Division of Physical Oceanography
Members' Positions and Principal Research Interests


Graduate Faculty

Carter, Glenn, Ph.D. (University of Washington), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Internal tides and tidally driven mixing near topography.

Firing, Eric , Ph.D. (MIT & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program), Associate Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Equatorial circulation; general circulation; physical oceanographic technology.

Flament, Pierre J. , Ph.D. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD), Associate Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Dynamics of the surface layer; water-types formation; subduction and thermocline ventilation; mixing processes; mesoscale structures; remote sensing.

Kloosterziel, Rudolf C. , Ph.D. (Utrecht - The Netherlands), Assistant Researcher, Dept. of Oceanography. Geophysical fluid dynamics.

Lukas, Roger , Ph.D. (University of Hawaii), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Tropical circulation and water masses; air-sea interaction; climate.

Luther, Douglas S. , Ph.D. (MIT & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Circulation variability and dynamics; mesoscale fluctuations; waves in the ocean; flow-topography interactions.

Magaard, Lorenz , Ph.D. (University of Kiel, Germany), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Ocean waves; oceanic turbulence; oceanography of Hawaiian waters.

McCreary, Julian P. , Ph.D. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, and Director, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). Equatorial ocean dynamics; coupled ocean-atmosphere modelling; general ocean circulation; coastal ocean dynamics; ecosystem modelling.

McManus, Margaret Anne , Ph.D. (Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University), Associate Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Coastal circulation, mesoscale processes, physical-biological interactions in the ocean.

Merrifield, Mark A. , Ph.D. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography, and Director, UH Sea Level Center. Coastal oceanography; ocean waves; sea level variability (Coastal Waverider Buoy Page).

Muller, Peter K. , Ph.D. (University of Hamburg, Germany), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Theoretical physical oceanography; ocean circulation; waves and turbulence.

Powell, Brian, Ph.D. (University of Colorado), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. 4D variational (4DVAR) data assimilation and nonlinear ocean model analysis with Regional Ocean MOdeling System (ROMS).

Qiu, Bo , Ph.D. (University of Kyoto, Japan), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Numerical modeling of ocean circulation.

Richards, Kelvin , Ph.D. (University of Southampton, UK), Professor, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) and Dept. of Oceanography, and Chairman of the Physical Oceanography Division. Ocean mixing processes, circulation and dynamics; ocean-atmosphere interaction; ecosystem modeling.

Schneider, Niklas , Ph.D. (University of Hawaii), Associate Professor, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) and Dept. of Oceanography. Decadal climate variability; role of the ocean in climate.

Timmermann, Axel, Ph.D. (University of Hamburg), Associate Professor, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) and Dept. of Oceanography. Paleoceanography, ENSO, ice-sheet ocean interactions, glacial cycles.

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Cooperating Graduate Faculty

Becker, Janet M., Ph.D. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD), Associate Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, SOEST. Geophysical fluid dynamics, coastal processes, general ocean circulation..

Pawlak, Geno. , Ph.D. (Univ. Calif., San Diego), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ocean and Resources Engineering, SOEST. Coastal and estuarine mixing processes, stratified flows, sediment transport and laboratory experimental methods..

Researchers

Chavanne, Cedric, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii).

Furue, Ryo, Ph.D. (University of Tokyo), Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). Dynamics and numerical modeling of general ocean circulation.

Hacker, Peter W. , Ph.D. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD); Manager, Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC); Senior Research Scientist, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, SOEST. Ocean circulation and mixing processes; upper ocean processes; air-sea interaction.

Jensen, Tommy G. , Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen; The Florida State University), Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). Numerical modeling of the oceans; coupled ocean-atmosphere models; equatorial dynamics; air-sea interaction; coastal oceanography.

Maximenko, Nikolai , Ph.D. (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). Geostrophic and wind-driven ocean circulation; mesoscale oceanic features.

Potemra, James T. , Ph.D. (University of Hawaii), Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). General ocean cirulation and its relationship to climate; processes in the western equatorial Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean and their connection.

Qu, Tangdong , Ph.D. (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). Ocean dynamics; upper layer thermal structure; water mass distribution in the tropical eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Yu, Zuojun , Ph.D. (Nova Southeastern University), Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). Simulation of large-scale ocean circulations; ocean surface mixed-layer dynamics; eddy-mean flow interaction.

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Affiliate Graduate Faculty (Non-UH Scientists Assisting UH Graduate Students)

Moore, Dennis W. , Ph.D. (Harvard University), Leader, Ocean Climate Research Division, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Washington. Equatorial oceanography; geophysical fluid dynamics; inertial boundary currents.

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Graduate Students

Ascani, Francois, Engineer Diploma, ENSTA, France.

Baltes, Rebecca

Calil, Paulo

Cass, Jacob

Decloedt, Thomas

Dutrieux, Pierre, Engineer Diploma, ENSTA, France. Master of Oceanography, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France.

Fetherolf, Allyn

Futch, Victoria

Guiles, Martin, B.S., Physics, Evergreen St. College.

Hilmer, Tyson

Kilpatrick, Thomas

Meunier, Yannek

Nguyen Thi, Tuan A

Nosal, Eric

Pequignet, Anne-Christine

Repollo, Charina-Lyn

Rocheleau, Greg

Schloesser, Fabian

Sevadjian, Jeffrey

Soares, Saulo

Stein, Karl

Vaz, Ana

Zilberman, Nathalie

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Staff

Aucan, Jerome, Ph.D., Engineer Diploma, ENSTA, France. Nearshore wave and currents; extreme sea-level events; observation and modeling.

Caldwell, Patrick C., M.S., Meteorology (Florida State University), NODC Liaison Officer to Hawaii and the US-Flag Islands in the Pacific, and Manager of the Joint Archive for Shipboard ADCP and the Joint Archive for Sea Level. Data management, surf forecasting, synoptic meteorology.

Firing, June, M.S., Oceanography (Univ. of Hawaii), Junior Researcher. Circulation around Hawaii and in the Tropics; remote sensing of the atmosphere and ocean with AVHRR.

Hummon, Julia M. (Jules), Ph.D., Physical Oceanography (Univ. of Rhode Island), Research Associate. Collection, processing and analysis of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data.

Jardin, Jerard, B.S., Mechanical Engineering (University of Hawaii), Sea Level Specialist.

Kilonsky, Bernie, Research Associate, JIMAR, and Manager of the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center.

Lethaby, Paul, Marine Research Specialist.

Luther, Mary, B.S. (Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara), Research Analyst.

Nakahara, Shikiko, M.S. (Univ. of Hawaii), Computer Specialist, University of Hawaii Sea Level Center.

Shacat, Christin, Marine Research Specialist.

Terada, Kellie, Project Secretary.

Samura, Lance, B. Fine Arts (Univ. of Hawaii), Division Secretary.

Santiago-Mandujano, Fernando, M.S., Physical Oceanography (Univ. of Hawaii), Research Associate. Long-term variations of open ocean water properties.

Snyder, Jefrey, Marine Electronics Technician.

Turetsky, Nikolai, B.S., Oceanography (Humboldt State University), Sea Level Specialist for the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center.

Young, Derek, Computer Specialist.

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Retired Graduate Faculty

Wyrtki, Klaus, Ph.D. (University of Kiel, Germany), Professor Emeritus. Ocean circulation, ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate changes.

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