Donald Canfield

Donald Canfield
Donald Canfield
Born	Donald Eugene Canfield; November 14, 1957
Alma mater	Miami University (BS); Yale University (PhD);
Known for	Canfield ocean
Spouse	Marianne prip Olsen
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007), knight of the Order of the Dannebrog (2021)
	Scientific career
Fields	Geobiology; Oceanography; Biogeochemistry;
Institutions	Ames Research Center; Aarhus University; University of Michigan; Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Southern Denmark;
Thesis	Sulfate reduction and the diagenesis of iron in anoxic marine sediments (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Robert Berner
Website	www.sdu.dk/staff/dec

Donald Eugene Canfield (born 1957) is a geochemist and Professor of Ecology at the University of Southern Denmark known for his work on the evolution of Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The Canfield ocean, a sulfidic partially oxic ocean existing during the middle of the Proterozoic eon, is named after him.

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