in the equatorial Pacific, J. Geophys. Res.—Oceans, 103, (C6):12669–12681, 1998.

Gundersen, J.S., W.D. Gardner, M.J. Richardson and I.D. Walsh, Effects of monsoons on the seasonal and spatial distributions of POC and chlorophyll in the Arabian Sea, Deep-Sea Res. II, (45):2103–2132, 1998.

Gardner, W.D., J.S. Gundersen, M.J. Richardson, and I.D. Walsh, The Role of Diel Variations in Mixed-layer Depth on the Distribution, Variation, and Export of Carbon and Chlorophyll in the Arabian Sea, Deep-Sea Res. II, (46):1833–1858, 1999.

Gardner, W.D., J.C. Blakey, I.D. Walsh, M.J. Richardson, W.S. Pegau, J.R.V. Zaneveld, C. Roesler, M.C. Gregg, J A. MacKinnon, H.M. Sosik, and A.J. Williams III, Optics, particles, stratification, and storms on the New England continental shelf, J. Geophys. Res.—Oceans, 106(C5): 9473–9497, 2001.

Hargrave, B.T., I.D. Walsh and D.W. Murray, Seasonal and spatial patterns in mass and organic matter sedimentation in the North Water, Deep-Sea Res. II, (49):5227–5244, 2002.