Marjy Friedrichs - Chesapeake Research Consortium

Biographical Sketch
MARJORIE ANNE MACWHORTER FRIEDRICHS
Research Assistant Professor
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
Phone: 804-684-7695, Fax: 804-684-7889, Email: marjy@vims.edu
(a) Professional Preparation
1999 Ph.D., Old Dominion University, Oceanography
1992 M.S., M.I.T./Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, Oceanography
1989 B.A., Middlebury College, Physics
(b) Appointments
2009- Research Associate Professor, VIMS, College of William and Mary
2006-2009 Research Assistant Professor, VIMS, College of William and Mary
2001- Research Assistant Professor, CCPO/OEAS, Old Dominion University
1999-2001 Postdoctoral Investigator, CCPO/OEAS, Old Dominion University
1994-1999 Graduate Research Fellow, CCPO/OEAS, Old Dominion University
1992-1994 Research Assistant III, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1989-1992 Office of Naval Research Grad. Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(c) Publications
Five most recent/relevant:
Gregg, W., M.A.M. Friedrichs, A. R. Robinson, K. Rose, R. Schlitzer, and K.R. Thompson.
2009. Skill assessment in ocean biological data assimilation. Journal of Marine Systems,
76, doi:10.1016/j.marsys.2008.05.010.
Friedrichs, M.A.M., M.-E. Carr, R. Barber, M. Scardi, D. Antoine, R.A. Armstrong, I. Asanuma,
M.J. Behrenfeld, E.T. Buitenhuis, F. Chai, J.R. Christian, A.M. Ciotti, S.C. Doney, M.
Dowell, J. Dunne, B. Gentili, W. Gregg, N. Hoepffner, J. Ishizaka, T. Kameda, I. Lima, J.
Marra, F. Mélin, J.K. Moore, A. Morel, R.T. O’Malley, J. O’Reilly, V.S. Saba, M.
Schmeltz, T.J. Smyth, J. Tjiputra, K. Waters, T.K. Westberry, A. Winguth, 2009.
Assessing the uncertainties of model estimates of primary productivity in the tropical
Pacific Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems, 76, doi:10.1016/j.marsys.2008.05.010.
Hofmann, E.E., J.-N. Druon, K. Fennel, M. Friedrichs, and the U.S. ECoS team, 2008. Eastern
U.S. Continental Shelf Carbon Budget: Integrating Models, Data Assimilation, and
Analysis. Oceanography, 21, 86-104.
Friedrichs, M.A.M., J.A. Dusenberry, L.A. Anderson, R.A. Armstrong, F. Chai, J.R. Christian,
S.C. Doney, J. Dunne, M. Fujii, R. Hood, D.J. McGillicuddy, Jr., J.K. Moore, M.
Schartau, Y.H. Sptiz, J.D. Wiggert, 2007. Assessment of skill and portability in regional
marine biogeochemical models: Role of multiple phytoplankton groups. Journal of
Geophysial Research, 112, C08001, doi10:1029/2006JC003852.
Friedrichs, M.A.M., R. Hood, and J. Wiggert, 2006: Ecosystem model complexity versus
physical forcing: Quantification of their relative impact with assimilated Arabian Sea
data. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 576-600.

