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Paul Lerner

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Paul Lerner

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  • New York , NY 10025
  • Employer: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

    • Brief Bio

    Undergraduate and University of California Berkeley, major in Marine Science (2008-2012). Graduate Student at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry (2013-2018), NASA Postdoctoral Program at Goddard Institute for Space Studies (2018-2020).

    Research Interests

    Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling

    My research focuses on:

    • Development of the NASA Ocean Biogeochemical Model for GISS.
    • Understanding the interaction between the marine carbon and oxygen cycles.
    • Investigating changes in these and other marine biogeochemical cycles under scenarios of increased atmospheric CO2 and surface warming.

    Current Projects

    Biogeochemical Impacts of Marine Dissolved Oxygen and Carbon Feedbacks

    NASA Postdoctoral Program funded project. Under supervision of Dr. Anastasia Romanou


    Development of NASA-GISS ocean biogeochemical model

    under supervision of and in collaboration with Dr. Anastasia Romanou

    Positions/Employment

    2018 - Present

    NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

    USRA, NASA GISS, NYC,NY

    Teaching Experience

    • Part-Time Instructor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (2017)


    • Teaching Assistant for MIT course 12.747, "Modelling, Data Analysis, and Numerical Techniques for Geochemistry" (2015).

    Education

    • Ph.D., Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Woods Hole, MA, 2018
    • B.A., Marine Science, University of California Berkeley, Berkely, CA, 2012

    Awards

    • NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (2018)
    • Invited to Dissertation Symposium in Chemical Oceanography XXVI (2018)

    Selected Publications

    Refereed

    Lerner, P., A. Romanou, M. Kelley, et al. J. Romanski, R. Ruedy, and G. Russell. 2021. "Drivers of Air‐Sea CO 2 Flux Seasonality and its Long‐Term Changes in the NASA‐GISS Model CMIP6 Submission." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13 (2): [10.1029/2019ms002028]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, et al. W. Gardner, M. J. Richardson, and A. Mishonov. 2020. "A model study of the relative influences of scavenging and circulation on 230Th and 231Pa in the western North Atlantic." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 155: 103159 [10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103159]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, and A. Solow. 2018. "Effects of particle composition on thorium scavenging in the North Atlantic." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 233: 115-134 [10.1016/j.gca.2018.04.035]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, K. Buesseler, and M. Charette. 2017. "Kinetics of thorium and particle cycling along the U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 125: 106-128 [10.1016/j.dsr.2017.05.003]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, et al. R. F. Anderson, K. Buesseler, M. A. Charette, R. L. Edwards, C. T. Hayes, K.-F. Huang, Y. Lu, L. F. Robinson, and A. Solow. 2016. "Testing models of thorium and particle cycling in the ocean using data from station GT11-22 of the U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic section." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 113: 57-79 [10.1016/j.dsr.2016.03.008]

    Talks, Presentations and Posters

    Pre-Industrial Spin-Up of Dissolved Oxygen in the NASA GISS Model E2.1, with Emphasis on the Major ODZs.

     2020

    Poster Presented at Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA

    Influences of the Deep Western Boundary Current and Scavenging on 231Pa/230Th in the Northwest Atlantic.

     2018

    Poster session: Goldschmidt Conference, Boston, MA, USA.

    On the Effect of Particle Composition on Thorium Scavenging in the North Atlantic

     2017

    Oral Presentation: Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, Fr.

    Contrasting Rates of Thorium and Particle Cycling in Different Oceanographic Environments along the US GEOTRACES North Atlantic Section


     2015

    Poster session: Goldschmidt Conference. Prague, CZ.

    Testing Models of Chemical Scavenging Using Th and Particle Data from GEOTRACES

     2014

    Poster session: Goldschmidt Conference. Sacramento, CA.


    Brief Bio

    Undergraduate and University of California Berkeley, major in Marine Science (2008-2012). Graduate Student at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry (2013-2018), NASA Postdoctoral Program at Goddard Institute for Space Studies (2018-2020).

    Selected Publications

    Refereed

    Lerner, P., A. Romanou, M. Kelley, et al. J. Romanski, R. Ruedy, and G. Russell. 2021. "Drivers of Air‐Sea CO 2 Flux Seasonality and its Long‐Term Changes in the NASA‐GISS Model CMIP6 Submission." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 13 (2): [10.1029/2019ms002028]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, et al. W. Gardner, M. J. Richardson, and A. Mishonov. 2020. "A model study of the relative influences of scavenging and circulation on 230Th and 231Pa in the western North Atlantic." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 155 103159 [10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103159]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, and A. Solow. 2018. "Effects of particle composition on thorium scavenging in the North Atlantic." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 233 115-134 [10.1016/j.gca.2018.04.035]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, K. Buesseler, and M. Charette. 2017. "Kinetics of thorium and particle cycling along the U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 125 106-128 [10.1016/j.dsr.2017.05.003]

    Lerner, P., O. Marchal, P. J. Lam, et al. R. F. Anderson, K. Buesseler, M. A. Charette, R. L. Edwards, C. T. Hayes, K.-F. Huang, Y. Lu, L. F. Robinson, and A. Solow. 2016. "Testing models of thorium and particle cycling in the ocean using data from station GT11-22 of the U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic section." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 113 57-79 [10.1016/j.dsr.2016.03.008]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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