Ocean Sciences

Department Faculty

Lisa Beal

Professor

lbeal@miami.edu

(305) 421-4093
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Lisa Beal is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is an expert on the Agulhas System of currents off South Africa and has brought recognition to the key role this System plays in a warming climate through her...
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Michael G. Brown

Professor

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(305) 421-4640
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underwater sound propagation, Lagrangian dynamics and transport processes in the ocean and atmosphere, surface gravity wave dynamics.
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Ved Chirayath

Assoc. Professor

vxc463@miami.edu

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Ved Chirayath is the G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Aircraft Center for Earth Studies (ACES) at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School. Chirayath's research focuses on inventing, developing, and testing next-generation sensing technologies for studying the natural world. Ultimately, his aim is to...
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Hilary Close

Associate Professor

hxc482@miami.edu

(305) 421-4306 x54306
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I am a marine organic geochemist, broadly interested in picking apart the processes of production, physical movement or mixing, and degradation of organic matter in complex natural environments, with a goal toward understanding how ecological change translates into larger-scale effects on the marine carbon cycle. One of my main...
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William Melville Drennan

Professor

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(305) 421-4798
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Dr. Drennan earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 1989. Following almost a decade working on the Great Lakes, he joined the Rosenstiel School faculty in 1997.  His research focuses on air-sea interaction, including surface waves, flows in the boundary layers on both sides of the air-sea interface, and...
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Shane Elipot

Research Associate Professor

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(305) 421-4630
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Shane Elipot is a physical oceanographer in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami. Dr. Elipot conducts research in atmosphere-ocean interactions, the oceanic surface boundary layer, the dynamics of the meridional overturning circulation, and the Agulhas...
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Hans C Graber

Professor

hgraber@miami.edu

(305) 421-4952
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Surface wave dynamics, microwave remote sensing of ocean processes, air-sea interaction and boundary-layer dynamics.
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Dennis A Hansell

Professor

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(305) 421-4078
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Dennis A. Hansell is a professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the Rosenstiel School. His research interests are in the biogeochemistry of the major elements (such as carbon and nitrogen), primarily conducted by inferring the biological processing of those elements from their spatial and temporal variations. Hansell teaches courses in...
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Jim Happell

Research Assoc. Professor

jhappell@miami.edu

(305) 421-4111
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One of my research interests involves the use of transient tracers, such as chlorofluorocarbons and tritium, to determine groundwater flow patterns and rates. I am also interested in the role of soils in the global budget of halogenated atmospheric trace gases. I am currently conducting a project that is focusing on obtaining a better estimate...
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Brian K Haus

Professor
AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Ocean Sciences

bhaus@miami.edu

(305) 421-4932
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Experimental studies of coastal ocean surface currents for application to oil spill transport prediction and response (CARTHE); radar remote sensing of oceanographic processes from satellites in collaboration with CSTARS and from coastal radars (http://iwave.rsmas.miami.edu); shelf and inlet dynamics; wave-current interactions;...
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Mohamed Iskandarani

Professor

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(305) 421-4045
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Mohamed Iskandarani is a Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He also holds an adjunct faculty position in the department of Computer Science. His expertise revolves around the development of new computational methods and...
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William E Johns

Professor

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(305) 421-4054
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Dr. Johns is a seagoing oceanographer specializing in the use of long-term moored instrumentation to study ocean circulation. His research involves studies of the large-scale wind-driven circulation, with emphasis on the dynamics of western boundary currents, and on deep flows related to the global thermohaline circulation and climate...
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Igor Kamenkovich

Professor

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(305) 421-4108
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Igor Kamenkovich is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Kamenkovich is studying ocean dynamics and its role in climate, and his research has focused on mesoscale (tens to hundreds of kilometers) and large-scale (hundreds...
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Vassiliki H. Kourafalou

Research Professor

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(305) 421-4905
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Villy Kourafalou is a Research Professor at the Department of Ocean Sciences in the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is an expert in coastal dynamics, extending to the shelf break processes and interaction with oceanic flows.  Kourafalou has taught courses on Coastal...
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Arthur J. Mariano

Professor

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(305) 421-4193
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Arthur J. Mariano is a Professor of Physical Oceanography in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Mariano is a mathematician who studies the ocean and his research interests are ocean currents, ocean prediction, data assimilation, Lagrangian data...
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Maria J Olascoaga

Professor

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(305) 421-4647
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Maria Josefina Olascoaga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the Rosenstiel School. Her research focuses on the study of transport and mixing in the ocean. She has contributed to make the modern dynamical systems concept of Lagrangian Coherent Structures widely recognized by the international oceanographic community...
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Donald B Olson

Professor

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(305) 284-2180
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Donald B. Olson is a Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is the Associate Director of the Marine Science Undergraduate Program, and a senior member of the Ecosystem Science and Policy steering committee. Olson is an expert on...
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Tamay M Ozgokmen

Professor

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(305) 421-4053
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Tamay Ozgokmen is a Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is interested in oceanographic studies that combine social impact with a grand scientific challenge. In particular, he strives to better understanding oil spills and...
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Claire B Paris-Limouzy

Professor

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(305) 421-4219
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Claire Paris is a biological oceanographer with a diverse background in larval ecology, coastal oceanography, and numerical modeling. She has brought recognition to the key role of behavior of the pelagic larval stage in the connectivity of marine populations and the function of ecosystems. She leads a team of researchers and students at the...
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Kim Popendorf

Asst. Professor

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(305) 421-4328
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I am a chemical oceanographer, interested in the role marine microbes play in global biogeochemical cycles, with an emphasis on linking the rates of chemical processes with the activity of microbes. Marine microbes are diverse, abundant, and dynamic. Their activity is instrumental in determining the magnitude and rate of fluxes of oxygen,...
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Roland Romeiser

Professor

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(305) 421-4645
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Roland Romeiser is a Professor in the Ocean Sciences department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is working in the field of ocean remote sensing by radar, with emphasis on the interpretation of images from conventional and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems...
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Lynn Keith Shay

Professor

nshay@miami.edu

(305) 421-4075
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Lynn K (Nick) Shay is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Shay’s research focuses on mesoscale air-sea interactions and coastal ocean processes for both weak and strong winds such as tropical cyclones (e.g.,...
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Charles Linwood Vincent

Research Professor

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Research interests include air-sea interaction and surface wave dynamics, high resolution simulation of the ocean-wave-air interface, remote sensing of the ocean, coastal processes.
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Jingfeng Wu

Professor

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(305) 421-4714
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My research interests focus on developing sampling and analytical techniques to understand the distribution, speciation (organic complexation and size-fractionation) and isotopic composition of iron, lead and other trace metals in oceanic waters and the relationship between dust, iron in the ocean and ocean productivity.
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