Varis Grundmanis, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor of Oceanography
Marine and Environmental Sciences Program
HPU E-mail: vgrundmanis@hpu.edu
Office Telephone and Fax: 808-236-5840; FAX: 808-236-5880
Office Location: 249 Hawaii Loa Campus
Degrees and institutions, including postdoctoral experience:
Ph.D., Chemical Oceanography, University of Washington
M.S., Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.S., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Publications:
Grundmanis, V. and Murray, J.W. (1982) Aerobic respiration in pelagic
marine sediments, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 46, 1101-11120.
Emerson, S., Grundmanis, V., and Graham, D (1982) Carbonate
chemistry in marine pore waters: MANOP sites C and S, Earth and Planetary science Letters, 61, 220-232.
Jahnke, R, Heggie, D., Emerson, S., and Grundmanis, V. (1982) Pore
watersof the central Pacific Ocean: nutrient results, Earth and Planetaryscience Letters, 61, 233-256.
Murray, J.W. (1980) Oxygen consumption in pelagic marine sediments,
Science, 209, 1527-1530.
Murray, J.W., Grundmanis, V., and Smethie, W.M. (1978). Interstitial water
chemistry in the sediments of Saanich Inlet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 42, 1011-1026.
Grundmanis V. and Murray, J.W. (1977). Nitrification and denitrification in
marine sediments from Puget Sound. Limnology and Oceanography, 22(5), 804-813.
Presentations (Past five years):
2006-2007 Grundmanis, V., Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District: a Visual Exploration, Hawaii Pacific University College of Natural Sciences Seminar Series, November 9, 2006
2004-2005 Grundmanis, V., Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District Revisited, Hawaii Pacific University College of Natural Sciences Seminar Series, February 24, 2005
Service (Past five years):
2006-2007 Donated twenty marine life photographs for new administrative office suite for Hawaii Pacific University College of Natural Sciences
2006-2007 Hawaii Pacific University, College of Natural Sciences, Space Committee, member
2006-2007 Hawaii Pacific University, College of Natural Sciences, Laboratory Safety Committee, member
2002-2003 Hawaii Pacific University, College of Natural Sciences, Curriculum Committee, member
Courses Routinely Taught at HPU (Past five years):
MARS 2060 Oceanography
MARS 2061 Oceanography Laboratory
MARS 3060 Geological Oceanography
MARS 3061 Geological Oceanography Laboratory
MARS 3070 Chemical Oceanography
MARS 3071 Chemical Oceanography Laboratory
MARS 3080 Physical Oceanography
MARS 3081 Physical Oceanography Laboratory
CHEM 3054 Aquatic Chemistry
CHEM 2051 General Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 2053 General Chemistry II Laboratory
Grants, Contracts, and Awards (Past five years):
2005-2006 HPU Technology Enhancement Grant, Development of Hawaiian Marine Life Web Site as an Educational Resource
2004-2005 HPU Technology Enhancement Grant, Photographic Documentation of Marine Life at Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District
Description of Research Interests:
Photographic documentation of marine life in Oahu Marine Life Conservation Districts.
Physical/chemical oceanography of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.
