About David Hastings
David Hastings started this adventure studying chemistry at Princeton University and received his Ph.D. in chemical oceanography from University of Washington. His primary research interest is paleoclimatology, understanding the history of past climate changes as revealed in ocean sediments. David Hastings also studies the impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on ocean sediments and microplastics in the marine environment.




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David Hastings Eckerd is a marine geochemist and chemical oceanographer. He landed on the shores of Tampa Bay in 2000 to teach marine science, environmental science and chemistry at Eckerd College. David Hastings Eckerd started this adventure studying chemistry at Princeton University and received his Ph.D. in chemical oceanography from University of Washington. His primary research interest is paleoclimatology, understanding the history of past climate changes as revealed in ocean sediments. David Hastings Eckerd also studies the impact of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on ocean sediments and microplastics in the marine environment.
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