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Hans W. Paerl
Born
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
NationalityDutch American
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis
Scientific career
FieldsLimnology, Microbiology
InstitutionsUNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences
Websitehttps://paerllab.web.unc.edu/

Hans W. Paerl is a Dutch American limnologist and a Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences[1] at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) Institute of Marine Sciences.[2] His research primarily assesses microbially-mediated nutrient cycling, primary production dynamics, and the consequences of human impacts on water quality and sustainability in waters around the world.[3][4]

Education and training

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Paerl attended Aragon High School in California and received an AA in biological sciences from the College of San Mateo in 1967. He received a BS in biological sciences (1969) and Ph.D. in ecology in 1973 from the University of California, Davis.[5] He has been on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1978, where he currently is the Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the UNC-CH's Institute of Marine Sciences.[2][6]

Research

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Paerl's collaborative research addresses microbially-mediated nutrient cycling and primary production dynamics, including environmental controls and management of harmful algal blooms and their toxins.[7][8] His work aims to assess the effects of human and climatic alterations of water quality and sustainability of estuarine and coastal marine waters in the US and globally.[9][10] Paerl has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on these subjects[11] and his work has been supported by the National Science Foundation,[12][13] EPA, NIH,[14] NOAA, The North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute,[15] and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[16] As part of his research, Paerl also began several estuarine water quality monitoring and assessment programs in coastal North Carolina, including the Neuse River Estuary Modeling and Monitoring Program (ModMon) and the Ferry-based Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Pamlico Sound System (FerryMon).[17][18][19] In recent years Paerl has completed a large number of projects with collaborators in China.[20][21] He is also well known in the scientific community for having written foundational synthesis and review pieces on harmful algal blooms.[22][23][24] Since 2018 Paerl has been one of the lead investigators in the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health. The center is under the direction of Professor George Bullerjahn, an American microbiologist and collaborator with Paerl on several studies.[25][26]

Throughout his career, Paerl has supervised over 75 graduate students, 12 postdoctoral researchers, and countless undergraduate students at UNC-CH as well as other institutions.[27]

Awards and commendations

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Paerl received the 2003 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award from the Association of the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).,[28] and the 2011 Odum Award from the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) for addressing the causes,[29] consequences and controls of eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU),[30] and in 2017 he was named a fellow of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.[31] Paerl also holds honorary joint faculty positions at Hohai University and the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, both located in Nanjing, China[5]

Personal life

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Paerl was born in the Netherlands and immigrated with his family to the US in 1957.[5] Eventually, Pearl moved to Beaufort, NC where he met his wife, Barbara Hill (1981).[32]

