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Stephanie Dutkiewicz
Principal Research Scientist Home Phone: (617) 253-2454 Personal Email: stephd@ocean.mit.edu Interest Areas: Biogeochemistry Website WebsiteBiogeochemical cycles
Raffaele Ferrari
Breene M. Kerr Professor of Oceanography Home Phone: (617) 253-1291 Personal Email: raffaele@MIT.EDU Interest Areas: physical oceanography, paleoclimate, biological oceanography Website WebsiteOcean circulation: dynamics of the ocean and climate, atmospheric and oceanic turbulence, air-sea interactions, the energetics of the ocean circulation, the impact of ocean physics on biology, and paleoclimate.
Glenn Flierl
Professor of Oceanography Home Phone: (617) 253-4692 Personal Email: glenn@lake.mit.edu Interest Areas: physical oceanography, eddies Website WebsiteOceanic eddies and their impacts upon the distribution of tracers and on the biology of the sea.
Mick Follows
Associate Professor Home Phone: (617) 253-5939 Personal Email: mick@mit.edu Interest Areas: biogeochemistry, ocean circulation Website WebsiteModels of interactions of ocean circulation, biogeochemical cycles and marine ecosystems.
Philip M. Gschwend
Ford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Home Phone: (617) 253-1638 Personal Email: pmgschwe@mit.edu Interest Areas: environmental organic chemistry Website WebsiteEnvironmental organic chemistry: phase exchanges and transformation processes; the modeling of fates of organic pollutants; the roles of colloids and black carbons; and passive sampling for site evaluation.
Patrick Heimbach
Principal Research Scientist Home Phone: (617) 253-5259 Personal Email: heimbach@mit.edu Interest Areas: ocean and ice, inverse methods Website WebsiteOcean circulation and its role in the global climate system; the dynamics of sea ice, ice sheets, and glaciers.
Christopher N. Hill
Principal Research Engineer Home Phone: (617) 253-6430 Personal Email: cnh@mit.edu Interest Areas: ocean modeling, computation Website WebsiteOcean modeling: development of software, computing infrastructure and numerical algorithms for simulation of atmospheric, oceanic and geophysical flows.
Pierre Lermusiaux
Associate Professor in Ocean Utilization Home Phone: (617) 324-5172 Personal Email: pierrel@mit.edu Interest Areas: modeling systems, ocean dynamics Website WebsiteOcean modeling and data assimilation techniques to quantify regional ocean dynamics on multiple scales; new methods for multiscale modeling, uncertainty quantification, data assimilation and the guidance of autonomous vehicles.
Yuming Liu
Principal Research Scientist Home Phone: (617) 252-1647 Personal Email: yuming@mit.edu Interest Areas: Theoretical and computational hydrodynamics Website WebsiteDevelopment of tools for analysis and design of advanced ocean systems including ships, offshore platforms, and underwater vehicles. Development of tools for ocean wave prediction. Wave/tide energy extraction, and advanced propulsion.
John Marshall
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Oceanography Home Phone: (617) 253-9615 Personal Email: jmarsh@mit.edu Interest Areas: oceanography, climate dynamics Website WebsiteClimate and the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans; development of mathematical and numerical models of key physical and biogeochemical processes, oceans and climate, and paleoclimate.
Thomas Peacock
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Home Phone: (617) 258-0736 Personal Email: tomp@mit.edu Interest Areas: fluid dynamics, stratified flows Website WebsiteLaboratory experiments to obtain insight into all manner of dynamical phenomena, from micro-scale diffusive processes to global-scale oceanic wave fields.
Paola Rizzoli
Professor of Physical Oceanography Home Phone: (617) 253-2451 Personal Email: rizzoli@mit.edu Interest Areas: general circulation, climate modeling Website WebsiteClimate; general ocean circulation and ecosystem models developed through mathematical numerical models.
Paul Sclavounos
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture Home Phone: (617) 253-4364 Personal Email: pauls@mit.edu Interest Areas: Maritime, offshore and energy engineering applications Website WebsiteModeling of free surface flows past conventional and high-speed vessels and the estimation of their resistance and seakeeping in deep and shallow waters. Coupling of hydrodynamic simulations with optimal control theory for the minimization of the motions and the fuel efficient navigation of vessels.
Noelle Eckley Selin
Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Atmospheric Chemistry Home Phone: (617) 324-2592 Personal Email: selin@mit.edu Interest Areas: Engineering Systems Division and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Website WebsiteMy research focuses on using atmospheric chemistry modeling to inform decision-making strategies on air pollution, climate change and hazardous substances such as mercury and persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Alexandra H. Techet
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering Home Phone: (617) 452-2266 Personal Email: ahtechet@mit.edu Interest Areas: hydrodynamics, engineering Website WebsiteSolving hydrodynamics problems for use by the ocean science and engineering communities through rigorous experimental investigation and imaging.
Carl Wunsch
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physical Oceanography Home Phone: (617) 253-5937 Personal Email: cwunsch@mit.edu Interest Areas: ocean circulation, climate Website WebsiteUnderstanding ocean circulation and its implications for climate and paleoclimate by combining global general circulation models and the recently available global data sets.
Dick K.P. Yue
Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering; Director of International Programs Home Phone: (617) 253-6823 Personal Email: yue@mit.edu Interest Areas: fluid mechanics, ocean engineering Website WebsiteMarine fluid mechanics and ocean engineering: problems ranging from coastal and offshore development to understanding the role of oceans in global warming.
