Research Interests
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Probing the ocean response to monsoon surges in the Philippines (pdf: grl2008 paper highlighted by the editor) |
| Simulating two-way coupled ocean-atmosphere feedback in the Adriatic using coastal high-resolution nested modeling (pdfs: jgr2003, mwr2006, jgr2007) | |
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Improving sea breeze and heat island prediction for NYC using urban-aware sub-kilometer resolution modeling (pdfs: jamc2007, mwr2007, qjrms2007), and innovative coupled ocean/atmosphere ensemble approaches applied to Tokyo (pdf: tellus2009) |
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Predicting flow around buildings using large eddy simulation (LES) for major cities in preparation for a terrorist chem-bio attack (pdf: ae2005) (Visualization by Bob Doyle) |
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Studying sediment and biology transport under complex combined forcing such as strong winds and large river discharge along the US west coast and Mediterranean (pdfs: tos2004, csr2000, jgr2001) |
Recent Workshops & Conferences
- Speaker, "Evolution of a Mindoro Strait Flow Reversal," Philippines Straits Dynamics Experiment synthesis meeting, Honolulu, HI, August 26-28, 2009
- Speaker and moderator, Coastal Cities Summit, St. Petersburg, FL, November 17-20, 2008
- Organizer & Speaker, Philippines Straits Dynamics Experiment planning meeting, Monterey, CA, August 25-27, 2008
- Speaker, Philippines Straits Dynamics Experiment midpoint meeting, Manila, PHILIPPINES, May 13-16, 2008
- Speaker, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008
- Conference co-chair, 7th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes (joint with 7th Symposium on the Urban Environment), San Diego, CA, September 10-13, 2007 (pdf: BAMS summary article)
- Speaker and moderator, Philippines Straits Dynamics Experiment planning meeting, Stennis Space Center, MS, February 14-16, 2007
- Speaker, 11th HYCOM Consortium Meeting, Stennis Space Center, MS, April 24-26, 2007
- Invited Speaker, "Coastal Upwelling: Coevolution of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Theory and Practices" session, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, February 20-24, 2006
- Speaker, 6th Symposium on the Urban Environment, American Meteorological Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 29-February 2, 2006
- Speaker, High-Resolution Coupled Coastal Prediction Workshop, NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, ITALY, November 29-December 1, 2005
- Session chair (and speaker), 9th Annual George Mason University, Conference on Transport and Dispersion Modeling (pdf), Fairfax, VA, July 18-20, 2005
- Speaker, International Ocean Research Conference, The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO), Paris, FRANCE, June 6-10, 2005
- Session chair (and speaker), 6th Conf on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, American Meteorological Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 9-14, 2005 (and inducted as chair of the Coastal Environment Committee)
- Speaker, 8th Annual George Mason University Conference on Transport and Dispersion Modeling, Fairfax, VA, July 13-15, 2004
- Speaker, Venice Adriatic Workshop (pdf), Venice, ITALY, June 14-16, 2004
- Session chair (and speaker), "The Mediterranean Sea: Forcings and Dynamics" session, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, January 26-30, 2004
- Invited speaker, session chair, and panelist for special symposium: "Nexus of Coastal and Urban Environments", American Meteorological Society Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 11-15, 2004
- Session chair (and speaker), "The Mediterranean Sea: A Laboratory Basin for Interdisciplinary Studies" session, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, FRANCE, April 6-11, 2003
- Speaker, Aegean Sea Workshop, Rhodes, GREECE, October 8 - 10, 2002
People, Places, & Things
- I was a Marie Tharp visiting fellow at Columbia's Earth Institute
- I was a science fellow at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation
- I was the first undergraduate intern at the Santa Fe Institute
- I was an undergraduate at Macalester College
- I was a graduate student of John Allen at College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
- I am on the Advisory Board of Healing Thesholds
- My favorite science writer, George Johnson (and my favorite book of his)
- My favorite recent paper (pdf) in the journal Science
- My science mentor, Stuart Kauffman
