CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. ANDREW C. THOMAS
5706 Aubert Hall,
University of Maine,
Orono, ME 04469-5706
Telephone:(207) 581-4335
Fax:(207) 581-4388
e-mail: thomas@maine.edu
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
2008- Associate Director, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2003- Professor. School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
1999- 2003 Associate Professor. School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
1996-1998 Research Associate Professor. School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
1990-1995 Executive Director. Atlantic Centre for Remote Sensing of the Oceans, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1989-1990 Assistant Professor, Senior Research. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
1988-1989 Research Associate. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
EDUCATION:
1988 Ph.D., Oceanography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1982 M.Sc., Oceanography/Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1979 B.Sc., Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
PUBLICATIONS in Journals (since 2001):
Runge, J.A., A. Kovach, J. Churchill, L. Kerr, J.R. Morrison, R. Beardsley, D. Berlinsky, C. Chen, S. Cadrin, C. Davis, K. Ford, J.H. Grabowski, W. H. Howell, R.Ji, R. Jones, A. Pershing, N. Record, A. Thomas, G. Sherwood, S. Tallack, D. Townsend. 2010, Understanding Climate Impacts on Recruitment and Spatial Dynamics of Atlantic Cod in the Gulf of Maine: Integration of Observations and Modeling. Progress in Oceanography. 87, 251-263.
Ji R., M. Edwards, D.L. Mackas, J.A. Runge, A.C. Thomas, 2010, Marine plankton phenology and life history in a changing climate: Current research and future directions, J. Plankton Res. 32, 10, 1355-1368.
Thomas, A.C., R. Weatherbee, H. Xue, G. Lui, 2010, Interannual variability of shellfish toxicity in the Gulf of Maine: time and space patterns and links to environmental variability. Harmful Algae. 9, 458-480.
Di Lorenzo E., J. Fiechter, N. Schneider, A.J. Miller, P.J.S. Franks, S.J. Bograd, A.M. Moore, A.C. Thomas, W. Crawford, A. Pena and A. Hermann, 2009: Nutrient and salinity decadal variations in the central and eastern North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L14601, doi:10.1029/2009GL038261.
Thomas, A.C., P. Brickley and R. Weatherbee. 2009. Interannual variability in chlorophyll concentrations in the Humboldt and California Current Systems. Prog. in Oceanogr. 83, 386-392.
Henson S.A. and A.C. Thomas. 2008. A census of oceanic anticyclonic eddies in the Gulf of Alaska. Deep Sea Res., 55, 163-176.
Venegas, R., P.T. Strub, E. Beier, R. Letelier, A.C. Thomas, T.Cowles, C. James, L. Soto-Mardones, C. Cabrera. 2008. Satellite-derived variability in chlorophyll, wind stress, sea surface height, and temperature in the northern California Current System. J. Geophys. Res. 113, C03015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004481.
Henson, S.A. and A.C. Thomas. 2007. Interannual variability in timing of seasonal chlorophyll increases in the California Current. J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JC003960.
Legaard, K. and A.C. Thomas. 2007. Spatial patterns of intraseasonal variability of chlorophyll and sea surface temperature in the California Current. J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2007JC004097.
Crawford, W.R., P.J. Brickley, and A.C. Thomas, 2007. Eddy Transport into a Cyclonic Gyre: An Example in the Gulf of Alaska, Prog. in Oceanogr., 75, 287-303.
Henson, S.A. and A.C. Thomas. 2007. Phytoplankton scales of variability in the California Current system: Interannual and cross-shelf variability. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C07017, doi:10.1029/ 2006JC004039
Henson, S.A. and A.C. Thomas. 2007. Phytoplankton scales of variability in the California Current system: Latitudinal variability J. Geophys. Res., 112, C07018, doi:10.1029/ 2006JC004040.
Theil, M. et al. 2007. The Humboldt Current system of northern-central Chile: Oceanographic processes, ecological interactions and socioeconomic feedback. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann Rev. 45: 195-345.
Thomas, A.C. and P. Brickley. 2006. Satellite measurements of chlorophyll distribution during spring 2005 in the California Current. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, doi:10.1029/2006GL026588.