Other significant (2001-2009):
Jolliff, J., J.C. Kindle, I. Shulman, B. Penta, M.A.M. Friedrichs, R. Helber, R. A. Arnone, 2009.
Summary diagrams for coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model skill assessment.
Journal of Marine Systems, doi:10.1016/j.marsys.2008.05.014.
Stow, C.A., J.K. Jolliff, D.J. McGillicuddy, Jr., S.C. Doney, M.A.M. Friedrichs, J.I. Allen, K.A.
Rose, and P. Wallhead, 2009. Skill assessment for coupled biological/physical models of
marine systems. Journal of Marine Systems, 76, doi:10.1016/j.marsys.2008.03.011.
Hood, R., E. Laws, K. Moore, R. Armstrong, N. Bates, C. Carlson, F. Chai, S. Doney, P.
Falkowski, D. Feely, M. Friedrichs, M. Landry, R. Letelier, D. Nelson, T. Richardson, B.
Salihoglu, J. Wiggert, and M. Schartau, 2006. Functional group modeling: progress,
challenges and prospects. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 459-512.
Carr, M.-E., M.A.M. Friedrichs and the PPARR3 team, 2006: A comparison of global estimates
of marine primary production from ocean color. Deep-Sea Research II, 53, 741-770.
Hofmann E.E., and M.A.M. Friedrichs, 2002. Predictive modeling for marine ecosystems. In:
Robinson, A.R.; McCarthy, J.J.; Rothschild B.J. (eds.), The Sea, Volume 12: Biological-
Physical Interactions in the Ocean, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., NY, pp. 537-565.
Friedrichs, M.A.M., 2002: The assimilation of SeaWiFS and JGOFS EqPac data into a marine
ecosystem model of the central equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 289-319.
Doney, S.C., I. Lima, K. Lindsay, J.K. Moore, S. Dutkiewicz, M.A.M. Friedrichs, and R. Matear,
2001. Marine biogeochemical modeling. Oceanography, 14(4): 93-107.
Friedrichs, M.A.M., and E.E. Hofmann, 2001. Physical control of biological processes in the
central equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I, 48: 1023-1069.
Friedrichs, M.A.M., 2001: A data-assimilative marine ecosystem model of the central
equatorial Pacific: numerical twin experiments. Journal of Marine Research, 59 (6) 859-
894.
Friedrichs, M. A. M. and E. E. Hofmann, 2001: Physical control of biological processes in the
central equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I, 48, 1023-1069.
Hofmann, E.E., and M.A.M. Friedrichs, 2001. Biogeochemical data assimilation. In: J.H. Steele,
S.A. Thorpe, and K.K. Turekian (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences Vol. 1, pp. 302-
308. London, UK: Academic Press.
(d) Synergistic Activities (2006-2009)
2009- NASA Earth Science for Decision Making – Gulf of Mexico, Proposal Review Panel
2008- Invited speaker at ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, “Assessing the skill of marine
biogeochemical models through data assimilation”, March 2008.
2007- Invited Plenary Speaker at Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling,
“Assessing the costs and benefits of increasing ecosystem model complexity using data
assimilation”, June, 2007.
2007- ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting Session co-Convener: “ Carbon Cycling at the Land-
Ocean Interface”, February 2007.
2006- NASA North American Carbon Program, Proposal Review Panel
2006- ASLO-AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting Session co-Convener: “Advances in the Study of
Carbon Cycling on Continental Margins”, February 2006.

(e) Collaborators & Other Affiliations
Collaborators: R. Armstrong (Stony Brook), Adrian Burd (U. Ga.), M.-E. Carr (JPL), J.
Christian (CCCMA), K. Fennel (Rutgers), E. Hofmann (ODU), R. Hood (U. Md.), C. Lee
(Stony Brook), A. Mannino (GSFC), C. McClain (GSFC), R. Murtugudde (U. Md.), R. Najjar
(PSU), J. O’Reilly (NOAA), S. Signorini (GSFC), W. Smith (VIMS), J. Wilkin (Rutgers)
Graduate Advisors: H. Bryden (M.S.), M. Hall (M.S.), E. Hofmann (Ph.D.)
Served on Ph.D. Committees of: B. Salihoglu (ODU), T. Tian (ODU), D. Elliott (VIMS), A.
Bever (VIMS), Y Luo (MBL), S. Baer (VIMS)
Undergraduate Advisees: Samone Brockett
Graduate (Ph.D.) Advisees: Yongjin Xiao
Post-doctoral Advisees: Vince Saba; Jianhong Xue