Jerry F. McManus

Research Interest

Geochemistry, Geology, Paleontology, Modern and Future Climate, Oceanography, Paleoclimate, Arctic Studies, Biogeochemistry, Chemical Oceanography, Cryosphere, Isotope Geochemistry, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Marine Geology, Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography, Polar Studies, Stratigraphy

Biography

Jerry McManus grew up in New York City and received a B.A, M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. (1997) in Earth Science from Columbia University. As a paleoceanographer, his research includes using deep-sea sediments to reconstruct past changes in the Earth’s climate and the large-scale ocean circulation, with a special focus on the role that the ocean plays in abrupt climate change. He has spent nearly a year of his life at sea and is involved in research projects in far-flung locales in every ocean basin. After ten years at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he returned to Columbia and LDEO in 2008.