Ph.D. candidate Scott Wieman divides his time between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a member of the MIT-WHOI Joint Ph.D. Program where he is split between the Geology and Geophysics and Applied Ocean Science and Engineering departments. One focus of his current research is on understanding the isotopic composition of methane-derived authigenic carbonates and how these carbonates may preserve records of methane oxidation rates at marine cold seeps through geologic time. His other focus is on developing benchtop and field instruments for making these isotopic analyses faster, enabling in situ, real-time measurements and minimizing sample size requirements. Scott received his B.A. in Chemistry from Williams College, his M.A. in Earth and Planetary Science from Harvard University, and his M.S.L. in Environmental Law from the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. Prior to returning to academia, Scott spent four years as a member of the Curiosity Rover science team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center where he also managed the stable isotope facilities of the Planetary Environment Group.
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