I am a broadly trained engineer and geochemist.
My work is a combination of environmental science and engineering research and development. I study water with a focus on the interaction between chemistry and microbial life and how this interplay influences environmental nutrient flows and ecosystem productivity.
I am particularly interested in how these interactions vary over time and space during mixing processes because understanding these patterns tests our understanding of how aquatic systems function.
I develop and use a variety of robotic tools and techniques to study these processes including remotely operated and autonomous vehicles, sensor networks, and chemical sensors and autonomous samplers.
My research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NASA, NOAA, the DoD, the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, and WHOI’s Deep Ocean Exploration Institute.
An example of my recent work is the development of a novel autonomous underwater vehicle called Clio designed to facilitate large-scale biochemical ocean mapping. Clio, its purpose, and its validation are described in an upcoming manuscript that was just accepted for publication (more soon). A preprint of this manuscript is currently available on the IEEE TechRxiv server, see citation below.
Curriculum Vitae here.
Image: 2019 The new Clio autonomous underwater vehicle, center on the aft deck of R/V Atlantic Explorer completing its first ocean sectional cruise through the Sargasso Sea.
Breier, J.A., Jakuba, M.V., Saito, M.A., Dick, G.J., Grim, S.L., Chan, E.W., McIlvin, M.R., Moran, D.M., Alanis. B.A., Allen, A.E., Dupont. C.L., Johnson, R., 2020, Revealing ocean scale biochemical structure with a deep-diving vertical profiling autonomous vehicle, Science Robotics, Vol. 5, Issue 48, eabc7104, doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abc7104.
TechRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.12921530.v1
My work is a combination of environmental science and engineering research and development. I study water with a focus on the interaction between chemistry and microbial life and how this interplay influences environmental nutrient flows and ecosystem productivity.
I am particularly interested in how these interactions vary over time and space during mixing processes because understanding these patterns tests our understanding of how aquatic systems function.
I develop and use a variety of robotic tools and techniques to study these processes including remotely operated and autonomous vehicles, sensor networks, and chemical sensors and autonomous samplers.
My research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NASA, NOAA, the DoD, the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, and WHOI’s Deep Ocean Exploration Institute.
An example of my recent work is the development of a novel autonomous underwater vehicle called Clio designed to facilitate large-scale biochemical ocean mapping. Clio, its purpose, and its validation are described in an upcoming manuscript that was just accepted for publication (more soon). A preprint of this manuscript is currently available on the IEEE TechRxiv server, see citation below.
Curriculum Vitae here.
Image: 2019 The new Clio autonomous underwater vehicle, center on the aft deck of R/V Atlantic Explorer completing its first ocean sectional cruise through the Sargasso Sea.
Breier, J.A., Jakuba, M.V., Saito, M.A., Dick, G.J., Grim, S.L., Chan, E.W., McIlvin, M.R., Moran, D.M., Alanis. B.A., Allen, A.E., Dupont. C.L., Johnson, R., 2020, Revealing ocean scale biochemical structure with a deep-diving vertical profiling autonomous vehicle, Science Robotics, Vol. 5, Issue 48, eabc7104, doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abc7104.
TechRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.12921530.v1
CHIP BREIER: GEOCHEMISTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL ROBOTICS