Faculty Profile
David Kieber
Emeritus
Department of Chemistry
417 Jahn Lab
Education
Ph.D. University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Chemical Oceanography, 1988
M.S. University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Marine Science, 1983
B.S. Rutgers University, Cook College, Environmental Science with unofficial minors in Chemistry and Mathematics, 1980
Research
My research interests are focused on a broad array of topics related to the biological and sunlight-driven (photochemical) transformations of natural organic matter in the oceans and atmosphere, as detailed in my publications (Google Scholar). Research from my lab group has led to the discovery of new molecules, new physiological functions of molecules, and new pathways for organic carbon removal in the oceans and atmosphere. These discoveries and others were made through research conducted in my home laboratory in Syracuse as well as at field stations and on oceanographic research vessels around the world including, for example, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the subarctic Pacific Ocean, the Ross Sea, Antarctica and the coral reefs of Mo’orea, French Polynesia (wordpress).
For more information about potential positions in my laboratory please contact me at djkieber@esf.edu. For further information about my research interests and publications see:
Selected Publications
See google scholar for a complete list of publications.
Xue, L. and D.J. Kieber. 2023. Ultraviolet absorption spectra of acrylic acid and its conjugate base, acrylate, in aqueous solution. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 449, 115371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115371
Galí, M., M. Devred, G. Pérez, D.J. Kieber and R. Simó. 2023. Global ocean dimethylsulfide photolysis rates quantified with a spectrally and vertically resolved model. Limnol. Oceanogr. Lett. 8, 760–769. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10342
Kinsey, J.D., I.M.B. Tyssebotn and D.J. Kieber. 2023. Effect of PAR irradiance intensity on Phaeocystis antarctica (Prymnesiophyceae) growth and DMSP, DMSO, and acrylate concentrations. J. Phycol. 59, 963-979.https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13360
Zhu, Y., L.C. Powers, D.J. Kieber and W.L. Miller. 2022. Depth-resolved photochemical production of hydrogen peroxide in the global ocean using remotely sensed ocean color. Front. Remote Sensing. 3: 1009398. doi: 10.3389/frsen.2022.1009398
Xue, L., D.J. Kieber, M. Masdeu-Navarro, M. Cabrera-Brufau, P. Rodríguez-Ros, S.G. Gardner, C. Marrasé and R. Simó. 2022. Concentrations and biological consumption of acrylate and DMSP in the tropical Pacific and coral reef ecosystem in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 911522. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.911522
Zhu, Y., and D.J. Kieber. 2019. Concentrations and photochemistry of acetaldehyde, glyoxal and methylglyoxal in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Environ. Sci. Technol. 53: 9512-9521. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01631
Beaupre, S., D.J. Kieber, W.C. Keene, M.S. Long, A.A. Frossard, J.D. Kinsey, P. Duplessis, R. Chang, J.R. Maben, X. Lu, Y. Zhu, J. Bisgrove. 2019. Oceanic efflux of ancient marine dissolved organic carbon in primary marine aerosol Sci. Adv. 5, eaax6535. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax6535
Postdoctoral Investigators
Dr. Lei Xue (orcid ID, GoogleScholar)
Phone number: 315-470-6991
email: lxue@esf.edu
Ph.D. 2020, Chemistry, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Ph.D. Advisor: Dr. David Kieber
Postdoctoral Mentors: Drs. David Kieber and Leanne Powers
Reseach Interests: aquatic photochemistry, marine organic carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling, marine aerosol, HABs, VOCs, reactive oxygen species
Current Graduate Advisees
Liang Chen
lichen@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Kieber
- Area of Study: FCH Environmental Chemistry
Emily Friden
eifriden@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Kieber
- Area of Study: Environ & Forest Chemistry
Cheryl Glor
clglor@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Kieber
- Area of Study: FCH Environmental Chemistry