James Galloway is a biogeochemist known for his work on the magnitude and consequences of the human alteration of biogeochemical cycles. His research includes investigations on the natural and anthropogenic controls on chemical cycles at the watershed, regional and global scales. He started first with trace metal biogeochemistry of the coastal ocean, and then expanded to investigations on the increased acidification of the atmosphere, soils and fresh waters. Most recently he has focused on the nitrogen cycle.
Galloway was born in Annapolis MD and grew up in Maryland and Southern California. He graduated from Whittier College with a BA in Biology and Chemistry, and from UCSD in 1972 with a PhD in Chemistry for his research on the fate of trace metals in a coastal ocean. Following two years as a professional potter in Lexington VA, he was a postdoctoral fellow in Ecology and Systematics at Cornell University. He joined the faculty of the Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Virginia in 1976, where he is now the Sidman P. Poole Professor of Environmental Sciences, Emeritus.
Academic Titles and Affiliations
Sidman P. Poole Professor, Emeritus
Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Trustee, Emeritus
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole MA
Trustee, Emeritus
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
St. Georges, Bermuda
Awards & Elections
- 2020 Elected, US National Academy of Sciences
- 2020 Inducted, Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
- 2012 Awarded, 2012 Whittier College Poet Award for Alumnae Achievement
- 2008 Elected, Fellow of American Geophysical Union.
- 2008 Awarded, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (shared with Harold Mooney)
- 2008 Awarded, Sidman P. Poole Professorship of Environmental Sciences.
- 2002 Elected, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science