RSMAS

 

Faculty Index

The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami is one of the premier oceanographic research and education institutions in the world. As the only subtropical institute of its kind in the continental United States, its more than 100 Ph.D. faculty members, 190 graduate students, and more than 250 research support staff comprise the academic community.

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Bruce Albrecht
Bruce Albrecht
Professor — 305.421.4043
Cloud-climate interactions, boundary layer structure and processes
Falk Amelung
Falk Amelung
Associate Professor — 305.421.4949
Active Volcanism and Tectonics, InSAR, Remote Sensing
Elliot L. Atlas
Elliot L. Atlas
Professor — 305.421.4128
sources, transport, and transformation of atmospheric trace gases in the global atmosphere
Jerald S. Ault
Jerald S. Ault
Professor — 305.421.4884
theoretical population dynamics, fishery management system
Roni Avissar
Roni Avissar
Professor and Dean — 305.421.4000
climate modeling, weather forecasting, land-atmosphere interactions, air-sea interactions, atmospheric observations, hydrology
B
Elizabeth Babcock
Elizabeth Babcock
Research Assistant Professor — 305.421.4852
Fish Stock Assessment, Fisheries Research and Management, Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management, Marine Conservation Biology
Andrew C. Baker
Andrew C. Baker
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4642
biology and ecology of reef corals; molecular ecology and systematics
Andrew Bakun
Andrew Bakun
Professor — 305.421.4986
Climate and Fisheries, ocean processes regulating marine population dynamics
Lisa Beal
Lisa Beal
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4093
Open ocean circulation, western boundary currents, heat and freshwater transports
Keir Becker
Keir Becker
Professor — 305.421.4661
Marine Geophysics
Daniel Benetti
Daniel Benetti
Associate Professor — 305.421.4889
aquaculture science, technology, management and environmental monitoring system
Patricia Blackwelder
Patricia Blackwelder
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Electron Microscopy Facilitysh; 305.421.4677
Biomineralization, Scanning Electron Microscopy
Larry E. Brand
Larry E. Brand
Professor — 305.421.4138
physiology, ecology and evolution of phytoplankton
Kenny Broad
Kenny Broad
Associate Professor — 305.421.4851
ecological anthropology, climate and society interaction, environmental policy
John W. Brown
John W. Brown
Research Professor — 305.421.4686
microscale sea-air transfer processes, aerosol dynamics, surfactant damping of gravity-capillary waves, geospatial distributions of petroleum hydrocarbons, toxins and bioactive agents in seawater
Michael G. Brown
Michael G. Brown
Professor — 305.421.4620
Ocean acoustics, surface gravity wave dynamics, Lagrangian ocean dynamics
Otis Brown
Otis Brown
Professor — 305.421.4200
Satellite oceanography, remote sensing applications
C
Shuyi S. Chen
Shuyi S. Chen
Professor — 305.421.4048
Mesoscale and tropical meteorology, atmospheric convection, coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling
Toshio Michael Chin
Toshio Michael Chin
Research Associate Professor — 305.421.4816
Data assimilation and interpolation, statistical amd multi-scale characterizations of space-time processes
Angela Clark
Angela Clark
Librarian Assistant Professor — 305.421.4020
Amy Clement
Amy Clement
Associate Professor — 305.421.4846
Climate modeling, paleoclimate, tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions
Robert K. Cowen
Robert K. Cowen
Professor, Maytag Chair of Ichthyology, Associate Dean for Research — 305.421.4023
fisheries oceanography, larval fish ecology, population dynamics of marine fishes
Douglas L. Crawford
Douglas L. Crawford
Professor — 305.421.4121
evolutionary genomics and metabolism, physiological and evolutionary ecology, molecular mechanisms regulating transcription
D
Harry A. DeFerrari
Harry A. DeFerrari
Professor — 305.421.4644
Underwater acoustics, signal processing
David Die
David Die
Associate Professor — 305.421.4607
fisheries management, fish stock assessment, bio-economics
Dan DiResta
Dan DiResta
Senior Lecturer — 305.284.2180
Timothy Dixon
Timothy Dixon
Professor — 305.421.4660
Tectonics, Geodesy and Remote Sensing
Mark A. Donelan
Mark A. Donelan
Professor — 305.421.4717
Air-sea interaction, wave dynamics, boundary layer turbulence,wave modelling, remote sensing, gas transfer, storm surge modelling, wind stress modelling
