College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Oregon State University

* indicates a potential postdoctoral mentor

Allan, Andrea*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Large-scale atmospheric circulation and dynamics, present and future climatology, and global and regional climate modeling and statistical analysis

Barth, Jack*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Coastal ocean dynamics, coastal marine ecosystems, hypoxia, inner continental shelf dynamics

Baumberger, Tamara*
Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies
The gas chemistry of hydrothermal vents and methane seeps with a special interest into the carbon cycle and noble gas chemistry

Becker, Larry*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Rural livelihoods, food security, and agricultural policy in the global South, with a focus on Africa

Becker, Laurie
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Sustainability and Resilience in Land Use Planning, Conservation GIS, Public Participation GIS, and Biomimicry

Bernard, Kim*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Dr. Bernard is a biological oceanographer with the following expertise in zooplankton ecology: Physiology, Distributions, dispersal and densities, Community structure, Rates measurement, Food web dynamics, Population dynamics, Early life history development.  Dr. Bernard makes wide range of experimental and observational techniques, including: Field collections using a range of net types (Bongo, Tucker Trawl, IKMT, Multinet, MOCNESS, WP-2, Metro, vertical ring net) from research vessels and small boats; Laboratory and aquarium-based manipulative experiments for measurements of ingestion, egestion, respiration, growth; Acoustic analysis of zooplankton (Biosonics, Imaginex, Acoustic Zooplankton and Fish Profiler, EK80 using Echoview) from hull-mounted, towed, moored and glider-borne echo sounders; Lagrangian particle tracking with ROMS to investigate dispersal patterns.  Dr. Bernard has extensive experience in the field including numerous long research cruises (64 weeks total) and time spent at remote field stations (29 months at Palmer Station, Antarctica), and she has served as Station Science Leader and Chief Scientist on several of these expeditions. Much of Dr. Bernard’s work has been part of large multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional research projects and she finds working at the intersection between different fields of oceanography extremely rewarding.

Biedenweg, Kelly*
College of Agricultural Sciences
Kelly Biedenweg is an Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences.  She specializes in environmental psychology, decision-making, human wellbeing, DEI, social-ecological systems, and communications. She uses cognitive mapping, structured decision making, large-scale surveys, community-engaged research, and other quantitative and qualitative tools in her research. Dr. Biedenweg has worked throughout Latin America and the Pacific Northwest, integrating social scientific principles into natural resource management.

Brander, Suzanne*
College of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Susanne Brander has been faculty at Oregon State University since 2017, after moving from the University of North Carolina, Wilmington where she was faculty for 4 years. Brander’s research encompasses the fields of toxicology, endocrinology, and ecology; integrating molecular approaches with measurements at the organism and population level. Brander’s main focus is on the effects of stressors such as emerging pollutants, plastics, and changing climate on aquatic organisms, but her research and teaching also spans the links between ecological and human health. She has a Ph.D. in Toxicology and Pharmacology from UC Davis (2011), and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins University (2005). Although Brander has worked in academia for the past six and a half years, following completion of an M.S. and prior to pursuing a Ph.D. she worked in industry as an Environmental Analyst and Project Scientist at Weston Solutions, Inc. She has also worked briefly in the non-profit industry. Her research is currently funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Science Foundation. She has presented on plastic pollution to the legislature in Salem and on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

Brook, Ed*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
My expertise is in the history of atmospheric greenhouse gases and their links to climate change and biogeochemical cycles.  My laboratory operates instruments to measure CO2, CH4, and N2O and their isotopes in ice core and atmospheric samples and we are interested in the modern cycling of these gases as well.

Buizert, Christo*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Paleoclimate, abrupt climate change, polar regions, ice cores, climate dynamics, firn processes.

Ciannelli, Lorenzo*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Fisheries oceanography, spatial ecology, fish early life stages, statistical analysis of catch and survey data

Clark, Peter*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, sea level change, paleoclimatology, abrupt climate change

Colwell, Rick*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Microbial ecology, subsurface microbiology, geomicrobiology

Cox, Daniel*
College of Engineering
Community risk and resilience to coastal hazards; Hurricane surge and wave forces, impact on coastal infrastructure; Damage mitigation and loss avoidance from extreme coastal storms; Adaptation of coastal infrastructure to meet the challenges of sea level rise; Natural and nature based features (NNBF), engineering with nature (EWN) for coastal hazard mitigation; Tsunami inundation; Tsunami impacts on the built and natural environment; Tsunami debris; Tsunami evacuation; Coastal erosion and scour; Nearshore processes and sediment transport; Marine education and outreach; Coastal engineering

Creveling, JC*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Jessica (JC) Creveling applies geophysical models of glacial isostatic adjustment to compilations of field-derived sea-level indicators to refine estimates of Quaternary ice-volume change.

Crump, Byron*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
My research focuses on microbial communities in aquatic systems; mainly coastal oceans, estuaries, rivers, and lakes and in the microbiomes of aquatic organisms such as seagrass and zooplankton. I study the linkages between microbial diversity (who they are) and microbial function (what they do) by combining direct measures of microbial functions such as respiration and production with molecular measures of diversity and function including amplicon sequencing, metagenomics, and metatranscriptomics.  I have ongoing research programs focused on estuarine and tundra ecosystems on the North Slope of Alaska, streams and rivers in the Columbia River basin, and globally in large rivers.

de Silva, Shan*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Volcanology, Aeolian geomorphology, supervolcanism

de Szoeke, Simon*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Simon de Szoeke studies atmospheric science and climate processes using marine and satellite observations. He observes and models atmosphere-ocean interactions, including how heat and moisture enter the atmosphere from the ocean and are mixed upward by atmospheric boundary layer turbulence. Dr. de Szoeke also studies the dynamics and radiative effects of marine clouds formed by condensation of this moisture.

