Thomas Kelly
he/him/his
Research Assistant Professor
Biological Oceanography
2150 Koyukuk Drive
229 O'Neill Building
Fairbanks, AK 99775
tbkelly@alaska.edu
Florida State University
M.S. Oceanography
2016 (Thesis)
Boston College
B.S. Biochemistry
2014
- Amy Lauren: Filmographer and artist
- Xavier Warren (former): REU and honor’s thesis
- Amelia England (former): undergraduate technician
- Biological pump
- Carbon export
- Ecosystem modeling
- Sediment traps
I’m an oceanographer and a research professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The ocean is an amazing place, and I am excited to share my science of the ocean with you. I study how marine ecosystems interact with their physical environment using state of the art tools including machine learning and biogeochemical models. My research is first and foremost observational, using physical samples and experiments at sea to ground both the hypotheses and tools I use. I then construct models of the marine system to learn more about how my data connects to other components of the ocean, such as the food web, and then to explore how the system works.
Ultimately I am always interested in learning new approaches and working together to build the next new innovation in earth systems and oceanography.
- Northern Gulf of Alaska (NGA LTER)