Legaard, K. and A.C. Thomas. 2006. Spatial patterns of seasonal and interannual variability in chlorophyll and surface temperature in the California Current. J. Geophys. Res. 111, C06032, doi:10.1029/2005JC003282.
Whitehouse, B.G., P.W. Vachon, A.C. Thomas, R.J. Quinn and W.M. Renaud, 2006, Rapid environmental assessment (REA) of the maritime battlespace, Canadian Military J., 7(1): 66-69.
Thomas, A.C. and R. Weatherbee. 2006. Satellite-measured temporal variability of the Columbia River plume. Rem. Sensing. Env. 100: 167-178.
Dagg, M.J., H. Liu and A.C. Thomas. 2006. Effects of mesoscale phytoplankton variability on the copepods Neocalanus flemingeri and N. plumchrus in the coastal Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Res. 53: 321-332.
Pettigrew, N.R., J.H. Churchill, C.D. Janzen, L.J. Mangum, R.P. Signell, A.C. Thomas, D.W. Townsend, J.P. Wallinga, and H. Xue, 2005, The kinematic and hydrographic structure of the Gulf of Maine Coastal Current. Deep Sea Res. Part2, 52: 2369-2391.
Townsend, D.W., N.R. Pettigrew and A.C. Thomas, 2005. On the nature of offshore Alexandrium fundyense blooms in the Gulf of Maine. Deep-Sea Res. Part 2. 52: 2603-2630.
Luerssen R.M., A.C. Thomas and J. Hurst, 2005. Relationships between satellite-measured thermal features and Alexandrium-imposed toxicity in the Gulf of Maine, Deep Sea Res. Part 2. 52: 2656-2673.
Brickley P., and A.C. Thomas, 2004, Satellite-measured seasonal and interannual chlorophyll variability in the Northeast Pacific and coastal Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Res. 51: 229-245.
Thomas A.C., P. T. Strub, M.E. Carr and R. Weatherbee, 2004. Comparisons of chlorophyll variability between the four major global eastern boundary currents. Int. J. Rem. Sens. 25:1443-1447.
Strub, P.T. and A.C. Thomas, 2004, Anticyclonic eddies in the Alaska gyre (and Cape Horn Current?). Gayana 68(2): 552-555.
Thomas A.C., P. T. Strub and P. Brickley, 2003, Anomalous chlorophyll concentrations in the California Current in 2001-2002. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(15): 8022, doi:10.1029/2003GL017409.
Thomas A.C., D.W. Townsend and R. Weatherbee, 2003, Satellite-measured phytoplankton variability in the Gulf of Maine. Cont. Shelf Res. 23: 971-989.
Carr M-E., P.T. Strub, A.C. Thomas and J.L. Blanco, 2002, Evolution of 1996-1999 La Nina and El Nino conditions off the western coast of South America: a remote sensing perspective, J. Geophys. Res. 107: 3236, doi:10.1029/2001JC001183
Blanco J.L., M-E. Carr, A.C. Thomas and P.T. Strub, 2002, Hydrographic conditions off northern Chile during the 1996-1998 La Nina and El Nino, J. Geophys. Res. 107, doi:10.1029/2001JC001002
Thomas A.C., D. Byrne and R. Weatherbee, 2002, Coastal sea surface temperature variability from LANDSAT infrared data. Rem. Sens. Env. 81:262-272.
Thomas A.C., M.E. Carr and P. T. Strub, 2001, Chlorophyll variability in eastern boundary currents, Geophys. Res. Lett. 28: 3421-3424. Chosen as featured cover article.
Nixon, S.W. and A.C. Thomas, 2001, On the size of the Peru upwelling ecosystem. Deep Sea Res. I, 48:2521-2528.
Blanco J.L., A.C. Thomas, M-E. Carr and P.T. Strub, 2001, Seasonal climatology of hydrographic conditions in the upwelling region off northern Chile, J. Geophys. Res. 106:11,451-11,467.