William M. Drennan
William M. Drennan
Professor and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education — 305.421.4701
Air-sea interaction, turbulence, boundary layers, surface gravity waves
E
Gregor Eberli
Gregor Eberli
Professor — 305.421.4678
Seismic Stratigraphy
Nelson Ehrhardt
Nelson Ehrhardt
Professor — 305.421.4741
fishery research and management; marine population dynamics analysis and modelling, fisheries oceanography
Robert Evans
Robert Evans
Research Professor — 305.421.4799
Satellite oceanography, remote sensing applications, systems design
F
Jack W. Fell
Jack W. Fell
Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4603
mycology, mangrove and marshland ecology, molecular systematics and the adaptation to rapid identification systems for marine, medical and industrial applications
Lynne A. Fieber
Lynne A. Fieber
Associate Professor — 305.421.4906
electrophysiology of marine organisms
Rana A. Fine
Rana A. Fine
Professor — 305.421.4722
the role of the oceans in climate change occurring on time scales of up to decades
Lisa Fish
Lisa Fish
Librarian Professor — 305.421.4021
Lora Fleming
Lora Fleming
Professor and Center Director, Oceans and Human Healthsh; 305.243.5912
Marine and Freshwater Toxins, Recreational Microbes, Environmental Human Health, Epidemiologic issues, Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, Florida Red Tides (Brevetoxins) and Cyanobacterial Toxins, application of GIS to the Marine and Freshwater Toxin Diseases, oceans and human health
G
John A. Gifford
John A. Gifford
Associate Professor — 305.421.4191
underwater archaeology, geoarchaeology, management of shipwrecks as cultural resources
Robert Ginsburg
Robert Ginsburg
Professor — 305.421.4875
Carbonate Sedimentology
Peter W. Glynn
Peter W. Glynn
Professor — 305.421.4134
coral reef biology; disturbance ecology
Hans C. Graber
Hans C. Graber
Professor, Chair and Associate Dean for Infrastructure — 305.421.4935
Surface wave dynamics, microwave remote sensing of ocean processes, air-sea interaction and boundary-layer dynamics
Mark Grasmueck
Mark Grasmueck
Associate Professor — 305.421.4858
Applied Geophysics
Annalisa Griffa
Annalisa Griffa
Research Professor — 305.421.4816
Geophysical fluid dynamics, numerical ocean modeling, Lagrangian observing systems
Martin Grosell
Martin Grosell
Associate Professor — 305.421.4623
toxicology and physiology of fish
Samuel H. Gruber
Samuel H. Gruber
Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4146
behavioral ecology and sensory physiology of marine vertebrates; biology of sharks
H
Thomas Hahn
Thomas Hahn
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4940
Bubble acoustics, fish acoustics, hydrodynamics, and acoustics of multi-phase flows
George Halliwell
George Halliwell
Research Associate Professor — 305.421.4621
Ocean modeling, mesoscale processes, ocean climate
Dennis Hansell
Dennis Hansell
Professor — 305.421.4940
biogeochemistry of carbon and nitrogen in the open oceans and polar seas.
Jim Happell
Jim Happell
Research Associate Professor — 305.421.4111
use of transient tracers, such as chlorofluorocarbons and tritium, to determine groundwater flow patterns and rates
Christopher Harrison
Christopher Harrison
Professor — 305.421.4610
Paelomagnetism, Plate Tectonics, Sea Level Changes, Earth System Science
Brian Haus
Brian Haus
Associate Professor — 305.421.4932
Experimental studies of coastal ocean surface currents; radar remote sensing of oceanographic processes; shelf and estuary dynamics; wave-current interactions; sediment transport; laboratory studies of air-sea interactions and turbulence in the ASIST facility
Gary Hitchcock
Gary Hitchcock
Associate Professor and Co-Chair — 305.421.4043
phytoplankton ecology; biological oceanography
Anthony J. Hynes
Anthony J. Hynes
Professor and Chair — 305.421.4173
development of laser diagnostics for the study of the kinetics and spectroscopy of fundamental processes in atmospheric, plasma and combustion chemistry
I
Mohamed Iskandarani
Mohamed Iskandarani
Associate Professor — 305.421.4045
Applied mathematics, data assimilation, ocean modeling
J
William Johns
William Johns
Professor — 305.421.4054
Ocean dynamics, boundary current and mesoscale processes, marginal seas and straits
K
David C. Kadko
David C. Kadko
Professor — 305.421.4721
utilizing naturally occurring radioactivity for the purpose of tracing the pathways and discovering the rates of various oceanic processes
David C. Kamenkovich
Igor Kamenkovich
Associate Professor — 305.421.4108
