Department: Mechanical Engineering Institution: MIT
Research Overview:
He has published over 370 journal articles in the areas of biomimetic robotics & sensing, dynamics & control of marine systems, & experimental fluid mechanics.
Research interests include climate variability, monsoon dynamics, extreme events, droughts, hydroclimate paleo reconstructions of the last millennium, historical climatology, bio-physical interactions
Interests: Air-Sea Interactions, Climate & paleoclimate, Water cycle Profile
seismic tomography; studies of earth structure with emphasis on mantle beneath convergent plate boundaries; tectonic evolution of subduction systems; mantle dynamics; structure and evolution of continental lithosphere; field studies with portable seismometers
Our research uncovers the intricate relationships between viruses & various ocean life forms, shedding light on their importance in ecology, evolution, ecosystem health in the global oceans.
The Wankel Lab primarily uses stable isotope methods & techniques to help unpack the complexity of biogeochemical networks in Earth’s nitrogen, carbon & oxygen cycles, both microbial & abiotic.
We use the tiny, transparent jellyfish, Clytia hemisphaerica, to ask questions at the interface of nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, & function.