References

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  1. ^ "Faculty". UNC Department of Biology. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. ^ a b "Hans Paerl | Institute of Marine Sciences". ims.unc.edu. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ Paerl, Hans W. (July 1988). "Nuisance phytoplankton blooms in coastal, estuarine, and inland waters1: Nuisance blooms". Limnology and Oceanography. 33 (4part2): 823–843. doi:10.4319/lo.1988.33.4part2.0823.
  4. ^ "Hans W. Paerl, PhD". UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Hans W. Paerl – CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Tenure-Track Faculty | Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences". emes.unc.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  7. ^ Huisman, Jef; Codd, Geoffrey A.; Paerl, Hans W.; Ibelings, Bas W.; Verspagen, Jolanda M. H.; Visser, Petra M. (August 2018). "Cyanobacterial blooms". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 16 (8): 471–483. doi:10.1038/s41579-018-0040-1. ISSN 1740-1534. PMID 29946124. S2CID 256744809. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  8. ^ Paerl, Hans W.; Huisman, Jef (4 April 2008). "Blooms Like It Hot". Science. 320 (5872): 57–58. doi:10.1126/science.1155398. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 18388279. S2CID 142881074. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  9. ^ Paerl, Hans W.; Scott, J. Thad; McCarthy, Mark J.; Newell, Silvia E.; Gardner, Wayne S.; Havens, Karl E.; Hoffman, Daniel K.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. (18 October 2016). "It Takes Two to Tango: When and Where Dual Nutrient (N & P) Reductions Are Needed to Protect Lakes and Downstream Ecosystems". Environmental Science & Technology. 50 (20): 10805–10813. Bibcode:2016EnST...5010805P. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02575. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 27667268. S2CID 21395122. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  10. ^ "The Paerl Lab". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Publications – The Paerl Lab". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  12. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1831096 – Dimensions: Collaborative Research: The Cyanobacterial Bloom Microbial Interactome as a Model for Understanding Patterns in Functional Biodiversity". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  13. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0826819 – Collaborative Research: Evaluating Nutrient Reductions to Control Cyanobacteria and Ensure Large Lake Sustainability: Lake Taihu (China) as a Model for North American Systems". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  14. ^ "Algal & Fresh Water Scientists". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  15. ^ "2018 Projects". NC Water Resources Research Institute. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  16. ^ "Professor Hans Paerl from University of North Carolina Visits IHB----Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences". english.ihb.cas.cn. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  17. ^ "Ferrymon Connects Students to Water Quality".
  18. ^ "ModMon – The Paerl Lab". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  19. ^ "FerryMon – The Paerl Lab". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  20. ^ Tang, Xiangming; Krausfeldt, Lauren E.; Shao, Keqiang; LeCleir, Gary R.; Stough, Joshua M. A.; Gao, Guang; Boyer, Gregory L.; Zhang, Yunlin; Paerl, Hans W.; Qin, Boqiang; Wilhelm, Steven W. (2018-10-02). "Seasonal Gene Expression and the Ecophysiological Implications of Toxic Microcystis aeruginosa Blooms in Lake Taihu". Environmental Science & Technology. 52 (19): 11049–11059. Bibcode:2018EnST...5211049T. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01066. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 30168717. S2CID 206579527.
  21. ^ Ma, Jianrong; Qin, Boqiang; Paerl, Hans W.; Brookes, Justin D.; Hall, Nathan S.; Shi, Kun; Zhou, Yongqiang; Guo, Jinsong; Li, Zhe; Xu, Hai; Wu, Tingfeng; Long, Shengxing (March 2016). "The persistence of cyanobacterial ( M icrocystis spp.) blooms throughout winter in Lake Taihu, China: Cyanobacterial blooms throughout winter". Limnology and Oceanography. 61 (2): 711–722. doi:10.1002/lno.10246. S2CID 88231863.
  22. ^ Paerl, Hans W.; Huisman, Jef (2008-04-04). "Blooms Like It Hot". Science. 320 (5872): 57–58. doi:10.1126/science.1155398. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 18388279. S2CID 142881074.
  23. ^ Paerl, Hans W.; Scott, J. Thad; McCarthy, Mark J.; Newell, Silvia E.; Gardner, Wayne S.; Havens, Karl E.; Hoffman, Daniel K.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A. (2016-10-18). "It Takes Two to Tango: When and Where Dual Nutrient (N & P) Reductions Are Needed to Protect Lakes and Downstream Ecosystems". Environmental Science & Technology. 50 (20): 10805–10813. Bibcode:2016EnST...5010805P. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02575. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 27667268. S2CID 21395122.
  24. ^ Paerl, Hans W.; Gardner, Wayne S.; McCarthy, Mark J.; Peierls, Benjamin L.; Wilhelm, Steven W. (2014-10-10). "Algal blooms: Noteworthy nitrogen". Science. 346 (6206): 175. doi:10.1126/science.346.6206.175-a. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 25301607.
  25. ^ Zepernick, Brittany N.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Bullerjahn, George S.; Paerl, Hans W. (2023). "Climate change and the aquatic continuum: A cyanobacterial comeback story". Environmental Microbiology Reports. 15 (1): 3–12. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.13122. ISSN 1758-2229. PMC 10103762. PMID 36096485.
  26. ^ Barnard, Malcolm A.; Chaffin, Justin D.; Plaas, Haley E.; Boyer, Gregory L.; Wei, Bofan; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Rossignol, Karen L.; Braddy, Jeremy S.; Bullerjahn, George S.; Bridgeman, Thomas B.; Davis, Timothy W.; Wei, Jin; Bu, Minsheng; Paerl, Hans W. (2021-01-09). "Roles of Nutrient Limitation on Western Lake Erie CyanoHAB Toxin Production". Toxins. 13 (1): 47. doi:10.3390/toxins13010047. ISSN 2072-6651. PMC 7828104. PMID 33435505.
  27. ^ "History – The Paerl Lab". Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  28. ^ "G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award". ASLO. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  29. ^ "Past CERF Scientific Award Recipients". www.cerf.science. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  30. ^ "Alphabetical List of All Fellows". Honors Program. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  31. ^ "Hans Paerl, Ph.D. William R. Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences – Expert with UNC-Chapel Hill | ExpertFile". expertfile.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  32. ^ "Beaufort, NC" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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