ocean dynamics, large-scale ocean circulation, meso-scale eddies and small-scale mixing interaction
Ben Kirtman
Ben Kirtman
Professor — 305.421.4046
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 — 305.421.4905
Dynamics of continental shelves and marginal seas, physical and ecosystem numerical modeling, observational networks
L
Chris Langdon
Chris Langdon
Associate Professor — 305.421.4614
coral and algae primary production, respiration and calcification, response of corals and coral reefs to global change tropical marine ecosystems
Kevin Leaman
Kevin Leaman
Professor — 305.421.4058
Current profiling techniques, western boundary currents, ocean dynamics
Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee
Research Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4046
Shelf dynamics, mesoscale eddies, interdisciplinary studies, western boundary currents
David Letson
David Letson
Professor and Chair — 305.421.4675
economics of regulation, fisheries economomics, water quality management
Roger Lhermitte
Roger Lhermitte
Professor Emeritus
Radar meteorology, physical meteorology, remote sensing, thunderstorm electrification
Guoqing Lin
Guoqing Lin
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4150
Earthquake location, waveform cross-correlation, earthquake tomography, earthquake generation within subduction zones, earthquake source study, volcano seismology
Diego Lirman
Diego Lirman
Research Assistant Professor — 305.421.4168
benthic ecology, population dynamics, stress response of corals and sea grasses
M
Sharanya Majumdar
Sharanya Majumdar
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4779
Adaptive observations, ensemble forecasting, tropical cyclones, coastal ocean prediction
Brian Mapes
Brian Mapes
Associate Professor — 305.421.4275
Atmospheric convection and clouds, tropical meteorology, climate dynamics.
Arthur Mariano
Arthur Mariano
Professor — 305.421.4193
Data analysis and assimilation techniques, mesoscale ocean dynamics, Lagrangian ocean descriptions
Danielle McDonald
Danielle McDonald
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4856
animal physiology, molecular biology, pharmacology and toxicology
John McManus
John McManus
Professor — 305.421.4814
coral reef assessment, monitoring and management
Sarah K. Meltzoff
Sarah K. Meltzoff
Associate Professor — 305.421.4087
marine resource management and sustainable development policy, social analyses of fisheries and aquaculture
Frank Millero
Frank Millero
Professor — 305.421.4707
the application of physical chemical principles to natural waters
Peter Minnett
Peter Minnett
Professor and Chair — 305.421.4104
Satellite remote sensing, air-sea interaction, Arctic studies
Fernando Moreno
Fernando Moreno
Senior Lecturer — 305.421.4055 or 305.284.2180
aquaculture and mariculture law and policy; environmental, ocean, and coastal law
N
James Natland
James Natland
Professor — 305.421.4123
Igneous Petrology and Marine Geology
David Nolan
David Nolan
Associate Professor — 305.421.4930
Dynamic meteorology, tropical cyclones, vortex dynamics, numerical modeling
O
Josefina Olascoaga
Josefina Olascoaga
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4873
Modeling of biophysical interactions, geophysical flow stability, Lagrangian dynamics
Marjorie Oleksiak
Marjorie Oleksiak
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4341
evolutionary genomics, population responses to environmental stressors, molecular mechanisms of adaptation
Don Olson
Donald Olson
Professor — 305.421.4074
Ocean circulation dynamics, mesoscale phenomena, ecosystem dynamics
Peter Ortner
Peter Ortner
Research Professor, Director of CIMAS — 305.421.4619
biological and fisheries oceanography
Tamay Ozgokmen
Tamay Özgökmen
Associate Professor — 305.421.4053
Numerical modeling of mesoscale oceanic processes, small-scale mixing and Lagrangian motion
P
Claire Paris
Paris, Claire
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4219
Larry Peterson
Larry Peterson
Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs — 305.421.4692
Micropaleontology, Paleoceanography
Guillermo Podesta
Guillermo Podestá
Research Professor (secondary appointment with MBF) — 305.421.4622
Satellite remote sensing, oceanic variability, physical- biological interactions
Ali Pourmand
Ali Pourmand
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4383
Applications of isotope and organic geochemistry in paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and cosmochemistry.
