Kerry is an expert in marine magnetotellurics and controlled-source electromagnetic imaging of the oceanic crust and mantle to elucidate the electrical conductivity structure of mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, fresh water aquifers along continental margins, and hydrocarbon reservoirs. Until he accepted Columbia University’s offer, Kerry was an Associate Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, and he spent the past semester at Lamont as a Visiting Associate Professor in DEES.