Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer is a professor in the FSU Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science. He leads the Spencer Biochemistry Laboratory, which spans the field of oceanography, hydrology, soil science and organic geochemistry, and addresses important biogeochemical questions in many different areas of carbon cycling and Earth system science. His lab's research focuses on understanding the chemical composition of Earth’s major carbon reservoirs — soils, sediments and dissolved organic matter in marine and terrestrial ecosystems — and how this controls movement between these reservoirs and the atmosphere.