Thomas A.C. and P.T. Strub, 2001, Cross-shelf phytoplankton pigment variability in the California Current. Cont. Shelf Res. 21: 1157-1190
Thomas A.C., J.L. Blanco, M.E. Carr, P.T. Strub and J. Ossus, 2001, Satellite-measured chlorophyll and temperature variability off northern Chile during the 1996-1998 La Nina and El Nino, J. Geophys. Res. 106:899-915.
Townsend D.W. and A.C. Thomas, 2001, Winter-spring transition of phytoplankton chlorophyll and inorganic nutrients on Georges Bank, Deep Sea Res. II, 48:199-214.
Townsend D.W., N.R. Pettigrew and A.C. Thomas, 2001, Offshore blooms of the red tide dinoflagellate, Alexandrium sp., in the Gulf of Maine. Cont. Shelf Res. 21:347-369.
Publications in Books:
Mackas, D., P.T. Strub, A.C. Thomas, V. Montecino, 2006, Eastern Ocean Boundaries Pan-Regional View, In: The Sea. A.R. Robinson and K.H. Brink, Editors. Harvard Press Ltd..
Townsend, D.W., A.C. Thomas, L.M. Mayer, M.A.Thomas and J.A. Quinlan, 2006, Interdisciplinary oceanography of the northwest Atlantic continental shelf waters. In: The Sea. A.R. Robinson and K.H. Brink, Editors. Harvard Press Ltd..
Montecino, V., P.T. Strub, J. Tarazona, F. Chavez, A.C. Thomas and T. Baumgartner. 2006, Bio-physical interactions off western South America, In: The Sea. A.R. Robinson and K.H. Brink, Editors. Harvard Press Ltd..
Reddin D.G., J. Helbig, A. Thomas, B.G. Whitehouse and K.D. Friedland, 2000, Survival of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Related to Marine Climate. in The Ocean Life of Atlantic Salmon - Environmental and Biological Factors Influencing Survival, Derek Mills ED, Blackwell Science Ltd., UK.
Hill, A.E., B.M.Hickey, F.A.Shillington, P.T.Strub, K.H. Brink, E.D.Barton, A.C. Thomas, 1998. Eastern Boundary Currents: A Pan-Regional Review. In: The Sea. A.R. Robinson and K.H. Brink, Editors. J.Wiley and Sons Inc.
Thomas, A.C. and P.T. Strub. 1998. Large-scale temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the California Current. Pg 255-266 In: Remote Sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites. R.A. Brown, Ed., Earth Ocean and Space Pty. Ltd.
Thomas, A.C., P.T. Strub and S. Levesque. 1994. Satellite measured ocean colour variability at large spatial and temporal scales. Pg 240-248 In: Proceedings of WMO/IOC Technical Conference on Space-based Ocean Observations, Bergen, Norway, World Meteorological Organization, UNESCO.
Other &/or Older Publications:
Mundy, P.R., et al. 2010. Status and trends of the Alaska Current Region, 2003-2008, pp. 142-195 In, S.M. McKinnell and M.J. Dagg [Eds.] Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008. PICES Special Publication 4, 393 p.
Bograd, S.J., et al. 2010. Status and trends of the California Current region, 2003-2008, In: S.M. McKinnell and M. Dagg. [Eds.] Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008. PICES Special Publication 4.
Siegel, D. A., A.C. Thomas and J. Marra, 2004, Views of ocean processes from the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Mission: Introduction to the second special issue. Deep-Sea Res. 51: 911-912.
Siegel, D. A., A.C. Thomas and J. Marra, 2004, Views of ocean processes from the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor Mission: Introduction to the first special issue. Deep-Sea Res. 51: 1-3.
Thomas, A.C., 2001. Measuring the Surface Temperature of the Ocean. Pg 34-36 In: Backscatter, Spring/Summer 2001, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thomas, A.C. 1999, Seasonal distributions of satellite-measured phytoplankton pigment concentration along the Chilean coast. J. Geophys. Res. 104:25877-25890.
Thomas, A.C., B. Whitehouse and S. Levesque. 1996. Spatial and Temporal Variability of North Atlantic Salmon Habitat: Estimates from Satellite Measured Sea Surface Temperature. Technical Report for the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the Atlantic Salmon Trust.
