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intro	excerpt Associate Professor at Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change, Tohoku University **[AIMEC](https://www.wpi-aimec.jp/en)** excerpt Research Affiliate at **[UH Mānoa](https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/)** excerpt *I'm interested in the coordination and optimization of cellular scale processes, how objectives are influenced by the flow of information between tiers of biological organization, and how all this complexity is imprinted in the genetic code. I enjoy thinking about these layers of biological complexity as they relate to the ecology and biogeochemistry of the oceans.* [More](/about/)
feature_row1	image_path alt title excerpt url btn_label btn_class assets/images/PQRQ.jpg PQRQ figure Redox-selective remineralization decouples marine carbon and oxygen cycles Exploring how the photosynthetic quotient and the respiratory quotient modulate oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. /PQRQ/ Read More btn--primary
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feature_row3	image_path alt title excerpt url btn_label btn_class /assets/images/MSE_Pro_MESO-SCOPE.jpg MESO-SCOPE contour plots CBIOMES Ongoing research with the Simons Foundation Collaboration on Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems. Watch a narrated slide show of what's in the works and check out a case-study applying detailed mechanistic models of *Prochlorococcus* physiology and metabolism across an eddy-dipole. /CBIOMESResearch/ Read More btn--primary
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A bit about me

Associate Professor at the Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change, Tohoku University AIMEC{: .notice}

Research Affiliate at UH Mānoa{: .notice-primary}

I'm interested in the coordination and optimization of cellular scale processes, how objectives - like fitness or entropy production - are influenced by the streams of information between tiers of biological organization, and how all this complexity is imprinted in the genetic code. I enjoy thinking about these layers of biological complexity as they relate to the ecology and biogeochemistry of the oceans. More

Recent works and perspectives

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