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Physical Oceanography

Magdalena Andres,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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observational oceanography, PIES, western boundary currents, wind driven circulation

Amy S. Bower,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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dense overflows, Lagrangian floats, Gulf Stream

Claudia Cenedese,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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geophysical fluid dynamics, laboratory experiments, melting glaciers and icebergs, microplastic transport and burial, buoyancy driven currents, turbulent mixing and mesoscale vortices

Ke Chen,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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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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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Polar oceanography, ice-ocean interactions, ocean circulation, observations

Timothy Cronin,  Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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Global climate, atmospheric dynamics and radiation, idealized modeling

Steve Elgar,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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nearshore, surfzone, sediment, morphological processes

J. Tom Farrar,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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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upper ocean processes, mixing, stirring, geophysical fluid dynamics

Glenn Flierl,  Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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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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ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles, numerical modeling, observations

Nicholas Foukal,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Physical Oceanography, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), Gulf Stream, Subpolar Gyre, Beaufort Gyre, Lagrangian methods, North Atlantic Oscillation

Glen G. Gawarkiewicz,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Jake Gebbie,  Senior Scientist
Education Coordinator
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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climate dynamics, paleoceanography, interannual to multidecadal variability, numerical modeling, inverse methods

Alex O. Gonzalez,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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tropical meteorology, climate modeling, air-sea interactions, and geophysical fluid dynamics

Steve R. Jayne,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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western boundary currents, remote sensing, climate

Houshuo Jiang,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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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

Wanying Kang,  Assistant Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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geophysical fluid dynamics, planetary sciences

Anthony Kirincich,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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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ocean’s role in climate, climate variability, large-scale circulation, mode water

Isabela Le Bras,  Assistant Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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large-scale ocean circulation, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Arctic, observations, western boundary current dynamics

Pierre Lermusiaux,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Amala Mahadevan,  Senior Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Physical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Physical-biological interactions, upper ocean processes, fronts and eddies

Ted Maksym,  Associate Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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sea ice, polar regions, ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, polar technology

Olivier Marchal,  Senior Scientist
Geology & Geophysics,  WHOI
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paleoceanography; paleoclimatology

John Marshall,  Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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ocean modeling, climate, biogeochemical cycles, geophysical fluid dynamics

Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr.,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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mesoscale dynamics, upper ocean processes, numerical modeling

Thomas Peacock,  Professor
Mechanical Engineering,  MIT
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Robert S. Pickart,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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western boundary currents, ventilation, deep convection

Christopher Piecuch,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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sea level change, ocean circulation, Bayesian methods, numerical modeling

Albert J. Plueddemann,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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air-sea interaction, upper ocean processes, surface boundary layer

Kurt L. Polzin,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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internal waves, mixing, stirring, fine structure

Lawrence J. Pratt,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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deep overflows, chaos, meanders, hydraulic

David Ralston,  Senior Scientist
Chair, Joint Committee for Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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estuarine physics, sediment transport, physical-biological interactions

Britt Raubenheimer,  Senior Scientist
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, alongshore currents, morphology, hurricane impacts, groundwater-ocean-beach interactions

Irina I. Rypina,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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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coastal and estuarine circulation; turbulent mixing; sediment transport; hypoxia/anoxia

Hyodae Seo,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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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numerical modeling, mesoscale flows, boundary currents

Robert Todd,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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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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polar oceanography, mixing, general circulation, air-sea interaction, instrument development

Caroline Ummenhofer,  Associate Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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climate variability and change, hydrological cycle, monsoons, extreme events, Indian Ocean, Southern Hemisphere extratropics, paleoclimate, historical climatology, bio-physical interactions

Robert A. Weller,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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upper ocean processes, boundary layer meteorology, observations

Jiayan Yang,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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Arctic ocean, marginal seas, ocean modeling, climate

Lisan Yu,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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climate, equatorial dynamics

W. Gordon Zhang,  Associate Scientist
Education Coordinator
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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Coastal ocean dynamics, biophysical interaction, Polar oceanography, coral reef hydrodynamics, adaptive sampling

Retired/Emeritus Faculty

Robert C. Beardsley,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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coastal circulation, observations, tides, physical-biological coupling

Kenneth H. Brink,  Emeritus Research Scholar
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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coastal, topographic effects, SeaSoar

Kerry A. Emanuel,  Professor
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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global climate, tropical cyclone activity

W. Rockwell Geyer,  Emeritus Research Scholar
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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estuaries, coastal hydrodynamics, dispersion, sediment transport, morphodynamics

Karl R. Helfrich,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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geophysical fluid dynamics, stratified flows, hydraulics, laboratory experiments

Rui Xin Huang,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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energetics, thermocline structure, thermohaline, wind-driven circulation, climate

Terrence M. Joyce,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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general circulation, oceanic variability, climate

Steven J. Lentz,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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coastal oceanography, wind-driven circulation, buoyancy-driven circulation, boundary layer dynamics

W. Brechner Owens,  Emeritus Research Scholar
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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large-scale circulation, climate, observations, floats, ice

Joseph Pedlosky,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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equatorial jets and undercurrents, baroclinic instability, eddies and topography

James F. Price,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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deep overflows, observations, upper ocean dynamics

Andrey Proshutinsky,  Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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arctic ocean, tides, numerical modeling, climate

Paola Rizzoli,  Professor Emeritus
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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climate, general ocean circulation, ecosystem models, data assimilation

Raymond W. Schmitt,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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mixing, salt fingers, water cycle, observations

John H. Trowbridge,  Scientist Emeritus
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering,  WHOI
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geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, shelf and nearshore processes

John A. Whitehead,  Scientist Emeritus
Physical Oceanography,  WHOI
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laboratory studies, geophysical fluid dynamics, convection

Carl Wunsch,  Professor Emeritus
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,  MIT
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global ocean circulation, altimetry, inverse methods and state estimation, mixing processes, tides, internal waves, paleoclimate