Thomas, A.C., P.T. Strub, F. Huang and C. James. 1994. A comparison of the seasonal and interannual variability of phytoplankton pigment concentrations in the Peru and California Current System. J. Geophys. Res. 99:7355-7370.
Thomas, A.C. 1992. Associations between zooplankton community structure and satellite measured surface thermal patterns in a continental shelf region. Cont. Shelf Res. 12:753-777.
Hobbs, R.C., L.W. Botsford and A.C. Thomas. 1992. Influence of hydrographic conditions and hind forcing on the distribution and abundance of Dungeness crab, C. magister, larvae. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 49:1379-1388.
Thomas, A.C. and P.T. Strub. 1990. Seasonal and interannual variability of pigment concentrations across a California Current frontal zone. J. Geophys. Res. 95:13023-13042.
Strub, P.T., C. James, A.C. Thomas, and M.R. Abbott. 1990. Seasonal and non‑seasonal variability of satellite derived surface pigment concentration in the California Current. J. Geophys. Res. 95:11501-11530.
Thomas, A.C. and P.T. Strub. 1989. Interannual variability in phytoplankton pigment distribution during the spring transition off western North America. J. Geophys. Res. 94:18095‑18117.
Thomas, A.C. and W.J. Emery. 1988. Relationships between near‑surface plankton concentrations, hydrography and satellite measured sea surface temperature. J. Geophys. Res. 93:15733‑15748.
Thomas, A.C. and W.J. Emery. 1986. Winter hydrography and plankton distributions on the southern British Columbia continental shelf. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 43:1249‑1258.
Emery, W.J., A.C. Thomas, M. Collins, W.J. Crawford and D.L. Mackas. 1986. An objective method for computing advective surface velocities from sequential infrared satellite images. J. Geophys. Res. 91:12865‑12878.
Lewis, A.G. and A.C. Thomas. 1986. Tidal transport of zooplankton across the sill of a British Columbia fjord. J. Plankton Res. 8:1079‑1089.
Emery, W.J., A.C. Thomas, M.J. Collins, W.R. Crawford, and D.L. Mackas. 1986. Comparison between satellite image advective velocities, dynamic topography, and surface drifter trajectories. The Oceanography Report, EOS 67(22).
Appointments to National Panels:
NASA SeaWiFS Science Team, 1997-2003
NASA SeaWiFS Science Team, Executive Committee, 1997-1999
NASA Gulf of Maine Ocean Color Working Group, 1997-1999
Canadian National Ice Remote Sensing Working Group, 1993-95
Canadian National Oceans Remote Sensing Working Group, 1993-95
Canadian Space Agency, Long Term Space Plan Formulation Committee, 1993-94
Canadian Joint Earth Observation Advisory Council, 1994-96
AWARDS HONORS:
2006 Geophysical Research Letters, citation for excellence in reviewing
1988‑1989 Isaac W. Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
1985‑1987 British Columbia Science Council Postgraduate Scholarship
1983‑1985 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship
1982 Chevron Canada Ltd., Oceanography Scholarship
MENTORING:
Graduate Students: Remy Luerssen, Jennifer Bosch, Kasey Legaard, Chris Proctor, Ryan Weatherbee, Mahima Jaini (with Rick Wahle)
Post Docs: Dr. Guoqi Han (with Moto Ikeda, now at Memorial University), Dr.SeungHyun Son (now at NOAA Silver Spring), Dr. Stephanie Henson (now at U. Southampton)
TEACHING:
SMS 302 (Oceanography), SMS 303 (Integrated Marine Sciences),
SMS 540 (Satellite Oceanography), Plus many others on an episodic basis
OTHER: Senior scientist 18 oceanographic cruises, participating scientist 20 additional cruises, Guest Editor: Deep Sea Research 2
Member: American Geophysical Union,
PERSONAL: married, 28 years, 1 wife, 2 children, 1 dog
INTERESTS: competitive swimming, windsurfing, hiking, good wine, good beer, good food