MPO Faculty


Bruce Albrecht
Bruce Albrecht
Professor
Cloud-climate interactions, boundary layer structure and processes
Lisa Beal
Lisa Beal
Research Assistant Professor
Open ocean circulation, western boundary currents, heat and freshwater transports
Otis Brown
Otis Brown
Professor and Dean
Satellite oceanography, remote sensing applications
Shuyi Chen
Shuyi Chen
Professor
Mesoscale and tropical meteorology, atmospheric convection, coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling
Mike Chin
Toshio Michael Chin
Research Associate Professor
Data assimilation and interpolation, statistical amd multi-scale characterizations of space-time processes
Amy Clement
Amy Clement
Associate Professor
Climate modeling, paleoclimate, tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions
Bob Evans
Robert Evans
Research Professor
Satellite oceanography, remote sensing applications, systems design
Annalisa Griffa
Annalisa Griffa
Research Professor
Geophysical fluid dynamics, numerical ocean modeling, Lagrangian observing systems
George Halliwell
George Halliwell
Research Associate Professor
Ocean modeling, mesoscale processes, ocean climate
Mohamed Iskandarani
Mohamed Iskandarani
Research Associate Professor
Applied mathematics, data assimilation, ocean modeling
William Johns
William Johns
Professor
Ocean dynamics, boundary current and mesoscale processes, marginal seas and straits
David C. Kamenkovich
Igor Kamenkovich
Associate Professor
ocean dynamics, large-scale ocean circulation, meso-scale eddies and small-scale mixing interaction
Ben Kirtman
Ben Kirtman
Professor
El Niño prediction, dynamics and low frequency variations; impact of atmospheric stochastic forcing on coupled climate variability; El Niño-Monsoon interactions; and the maintenance of the inter-tropical convergence zone.
Villy Kourafalou
Villy Kourafalou
Research Associate Professor
Physical Oceanography of coastal and regional seas. Development and coupling of physical and ecosystem numerical models
Kevin Leaman
Kevin Leaman
Professor
Current profiling techniques, western boundary currents, ocean dynamics
Tom Lee
Thomas Lee
Research Professor Emeritus
Shelf dynamics, mesoscale eddies, interdisciplinary studies, western boundary currents
Roger Lhermitte
Roger Lhermitte
Professor Emeritus
Radar meteorology, physical meteorology, remote sensing, thunderstorm electrification
Sharan Majumdar
Sharanya Majumdar
Research Assistant Professor
Adaptive observations, ensemble forecasting, tropical cyclones, coastal ocean prediction
Brian Mapes
Brian Mapes
Associate Professor
Atmospheric convection and clouds, tropical meteorology, climate dynamics.
Art Mariano
Arthur Mariano
Professor
Data analysis and assimilation techniques, mesoscale ocean dynamics, Lagrangian ocean descriptions
Peter Minnett
Peter Minnett
Professor and Chairman
Satellite remote sensing, air-sea interaction, Arctic studies
Dave Nolan
David Nolan
Assistant Professor
Dynamic meteorology, tropical cyclones, vortex dynamics, numerical modeling
Don Olson
Donald Olson
Professor
Ocean circulation dynamics, mesoscale phenomena, ecosystem dynamics
Tamay Ozgokmen
Tamay Özgökmen
Associate Professor
Numerical modeling of mesoscale oceanic processes, small-scale mixing and Lagrangian motion
Harmut Peters
Hartmut Peters
Research Associate Professor
In-situ observations of turbulent mixing in oceans and coastal waters
Guillermo Podesta
Guillermo Podestá
Research Professor (secondary appointment with MBF)
Satellite remote sensing, oceanic variability, physical- biological interactions
Claes Rooth
Claes Rooth
Professor Emeritus
Large-scale ocean transport processes, climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interaction
Nick Shay
Lynn “Nick” Shay
Professor
Air-sea interactions, ocean response to atmospheric forcing, aircraft-based ocean measurement
Brian Soden
Brian Soden
Associate Professor
Global Climate Change, Atmospheric Hydrology, Remote Sensing
John VanLeer
John Van Leer
Associate Professor
Instrument development, upper ocean dynamics, Arctic oceanography, coastal oceanography
Chidong Zhang
Chidong Zhang
Professor
Large-scale air-sea interaction and atmospheric dynamics in the tropics, tropical climate
Paquita Zuidema
Paquita Zuidema
Assistant Professor
Clouds, radiation, climate, remote sensing

Secondary Appointments


Michael Brown
Professor (primary appointment with Applied Marine Physics)
Ocean acoustics, Lagrangian ocean dynamics, ocean waves and chaos, low order climate models
Mark Donelan
Professor (primary appointment with Applied Marine Physics)
Air-sea interaction, boundary layer turbulence, surface wave dynamics, gas transfer, microwave remote sensing
Hans Graber
Professor (primary appointment with Applied Marine Physics)
Surface wave dynamics, microwave remote sensing of ocean processes, air-sea interaction and boundary-layer dynamics
Christopher Mooers
Professor (primary appointment with Applied Marine Physics)
Coastal ocean circulation dynamics, coastal ocean prediction, evaluation of models and ocean observing networks, numerical simulation