Joe Prospero
Joseph M. Prospero
Professor Emeritus aerosol chemistry of the marine atmosphere and the biogeochemical effects of the long range atmospheric transport of materials from the continents to the ocean environment
R
Pam Reid
Pamela Reid
Associate Professor — 305.421.4606
Carbonate Sedimentology
Xinrong Ren
Xinrong Ren
Research Associate Professor — 305.421.4786
atmospheric free radical chemistry, model prediction of atmospheric oxidation processes, heterogeneous chemical reactions, spectroscopic and chromatographic detection techniques, field measurement of atmospheric trace gases and radical species
Ad Reniers
Ad Reniers
Associate Professor — 305.421.4223
Jill Richardson
Jill Richardson
Lecturer — 305.284.2180
Daniel D. Riemer
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4630
using the measurement of reduced and oxidized volatile organic compounds to characterize processes involving different oxidants
Roland Romeiser
Roland Romeiser
Associate Professor — 305.421.4645
Radar imaging of surface currents, winds, and waves; current-wave-wind interactions
Claes Rooth
Claes Rooth
Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4162
Large-scale ocean transport processes, climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interaction
S
Michael Schmale
Michael C. Schmale
Professor — 305.421.4140
diseases of marine organisms, carcinogenesis
Joe Serafy
Joseph E. Serafy
Research Associate Professor — 305.361.4255
fisheries ecology, essential fish habitat for coastal and pelagic fishes
Nick Shay
Lynn “Nick” Shay
Professor Air-sea interactions, ocean response to atmospheric forcing, aircraft-based ocean measurement
Sharon Smith
Sharon L. Smith
Professor and Chair — 305.421.4819
biological oceanography; zooplankton ecology
Brian Soden
Brian Soden
Professor and Associate Dean for Professional Masters — 305.421.4202
Global Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Remote Sensing
Sue Sponaugle
Su Sponaugle
Associate Professor — 305.421.4069
recruitment dynamics, early life history & ecology of reef fishes and crustaceans, marine reserves
Ashwanth Srinivasan
Ashwanth Srinivasan
Research Assistant Professor — 305.421.4763
Daniel Suman
Daniel O. Suman
Professor — 305.421.4685
Environmental Law, Coastal Law, Coastal Management, Environmental Planning, Marine Policy
Peter Swart
Peter Swart
Professor and Chair — 305.421.4103
Isotope Geochemistry and Paleoclimatology Geology
T
Barrie Taylor
Barrie Taylor
Professor Emeritus
Gary Thomas
Gary Thomas
Professor — 305.421.4733
fishery ecology, coastal marine ecosystems, hydroacoustics
Zafer Top
Zafer Top
Research Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4110
distributions of tritium, helium isotopes and noble gases in the ocean and in ground water
V
Jacobus van de Kreeke
Jacobus van de Kreeke
Professor Emeritus — 305.421.4650
Coastal engineering, estuarine and nearshore hydrodynamics
John Van Leer
John Van Leer
Associate Professor — 305.421.4044
Instrument development, upper ocean dynamics, Arctic oceanography, coastal oceanography
Maria L. Estevanez
Maria L. Estevanez
Senior Lecturer — 305.421.4012
management of recreational and commercial fishing, industry economic impact studies, marine resource allocation policy, marine geographic information systems
Nancy Voss
Research Emeritus Professor and Director, Marine Invertebrate Museum — 305.421.4198
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Patrick J. Walsh
Patrick J. Walsh
Professor Emeritus
molecular physiology; population genetics
John Wang
John D. Wang
Professor — 305.421.4648
Coastal engineering, tidal hydraulics, hydrodynamics, mass transport
Shimon Wdowinski
Shimon Wdowinski
Research Associate Professor — 305.421.4730
Space geodesy, tectonics, wetland hydrology, and remote sensing
Jorge F. Willemsen
Jorge F. Willemsen
Professor — 305.421.4199
Deterministic modeling of ocean surface gravity waves, including wind driving and dissipation; physical mechanisms for the transport of nutrients to plankton, including the interactions between zooplankton and phytoplankton.
Chris M. Wood
Chris M. Wood
Research Professor — 305.421.4859
Ion, acid-base, and metal homeostasis in fish and crustaceans
Jingfeng Wu
Jingfeng Wu
Associate Professor — 305.421.4714
marine geochemistry of trace metals
Y
Tokuo Yamamoto
Tokuo Yamamoto
Professor — 305.421.4637
Geoacoustics, marine soil mechanics, wave/soil/structure interactions
Z
Chidong Zhang
Chidong Zhang
Professor and Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies — 305.421.4042
Large-scale air-sea interaction and atmospheric dynamics in the tropics, tropical climate
Rod G. Zika
Rod G. Zika
Professor — 305.421.4715
measurement of rapid detection of certain gases using laser-based techniques. We are also studying the involvement of volatile compounds in the production of ozone in the troposphere
Paquita Zuidema
Paquita Zuidema
Assistant Professor — 305.421.4276
Clouds, radiation, climate, remote sensing