He has served on national and international
advisory committees for paleoclimate research,
ocean research, and data
management issues, and has contributed to national reports on abrupt climate change and climate extremes.
Plankton and larval ecology, bio-physical interactions, development and use of optical imaging tools for plankton and benthic habitat mapping, development of data products for ecosystems approaches to
management,
ocean observing systems in polar, temperate and tropical environments, chair ORION - OOI sensors
advisory committee