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- Degree: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
- Year: 1986-1987
- Institution and Location
  Gordon College, Wenham, MA
- Major Discipline
  Estuarine Microbial Ecology
- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 1986
- Institution and Location
  University of Delaware, Lewes, DE
- Major Discipline
  Oceanography
- Degree: M.S.
- Year: 1980
- Institution and Location
  University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- Major Discipline
  Microbiology
- Degree: B.S.
- Year: 1977
- Institution and Location
  University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- Major Discipline
  Microbiology

Richard B. Coffin

Professor and Chair, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences

Department(s): Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences
Campus: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Contact Information

Phone: 361-825-2456
E-mail: richard.coffin@tamucc.edu

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Research Topic(s)

Petroleum exploration and production; Conventional/unconventional reservoirs; Natural/shale gas production; Control, scheduling, planning, safety, risk analysis, and uncertainty in energy systems; Biofuel biochemistry and energy metabolism

Research Summary

Currently a primary science interest addresses geochemical evaluation of methane contribution to coastal ocean sediment and water column carbon cycling. Studies apply geochemical, geologic and geophysical data to understand the distribution of deep sediment methane hydrate deposits, their contribution to shallow sediment carbon cycling and the potential for contribution to climate change and availability as a new source of energy. Research areas include:

Gulf of Mexico and mid Chilean Margin: evaluation of deep sediment methane hydrate deposits
Beaufort Sea: current climate change
Chatham Rise off New Zealand: paleogeochemistry and past climate change
Hikurangi Margin off New Zealand: the contribution of methane from forced fluid advection creative by plate convergence to shallow sediment carbon cycling

Professional Background

2014-Present	Professor and Chair, Department of Physical & Biological Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
2011-Present	Founder and President, Strategic Carbon LLC, Portsmouth, NH
2003-2014	Section Head Code 6114, Marine Biogeochemistry, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
2000-Present	Adjunct Faculty Member, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1996-2003	Senior Research Microbiologist ,Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
1996-2005	Adjunct Faculty Member, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE
1990-1996	Research Microbial Ecologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL

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