Maria (Maite) Maldonado
Maria (Maite) Maldonado is a Professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at UBC. Since joining UBC, Maria’s research has focused on understanding how various ‘bioactive’ trace metals influence phytoplankton physiology and ecology, and how phytoplankton, in turn, affect the chemical the speciation of trace metals in seawater. Maria received a PhD from McGill University in 1999.
Some of her recent projects include documenting for the first time Fe limitation of primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean, investigating the effects of ocean acidification and the thinning of sea ice on iron bioavailability for Arctic phytoplankton, demonstrating a significant interaction between Iron and Copper physiology in phytoplankton, and elucidating a high-affinity Copper transport system in model diatoms and phytoplankton in the Subarctic NE Pacific.
Maria’s research team has participated in the international inter calibration exercise for particulate metal determination under the auspices of the GEOTRACES program, and in two Canadian GEOTRACES cruises in the Arctic. Maria has served in the GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee, and in the Data Management Committee, as well as the BioGeotraces contact since 2011.
Some of her recent projects include documenting for the first time Fe limitation of primary productivity in the Arctic Ocean, investigating the effects of ocean acidification and the thinning of sea ice on iron bioavailability for Arctic phytoplankton, demonstrating a significant interaction between Iron and Copper physiology in phytoplankton, and elucidating a high-affinity Copper transport system in model diatoms and phytoplankton in the Subarctic NE Pacific.
Maria’s research team has participated in the international inter calibration exercise for particulate metal determination under the auspices of the GEOTRACES program, and in two Canadian GEOTRACES cruises in the Arctic. Maria has served in the GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee, and in the Data Management Committee, as well as the BioGeotraces contact since 2011.
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