title: Philip Froelich
text: # Philip Froelich
  
  Dr. Philip 'Flip' Nissen Froelich, Jr. is an American academic oceanographic scientist, whose research uses biogeochemistry dynamics to address human impacts on the world's oceans.
  
  ## Early life and career
  
  Froelich graduated from Duke University in 1968. He obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Rhode Island in 1979.
  
  He is a Francis Eppes Professor of Oceanography at Florida State University, where he is involved in the interdisciplinary Biogeochemical Dynamics Program. He is also affiliated with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
  
  