Physical Oceanography Division

Members’ Positions and Principal Research Interests

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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), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Equatorial circulation; general circulation; physical oceanographic technology.
• Flament, Pierre J. , Ph.D. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD), 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.
• 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.
• 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. Numerical Modeling & Variational Data Assimilation, Ocean Prediction & Predictability, Ocean Dynamics, and Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics.
• 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 and Department Chair, International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) and Dept. of Oceanography. 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), 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.

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Researchers

• Ascani, Francois, 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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Postdoctoral Researchers

• Ascani, Francois, Ph.D (University of Hawaii), Equatorial oceanography, eddy-mean flow interactions, submesocscale oceanic processes, nonlinear science.
• Decloedt, Thomas, Ph.D (University of Hawaii), Turbulent diapycnal mixing: spatial variability and its effect on circulation, marine biogeochemistry and climate.
• Hsin, Yi-Chia, Ph.D (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan), Multi-scale numerical ocean modeling, Physical oceanography, Development of air-sea coupling model.

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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

• Azouri, Assaf
• Chou, Sherry
• Clark, Susan (Jeanette)
• Futch, Victoria
• Jenkins, Adam
• Kerry, Colette
• Kilpatrick, Thomas
• Lundesgaard, Oyvind
• Pearson, Kelly
• Rahter, Bryan
• Repollo, Charina-Lyn
• Smith, Katharine
• Soares, Saulo
• Stein, Karl
• Tigchelaar, Michelle

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Staff

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Terada, Kellie, Project Secretary.
• 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

• Lukas, Roger, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii), Professor, Dept. of Oceanography. Tropical circulation and water masses; air-sea interaction; climate.
• Magaard, Lorenz , Ph.D. (University of Kiel, Germany), Professor Emeritus. Ocean waves; oceanic turbulence; oceanography of Hawaiian waters.
• Wyrtki, Klaus, Ph.D. (University of Kiel, Germany), Professor Emeritus. Ocean circulation, ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate changes.

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