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Yair Rosenthal is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University's Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, specializing in Geochemistry and Paleoceanography. His research focuses on reconstructing past ocean properties and climate dynamics using geochemical proxies. He holds affiliations with the Cook Campus and has been at Rutgers since 1997.
Education: B.Sc. (Geology/Biology) and M.Sc. (Geochemistry) from Hebrew University, followed by a Ph.D. in Oceanography from MIT/WHOI Joint Program under Prof. Ed Boyle. Postdoctoral work at Biosphere II explored CO2 effects on ecosystems.
Research Interests: Quantifying past ocean temperature, circulation, and biogeochemistry through novel proxy development. Key themes include Miocene climate transitions, Paleogene seawater chemistry, and Holocene monsoon dynamics. His work bridges field observations, laboratory analyses, and global climate models.
Teaching: Leads graduate courses in Chemical Oceanography and Paleoceanography, and an undergraduate course on Earth's water systems. His methods emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to oceanographic challenges.
Grants & Collaborations: Active in IODP expeditions (e.g., 395, 371), focusing on Antarctic margin sediments and Pacific overturning circulation. Research has addressed carbon cycle-sea level feedbacks, equatorial Pacific oxygenation, and mid-Pleistocene climate transitions.
Labs/Teams: Leads projects integrating sediment coring, geochemical analysis, and proxy development with international collaborators. His group contributes to understanding Earth's climate sensitivity through deep-time perspectives.
