One of the nations elite research universities, Florida State University preserves, expands, and disseminates knowledge in the sciences, technology, arts, humanities, and professions, while embracing a philosophy of learning strongly rooted in the traditions of the liberal arts and critical thinking. Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the inorganic carbon system, ocean gas exchange, isotope geochemistry, nutrient cycling, chemical tracers of ocean circulation, aquatic / marine pollution, and modeling of chemical and biogeochemical processes in aquatic / marine systems.