InstitutionUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
CountryUnited States
Primary pathwayOcean CDR: Leveraging ocean alkalinity, nutrient cycling, or seaweed farming to sequester carbon in the ocean.
Top lists, Ocean CDRrank 42 by activity, rank 68 by citations (worldwide, 2026-11.4)
Career stageEminent
h-index93
Citations37,397
Publications401
Share of publications on CDR3.2%
TrajectoryStable
ProfilesORCID · OpenAlex

Metrics are OpenAlex author metrics across all fields; the census counts only the CDR-relevant papers since 2021 listed below. Corrections and removal: info@carbon-drawdown.de, done within five working days (privacy notice).

Papers counted in the census

13 CDR-relevant papers and preprints since 2021 count for the top lists, by pathway: Ocean CDR 13, DAC 2. A paper tagged with two pathways counts in both lists. Preprint and journal version are merged where OpenAlex links them; where it does not, both appear.

YearPaperPathwayCitations
2026The case for ocean iron fertilization field trialsOcean CDR7
2026A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration: Governance: Legal, Policy, Justice, and Social ConsiderationsOcean CDR0
2025An upper-mesopelagic-zone carbon budget for the subarctic North PacificOcean CDR7
2025On the Efficiency and Durability of Purposefully Sinking Seaweed Biomass as a Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal StrategyOcean CDR0
2024The Influence of Air‐Sea CO2 Disequilibrium on Carbon Sequestration by the Ocean’s Biological PumpOcean CDR23
2024Next steps for assessing ocean iron fertilization for marine carbon dioxide removalOcean CDR18
2024Metrics for quantifying the efficiency of atmospheric CO 2 reduction by marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)DAC; Ocean CDR12
2024Metrics for quantifying the efficiency of atmospheric CO2 reduction by marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)DAC; Ocean CDR1
2023Comparing Kelp Conveyance Strategies for Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal with Farmed MacroalgaeOcean CDR1
2023Considerations for Regional Simulations of Seaweed Carbon Dioxide RemovalOcean CDR0
2023Paths forward for exploring ocean iron fertilizationOcean CDR0
2023Methods for assessing Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) biomass sinking rates and decomposition for carbon dioxide removal applicationsOcean CDR0
2021Assessing the sequestration time scales of some ocean-based carbon dioxide reduction strategiesOcean CDR172

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