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Albert Plueddemann

Department: Physical Oceanography
Institution: WHOI
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Research interests include: response of the upper ocean to surface forcing; structure of the oceanic surface boundary layer; coastal processes; oceanographic instrumentation.

Interests: Air-Sea Interactions, Coastal processes, Sensors & instrumentation
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Kurt L. Polzin

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internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

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Lawrence J. Pratt

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deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic

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James C. Preisig

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acoustic propagation modeling, signal processing, numerical optimization, communications

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James F. Price

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deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics

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Andrey Proshutinsky

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arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate

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David Ralston

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estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions

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Britt Raubenheimer

Department: Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Institution: WHOI
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Britt Raubenheimer investigates coastal physical processes including ocean waves & flows, flooding & inundation, groundwater, pollutant transport, & beach & surfzone seafloor evolution.

Interests: Coastal processes, Fluid dynamics, Remote sensing
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Chris Reddy

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environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry

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Wim van Rees

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Bio-inspired propulsion, Numerical methods for fluids and
structures, and Shape-changing elastic structures

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Daniel J. Repeta

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carbon cycle science, climate, colloid chemistry, diagenesis, ecosystem dynamics, environmental biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry, estuarine sciences, geomicrobiology, global change, global element cycles, microbial biogeochemistry, nuclear and radioactive waste disposal

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Paola Rizzoli

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climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation

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Daniel H. Rothman

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numerical models of nonlinear dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, and pattern formation; theoretical models of rock physics; numerical methods for seismology

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Nick Roy

Department: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Institution: MIT
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My research goal is to build unmanned vehicles that can perform with uncertain & limited knowledge of the world to complete a range of missions including scientific goals.

Interests: Robotics & autonomy

Leigh H. Royden

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regional geology and geophysics; plate tectonics, thermal effects of continental deformation; mechanics of large-scale continental deformation; lithospheric flexure; continental extensions and sedimentary basin formation; uplift and erosion in mountain belts

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Svenja Ryan

Department: Physical Oceanography
Institution: WHOI
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I utilize a wide range of tools & datasets to study regional to large scale ocean variability, mainly in the Northwest Atlantic, & how open-ocean processes impact the coastal ocean.

Interests: Coastal processes, Global overturning circulation, Polar ecosystems & processes
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Catherine Rychert

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geophysics, seismology, earthquake, body wave, receiver function, converted phase, scattered phase, sensitivity kernel, SS precursor, lithosphere, asthenosphere, marine geophysics, subduction, mantle dynamics, transform fault, mid-ocean ridge, ocean lithosphere, ocean bottom seismology, hot spot, plume, rift, DAS, fiber optics, geodesy, big data, machine learning, inversion, waveform modelling, volcanoes, hazard, sea level change, oceanography, climate change, mantle transition zone, partial melt, volatile cycle

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Irina I. Rypina

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transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics

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Serguei Saavedra

Department: Civil & Environmental Sciences
Institution: MIT
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Our research is centered on understanding the feasibility of observing the emergence, transformation, & regeneration of ecological systems under environmental changes.

Interests: Coastal processes, Ecology & ecosystem modeling
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Mak Saito

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Trace element biogeochemistry, metal-microbes interactions, cyanobacteriology, marine metalloenzymes, environmental genomics and proteomics, evolution of biogeochemical cycles

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