Adina Paytan

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Adina Paytan
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Paytan in 2022
Alma mater Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Known forresearch into biogeochemical cycling in the present and in the past
Scientific career
FieldsBiogeochemistry, Marine chemistry, and Paleoceanography
Institutions Stanford University; University of California, Santa Cruz
Doctoral advisor Miriam Kastner

Adina Paytan is an American-Israeli biogeochemist. She is a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. [1] known for research into biogeochemical cycling in the present and the past. She has over 300 scientific publications in journals such as Science , Nature , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , and Geophysical Research Letters . [2]

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Early life and education

Paytan was born and raised in Israel. As an undergraduate, Paytan encountered geochemistry which she likens to a big complex puzzle. [3] Paytan obtained undergraduate degrees in geology and biology (1985) and an M.S. degree in science education from the Weizmann Institute of Science (1987) and an M.S. in Earth Sciences Oceanography (1989) from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [4] Paytan's Ph.D. is from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1996) where she worked with Miriam Kastner [5] on using Barite as a recorder of ocean chemistry. After postdoctoral work at University of California, San Diego she moved to the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University, and then onto a position at University of California, Santa Cruz. [3]

Career

Adina Peyten Research on coral health in the Gulf of Aqaba Adina in Eilat research.JPG
Adina Peyten Research on coral health in the Gulf of Aqaba

Paytan is both an interdisciplinary scientist and an advocate for STEM education and public outreach. As a scientist, Paytan uses isotopic and chemical signatures to examine global biogeochemical cycling. This includes studies of groundwater discharge into coastal systems, nutrient cycling, ocean acidification, and paleoceanography. [7] This research includes high resolution measurements of carbon and sulfur isotopes [8] to characterize changes in the marine and atmospheric carbon cycle, [9] using strontium isotopes within barite [10] to infer changes in the global carbon cycle over geologic time, [11] [12] and modern investigations of groundwater discharge as a source of nutrients to the coastal ocean [13] and coral reefs. [14]

Paytan also deliberately works on STEM education and public outreach, and obtained an M.S. in Science Education from the Weizmann Institute in 1987. [3] Paytan served as a mentor for the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) where she advocated for the role of universities in conducting public outreach. [15] Paytan started the GeoKids program at Stanford in order to educate elementary school children about science. [16] Paytan also mentors masters and Ph.D. students in her lab. [17]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Brine discharge from desalination plants - Impacts on coastal ecology and communities". desalinationucsc.weebly.com/team. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  2. ↑ "Ocean scientist Adina Paytan to receive inaugural Dansgaard Award". UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  3. 1 2 3 "Six questions to Adina Paytan". EAG Blog. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Adina Paytan | Paytan Biogeochemistry Lab". paytanlab.ucsc.edu. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Oceanography Tree - Miriam Kastner". academictree.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  6. ↑ Lykkebo, Karen; et al. (2018). "Impact of brine and antiscalants on reef-building corals in the Gulf of Aqaba e Potential effects from desalination plants" (PDF). Water Research. 144: 183–191. Bibcode:2018WatRe.144..183P. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2018.07.009. PMID   30029077 – via Elsevier.
  7. ↑ "Three UCSC scientists elected fellows of the American Geophysical Union". UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. ↑ Paytan, Adina; Arrigo, Kevin R. (2000-06-01). "The Sulfur-Isotopic Composition of Cenozoic Seawater Sulfate: Implications for Pyrite Burial and Atmospheric Oxygen" . International Geology Review. 42 (6): 491–498. Bibcode:2000IGRv...42..491P. doi:10.1080/00206810009465094. ISSN   0020-6814. S2CID   140648067.
  9. ↑ Kurtz, A. C.; Kump, L. R.; Arthur, M. A.; Zachos, J. C.; Paytan, A. (2003). "Early Cenozoic decoupling of the global carbon and sulfur cycles". Paleoceanography. 18 (4): n/a. Bibcode:2003PalOc..18.1090K. doi: 10.1029/2003PA000908 . ISSN   1944-9186.
  10. ↑ Paytan, A.; Kastner, M.; Martin, E. E.; Macdougall, J. D.; Herbert, T. (December 1993). "Marine barite as a monitor of seawater strontium isotope composition" . Nature. 366 (6454): 445–449. Bibcode:1993Natur.366..445P. doi:10.1038/366445a0. ISSN   0028-0836. S2CID   4238837.
  11. ↑ Paytan, Adina; Griffith, Elizabeth M.; Eisenhauer, Anton; Hain, Mathis P.; Wallmann, Klaus; Ridgwell, Andrew (2021-03-26). "A 35-million-year record of seawater stable Sr isotopes reveals a fluctuating global carbon cycle" . Science. 371 (6536): 1346–1350. Bibcode:2021Sci...371.1346P. doi:10.1126/science.aaz9266. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   33766882. S2CID   232357666.
  12. ↑ Paytan, Adina; Griffith, Elizabeth M. (2007-03-01). "Marine barite: Recorder of variations in ocean export productivity" . Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 54 (5–7): 687–705. Bibcode:2007DSRII..54..687P. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.007. ISSN   0967-0645.
  13. ↑ Knee, Karen L.; Street, Joseph H.; Grossman, Eric E.; Boehm, Alexandria B.; Paytan, Adina (2010). "Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean from submarine groundwater discharge in a groundwater-dominated system: Relation to land use (Kona coast, Hawaii, U.S.A.)". Limnology and Oceanography. 55 (3): 1105–1122. Bibcode:2010LimOc..55.1105K. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.3.1105. ISSN   1939-5590.
  14. ↑ Paytan, Adina; Shellenbarger, Gregory G.; Street, Joseph H.; Gonneea, Meagan E.; Davis, Kristen; Young, Megan B.; Moore, Willard S. (2006). "Submarine groundwater discharge: An important source of new inorganic nitrogen to coral reef ecosystems". Limnology and Oceanography. 51 (1): 343–348. Bibcode:2006LimOc..51..343P. doi: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.1.0343 . ISSN   1939-5590.
  15. ↑ "COSEE Scientists Making an Impact". www.cosee.net. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  16. ↑ Trei, Lisa (2007-01-17). "School of Earth Sciences outreach program puts children in geologists' shoes". Stanford University. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  17. ↑ "Lab Alumni | Paytan Biogeochemistry Lab". paytanlab.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  18. ↑ "EP07 Adventures, Challenges, and Benefits of Conducting International Collaborative Research". ASLO: Association for the Sciences of Limonology and Oceanography.
  19. ↑ "Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal". EGU: European Geosciences Union - Awards & medals.
  20. ↑ "Adina Paytan". Fulbright Portugal. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  21. ↑ "Laureates". www.huntsmanaward.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  22. ↑ "Union Fellows | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  23. ↑ "ASLO Fellows". ASLO. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  24. ↑ "Awards - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology". connect.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  25. ↑ "Geochemistry Fellows | Geochemical Society". www.geochemsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  26. ↑ "Rachel Carson Lecture | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  27. ↑ "Petersen Award for Prof. Dr. Adina Paytan". www.geomar.de (in English and German). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  28. ↑ "Ocean Sciences Early Career Award | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
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