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James Moffett is a Professor at USC Dornsife, specializing in biological sciences and civil environmental engineering. He is a marine geochemist with a focus on bioinorganic chemistry. His work involves studying the geochemistry of oceans, particularly speciation, redox chemistry, and the transport processes of trace elements in natural waters. Moffett's research emphasizes the interactions between metals and phytoplankton, and the role of biologically produced chelators in the chemical fate of protozoans and bacterially mediated metal precipitation reactions. His publication record includes significant contributions to journals such as Marine Chemistry and Limnology and Oceanography, highlighting his expertise in areas like copper limitation in ammonia oxidation and the dynamics of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific's oxygen minimum zone. Moffett holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the University of Miami and has undertaken postdoctoral studies at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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