Rate My Professor Scott Doney

Doney's research expertise encompasses oceanography, climate, and biogeochemistry, employing numerical models, remote sensing, and data analysis to investigate responses of the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystems to climate change factors such as ocean warming, sea-ice loss, and ocean acidification from fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions. He has produced over 380 peer-reviewed publications, including highly influential papers like "Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms" (2005), "Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem" (2009), and "Oceanic vertical mixing: A review and a model with a nonlocal boundary layer parameterization" (1994). He co-authored the textbook "Modeling Methods for Marine Science" (2011). Doney chaired the U.S. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Program, was a convening lead author for the Oceans and Marine Resources chapter of the 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment, contributed to National Academy of Sciences reports, and served on NSF advisory committees. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on ocean acidification and is a frequent media source on climate change. His honors include the American Geophysical Union James B. Macelwane Medal (2000), Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science (2013), fellowships from AGU (2000), Aldo Leopold Leadership Program (2004), AAAS (2010), and ASLO (2021), election to the National Academy of Sciences (2025), the SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award (2026), and a University of Virginia Distinguished Research Award.