Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory
Bio: My research focuses on understanding the interactions between physical and biogeochemical ocean processes in both coastal and open ocean regimes. I use both observations and models of coupled systems using strategies that bridge widely varying spatial and temporal scales to better understand how event scale, or individual scale processes influence the dynamics of the whole system. The common theme is how nonlinear interactions between physics, biogeochemistry and ecology are influenced by climate variability.
My most recent research efforts include: understanding the physical and ecological impacts of changes in extreme events in the Chesapeake Bay using data and IPCC class model projections; combining Eulerian with Lagrangian and stochastic modeling techniques to allow coupled circulation, biogeochemistry, and ecology models to span large ranges in spatial and temporal scale processes in the Amazon River Plume; and coupling models of ocean currents and biogeochemistry to genes and macro algae.
What I’m doing on this cruise: We will be studying the plankton community. Who is there, and how fast are they growing. We hope to mesh this information with satellite ocean color data to better understand how the physical flow structures the plankton and how the region may be changing over time.
GO-SHIP Indian Ocean Cruise 2018 