Biography:Ken Buesseler
Kenneth Owen Buesseler | |
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| Born | 1959 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Research on marine radiation effects, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Radiochemistry, Marine science |
| Institutions | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Kenneth "Ken" Owen Buesseler (born 1959)[1] is an American marine radiochemist. He is a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Education
Buesseler studied biochemistry and cell biology at the University of California, San Diego, where he obtained a BA in 1981. In 1986 he obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.[2]
Career
Since 1983 he has spent the largest part of his career at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he became a senior scientist in 2000.[3] He is best known for his research on the marine radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, where he went on a scientific expedition shortly after the disaster.[4][5] He has measured specific caesium levels since. He has also monitored the effects on the coast of the western United States.[6] Buesseler has criticized the lack of a federal agency looking into the risks of marine radiation contamination in the United States.[7] Buesseler previously did research on the effects of nuclear weapons testing and the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on the Black Sea.[8]
Honors and awards
Buesseler was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2009.[9] He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.[10] He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018.[11] Buesseler was cited by the Times Higher Education as the top cited oceanographer for the decade 2000 to 2010.[12]
See also
- Fukushima 50
- Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
- Claudia Benitez-Nelson
References
- ↑ "Royal Academy selects fifteen new members". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 23 May 2013. https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/news/knaw-kiest-15-nieuwe-leden.
- ↑ "Ken Buesseler". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://www.whoi.edu/profile/kbuesseler/. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "Kenneth Buesseler CV". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. April 2015. http://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/vita/April_2015_KOB_CV_172644.pdf. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ Daniel Cressey (20 January 2014). "Cash wanted to help monitor Fukushima ocean radioactivity". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2014.14552. http://www.nature.com/news/cash-wanted-to-help-monitor-fukushima-ocean-radioactivity-1.14552. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ Mihai Andrei (8 March 2016). "Ken Buesseler, oceanographer, answers questions about Fukushima's impact on the oceans". ZME Science. http://www.zmescience.com/science/oceanography/fukushima-radioactivity-oceans/.
- ↑ "Fukushima site still leaking after five years, research shows". Phys.org. 8 March 2016. http://phys.org/news/2016-03-fukushima-site-leaking-years.html. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ Ken Buesseler (9 March 2016). "5 years later, Fukushima radiation continues to seep into the Pacific Ocean". PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/fukushima-radiation-continues-to-leak-into-the-pacific-ocean/.
- ↑ Ken_Buesseler; r/Science (8 March 2016). "Science AMA Series: I'm Ken Buesseler, an oceanographer who has been studying the impacts of Fukushima Dai-ichi on the oceans. It's been 5 years now and I'm still being asked – how radioactive is our ocean? and should I be concerned? AMA.". The Winnower. doi:10.15200/winn.145735.52993. https://thewinnower.com/papers/3542-science-ama-series-i-m-ken-buesseler-an-oceanographer-who-has-been-studying-the-impacts-of-fukushima-dai-ichi-on-the-oceans-it-s-been-5-years-now-and-i-m-still-being-asked-how-radioactive-is-our-o. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "Fellows of 2009". American Geophysical Union. http://honors.agu.org/fellows/?fellow_year-2=303&fellows_directory=1&simian_search=1&fellows_directory_paged=1. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "Kenneth Buesseler". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/14309.
- ↑ Korte, Andrea (27 November 2018). "AAAS Honors Accomplished Scientists as 2018 Elected Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-honors-accomplished-scientists-2018-elected-fellows.
- ↑ "Top 30 Research Institutions in Oceanography". Times Higher Education. 5 May 2011. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/top-30-research-institutions-in-oceanography/416012.article.
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