William H. Patrick Jr. Memorial Lecturer at the Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, TX Jeffrey Paul "Jeff" Chanton is the 2017-2018 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and John Widmer Winchester professor of oceanography at Florida State University.
[1] Chanton is a native of the Gulf Coast of the US and has lived in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and North Carolina.
Wetlands-- peatland Carbon cycling in northern high latitudes and tropical systems 3.
Reducing methane emissions to the atmosphere, designing landfill cover soils, which promote the growth of methane-consuming bacteria 6.
Groundwater discharge, an overlooked process which is important to the nutrient budgets of coastal waters 10.
The Leopold Leadership Program advances environmental decision-making by providing academic scientists with the skills and connections needed to be effective leaders and communicators.
He received intensive training to better communicate the science associated with complex environmental issues to the media, policy makers, business leaders and non-scientists.