Glibert has an undergraduate degree fromSkidmore College[1] and a master's degree from theUniversity of New Hampshire, where she examined the movement of nutrients in an estuary.[2] Glibert moved toHarvard University for her Ph.D., which she earned in 1982 with a dissertation working on the uptake of ammonium by small marine organisms.[3] Following her Ph.D., Glibert was a postdoctoral researcher and scientist atWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 1986 Glibert moved to theUniversity of Maryland, where she was promoted to professor in 1993.
Glibert's research centers on nutrients, phytoplankton, and harmful algal blooms, especially the connection betweenharmful algal blooms and nutrients.[5] She has conducted this research in multiple locations[6] includingShinnecock Bay, Long Island,[7] Florida Bay,[8] the Chesapeake Bay,[9]Kuwait Bay,[10] theScotian Shelf,[11] the waters offCape Cod,[12] and Chesapeake Bay.[13] She has examined the production and consumption of nitrogen,[14] the effect of temperature on nutrient uptake,[15] and the role of mixotrophy in nutrient use.[16] Her work includes investigations into nutrient cycling in model organisms includingTrichodesmium,[17]Prorocentrum,[18] andSynechococcus.[19][20] Glibert's research encompasses issues of climate change[21] and human impacts on the environment.[22][23]
Glibert, Patricia M.; Harrison, John; Heil, Cynthia;Seitzinger, Sybil (February 2006). "Escalating Worldwide use of Urea – A Global Change Contributing to Coastal Eutrophication".Biogeochemistry.77 (3):441–463.doi:10.1007/s10533-005-3070-5.S2CID2209850.
Global ecology and oceanography of harmful algal blooms. Patricia M. Glibert, Elisa Berdalet, Michele A. Burford, Grant C. Pitcher, Mingjiang Zhou, O. L. Lange. Cham, Switzerland. 2018.ISBN978-3-319-70069-4.OCLC1032810395.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
Glibert received an honorary doctorate fromLinnaeus University in 2011,[24] and was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012.[25] She has also been named one of the top women professors inMaryland (2013), and is a sustaining fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (2016).[1]
Glibert describes herself as "one-half dual-career couple"[26] and is married to Todd Kana, a phytoplankton ecologist at the University of Maryland.[27] In 2016 they publishedAquatic Microbial Ecology and Biochemistry: A Dual Perspective, a collection written by dual career couples who have collaborated on research in the field.[27] They have three children; Glibert's daughter was the first child born to a woman scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.[26]
^Glibert, Patricia M.; Biggs, Douglas C.; McCarthy, James J. (1982-07-01). "Utilization of ammonium and nitrate during austral summer in the Scotia Sea".Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers.29 (7):837–850.Bibcode:1982DSRA...29..837G.doi:10.1016/0198-0149(82)90049-8.ISSN0198-0149.
^Kana, Todd M.; Glibert, Patricia M. (1987-04-01). "Effect of irradiances up to 2000 μE m−2 s−1 on marine Synechococcus WH7803—I. Growth, pigmentation, and cell composition".Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers.34 (4):479–495.Bibcode:1987DSRA...34..479K.doi:10.1016/0198-0149(87)90001-X.ISSN0198-0149.
^Kana, Todd M.; Glibert, Patricia M. (1987-04-01). "Effect of irradiances up to 2000 μE m−2 s−1 on marine Synechococcus WH7803—II. Photosynthetic responses and mechanisms".Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers.34 (4):497–516.Bibcode:1987DSRA...34..497K.doi:10.1016/0198-0149(87)90002-1.ISSN0198-0149.
^Glibert, Patricia M.; Harrison, John; Heil, Cynthia;Seitzinger, Sybil (February 2006). "Escalating Worldwide use of Urea – A Global Change Contributing to Coastal Eutrophication".Biogeochemistry.77 (3):441–463.doi:10.1007/s10533-005-3070-5.S2CID2209850.
^abGlibert, Patricia; Kana, Todd M. (2016).Aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemistry: a dual perspective. Switzerland: Springer.ISBN978-3-319-30259-1.
