Faculty
Physical Oceanography
Magdalena Andres, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation |
Amy S. Bower, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream |
Claudia Cenedese, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, eddies, coastal circulation |
Ke Chen, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Coastal and Large-Scale Connections, Physical-Biological Interactions, Mesoscale Eddies, Numerical Modeling |
Carol Anne Clayson, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | energy and water cycles, air-sea fluxes, ocean and atmospheric boundary layers, air-sea feedbacks, turbulence modeling, remote sensing |
Sylvia Cole, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | eddies and stirring, internal wave dynamics, ice-ocean interactions, observations |
Timothy Cronin, Assistant Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling |
Steve Elgar, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes |
Kerry A. Emanuel, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global climate, tropical cyclone activity |
J. Tom Farrar, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Air-sea interaction and exchange, dynamics and thermodynamics of the upper ocean, tropical dynamics and equatorial waves, oceanic internal waves and eddies, satellite oceanography, ocean observing and instrumentation |
Raffaele Ferrari, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics |
Glenn Flierl, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear waves, eddies, bio-physical interactions |
Mick Follows, Professor | |
Joint Program Director | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations |
Nicholas Foukal, Assistant Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Physical Oceanography, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), Gulf Stream, Subpolar Gyre, Beaufort Gyre, Lagrangian methods, North Atlantic Oscillation |
Jake Gebbie, Associate Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods |
Alex O. Gonzalez, Assistant Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | tropical meteorology, climate modeling, air-sea interactions, and geophysical fluid dynamics |
Steve R. Jayne, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate |
Houshuo Jiang, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Small-scale biological-physical interactions in plankton; Behavioral, physical and sensory ecology of marine organisms; Plankton fluid dynamics; Bio-fluid dynamics; Environmental fluid dynamics; Applied computational fluid dynamics; Atmospheric mesoscale numerical modeling over the Red Sea |
Anthony Kirincich, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal oceanography, ocean physics, exchange and mixing, remote sensing/HF radar, off-shore wind |
Young-Oh Kwon, Senior Scientist | |
Department Chair | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | ocean’s role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water |
Isabela Le Bras, Assistant Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | large-scale ocean circulation, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Arctic, observations, western boundary current dynamics |
Amala Mahadevan, Senior Scientist | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Physical Oceanography | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies |
Ted Maksym, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology |
Olivier Marchal, Senior Scientist | |
Geology & Geophysics, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | paleoceanography; paleoclimatology |
John Marshall, Professor | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics |
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr., Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling |
Robert S. Pickart, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection |
Christopher Piecuch, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | sea level change, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling |
Albert J. Plueddemann, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer |
Kurt L. Polzin, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure |
Lawrence J. Pratt, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic |
Andrey Proshutinsky, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate |
David Ralston, Associate Scientist | |
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Science & Engineering | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions |
Britt Raubenheimer, Senior Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents |
Irina I. Rypina, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | transport, stirring and mixing in geophysical flows, ocean dynamics, dynamical systems theory, chaos, eddy, Hamiltonian dynamics |
Malcolm Scully, Associate Scientist | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia |
Hyodae Seo, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Air-sea interactions, Coupled climate dynamics and modeling, Regional climate variability and change |
Michael A. Spall, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents |
Robert Todd, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal processes, upper ocean processes, coastal and boundary current systems, thermohaline structure, autonomous observations |
John M. Toole, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | mixing, general circulation, instrumentation |
Caroline Ummenhofer, Associate Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | climate variability, hydrological cycle, monsoon systems, extratopical climate dynamics, hydroclimate paleo reconstructions of the last millennium, droughts and agriculture |
Robert A. Weller, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations |
Jiayan Yang, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate |
Lisan Yu, Senior Scientist | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | climate, equatorial dynamics |
W. Gordon Zhang, Associate Scientist | |
Education Coordinator | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction |
Retired/Emeritus Faculty
Robert C. Beardsley, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling |
Kenneth H. Brink, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar |
W. Rockwell Geyer, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics |
Karl R. Helfrich, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments |
Rui Xin Huang, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate |
Terrence M. Joyce, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | general circulation, oceanic variability, climate |
Steven J. Lentz, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics |
W. Brechner Owens, Emeritus Research Scholar | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice |
Joseph Pedlosky, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography |
James F. Price, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics |
Paola Rizzoli, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation |
Raymond W. Schmitt, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations |
John H. Trowbridge, Scientist Emeritus | |
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, shelf and nearshore processes |
John A. Whitehead, Scientist Emeritus | |
Physical Oceanography, WHOI | |
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Keywords: | laboratory studies, geophysical fluid dynamics, convection |
Carl Wunsch, Professor Emeritus | |
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT | |
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Keywords: | global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate |