Paul G. Falkowski | |
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| Born | 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | City College of New York University of British Columbia |
| Awards | Huntsman Medal Hutchison Prize Vernadsky medal (EGU) ECI Prize Tyler Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biological oceanographer |
| Institutions | University of Rhode Island Brookhaven National Laboratory Rutgers University |
| Doctoral students | Felisa Lauren Wolfe-Simon |
Paul G. Falkowski (born 1951) is an American biological oceanographer in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His research work focuses on phytoplankton and primary production, and his wider interests include evolution, paleoecology, photosynthesis, biogeochemical cycles and astrobiology.