John "Chip" Breier

JOHN "CHIP" BREIER

Associate Professor, SEEMS

(956) 882-5040
john.breier@utrgv.edu

Department: SEEMS
Office: BLHSB 1.802
Location: Brownsville

UTRGV Faculty Profile

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Areas of Interest

Dynamic mixing processes including the mixing of coastal freshwater and seawater and the mixing of geofluids with seawater. Chemical and energy exchange between the lithosphere and the ocean and how this class of processes influences Earth’s biogeochemical cycles. The scavenging and transport of trace elements, which involves to varying degrees questions of mineral formation and chemical reactivity, mineral and microbe interactions, and the chemical energy available for chemosynthesis. The development and application of ocean instrumentation and vehicles for the enhanced study of Earth system processes. Predictive environmental modeling and model validation.

Higher-Education

  • 2006 Ph.D. Marine Science, The University of Texas at Austin
  • 1996 Reactor Engineering School, DOE Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
  • 1995 B.S. cum laude Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University

Publications

 

  • B.D. Stewart, J.V. Sorensen, K. Wendt, J.B. Sylvan, C.R. German, K. Anantharaman, G.J. Dick,
    John Breier, and B.M. Toner. A multi-modal approach to measuring particulate iron speciation in
    buoyant hydrothermal plumes. Chemical Geology. (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120018
  • John Breier. Revealing ocean-scale biochemical structure with a deep-diving vertical profiling
    autonomous vehicle. Science Robotics. Washington DC: Science Robotics. no. 5 (November 2020) https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abc7104
  • D.L. Valentine, G.B. Fisher, O. Pizarro, C.L. Kaiser, D. Yoerger, John Breier, and J. Tarn.
    Autonomous marine robotic technology reveals an expansive benthic bacterial community relevant to regional nitrogen biogeochemistry. Environmental science & technology. 50, no. 20 (2016): 11057-11065. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03584
  • Anantharaman, K., J.A. Breier, and G.J. Dick. 2016. Metagenomic resolution of microbial functions in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes across the Eastern Lau Spreading Center. The ISME Journal 10(1), 225-239, doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.81. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.81
  • Govindarajan, A.F., J. Pineda, M. Purcell, and J.A. Breier. 2015. Species- and stage-specific barnacle larval distributions obtained from AUV sampling and genetic analysis in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 472, 158-165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.07.012.
  • Reed, D.C., J.A. Breier, J. Jiang, K. Anantharaman, C.A. Klausmeier, B.M. Toner, C. Hancock, K. Speer, A.M. Thurnherr, and G.J. Dick. 2015. Predicting the response of the deep-ocean microbiome to geochemical perturbations by hydrothermal vents. The ISME journal 9(8), 1857-1869, doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.4. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.4

Present Courses

  • ENVR 3303 01R - Res Meth & Data An in Envr Sci