Dever, Ed*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Ed Dever is the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Endurance Array PI and Project Scientist.  He has been part of OOI since 2003.  Dever helped define OOI science requirements and sampling, evaluated its instrumentation and platforms, and led critical design and production readiness reviews. The OOI Endurance Array moorings and instruments off Oregon and Washington provide multidisciplinary data to researchers, policy makers and educators.  Data from the OOI Endurance Array is sent to NOAA NDBC, NANOOS (the regional IOOS component), the national glider DAC, and the Global Ocean Acidification Observation Network (GOA-ON).

Doyle, Jamie
Oregon Sea Grant
Local and state-wide coastal issues, marine policy, marine science, ocean literacy, stewardship ethics

Dundas, Steve*
College of Agricultural Sciences
Steven Dundas is an environmental and natural resource economist with the Department of Applied Economics and Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station at Oregon State University. Steve’s research is motivated by aims to provide policy-relevant analysis to help understand the value of coastal ecosystem services, the effects of climate change on economic outcomes, and the efficacy of environmental regulations. Current research projects include modeling private coastal adaptation behavior through shoreline armoring decisions, understanding the housing market impacts of expected sea-level rise policy, estimating the non-market value of threatened salmon populations and integrating marine and coastal ecosystems into climate policy.

Durski, Scott
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Physical oceanographer with expertise in numerical modeling, coastal ocean dynamics, ice-ocean dynamics and thermodynamics, ice-ocean modeling, atmosphere-ocean modeling, physical-biogeochemical modeling, finite difference, finite element, discrete element methods (for sea ice). Regional Ocean Modeling System.  Geographical focuses on the U.S west coast, the Bering Sea and the Beaufort Sea.   

Emard, Kelsey*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Land use and livelihood change, resource access, Latin America

Fehrenbacher, Jennifer*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
I primarily study foraminifera for paleo and modern oceanographic research. This includes quantifying their geochemistry (bulk and single shell trace element/isotopic composition), their ecology and genotype, and expanding their utility in modern and past oceanographic reconstructions. I conduct live culture experiments and also calibrate shell chemistry in fossil specimens. The instruments I use include laser ablation and solution based ICP-MS, IRMS (single shell and bulk), SEM and CT imaging, and nanoSIMS analyses. These analytical techniques can be applied to study the chemistry of other mineralizers (e.g. diatoms, pteropods, oysters). (Lab website: http://jenniferfehrenbacher.weebly.com ; Outreach website: http://www.foraminarium.com)

Fewings, Melanie*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Physical oceanography and meteorology of eastern boundary upwelling systems, including the California Current and Chile-Peru systems. Air-sea interactions in the northeast Pacific Ocean, including how regional wind patterns modulate marine heat waves in California Current System and Bering Sea. Dynamics that control water temperature in estuaries. Satellite data analysis, including ocean vector winds and sea-surface temperature. Time series analysis of long historical time series with gaps, such as development of new indices of climate variability from NOAA weather buoys, ship-based surveys including Newport Hydrographic Line historical data, and oceanographic moorings including Ocean Observatories Initiative Endurance Array.

Fleishman, Erica*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Social and ecological effects of climate change in the western United States. Translation of research on climate change and its effects for non-technical audiences. Ecology and management of natural and human-dominated systems in the Intermountain West and California. Ecological responses to wildfire in the in the Intermountain West and California. Ecology and conservation of butterflies and birds. Responses of marine mammals to human-created sound. Compliance with the U.S. and California Endangered Species Acts on public and private lands. Scientific editing

Fram, Jonathan*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
My expertise is in coastal physical oceanography and in managing ocean observatories. I'm an expert in designing, operating, and maintaining oceanographic moorings and profilers.  I'm also an expert in collecting climate-quality ocean observing data and in sharing data from ocean observatories.

Goñi, Miguel*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Cycling of natural organic matter in the earth's surface, mainly in aquatic environments

Gosnell, Hannah*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Rural land use change; water resource policy, management and law; environmental governance; sustainability

Hacker, Sally*
Integrative Biology
The ecology of natural and managed coastal communities

Hales, Burke*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Satellite altimetry, Ocean tides and tidal prediction, Sea level dynamics and sea level change, Numerical ocean modeling, data assimilation, and ocean forecasting

Haller, Merrick*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Professor Haller’s research interests involve developing remote sensing tools to better understand the coastal ocean. Processes of particular interest include: hazardous waves at navigational inlets, wave breaking, wave-current interaction, internal wave transformation, nearshore bathymetric sampling, and rip currents. His research has been funded by the Office of Naval Research, DOE, The National Science Foundation, NOAA, Sea Grant, and the USACE.

Harte, Michael*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Dr. Michael Harte is a Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University   He is recognized internationally as a fisheries and marine policy adviser, and researcher. He has held senior positions in the private, public, academic and NGO sectors in Australia, the US, the Falkland Islands, Canada and New Zealand.  Dr Harte has extensive policy and economic analysis experience working with commercial and small-scale fisheries, ecosystem-based fisheries management, bio-economic analysis of fisheries, climate impacts on fisheries, and international fisheries management and governance. His work spans both academic and practical/applied fishery management. 

Hommel, Annie
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Human-environment interaction, health disparities, critical policy analysis

Hommel, Demian*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Human dimensions of global change; environmental security and resource conflicts

Hutchings, Jenny*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Sea ice dynamics

Jones, Julia*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Land use, climate change and disturbance effects on hydrology, geomorphology, water quality, spatio-temporal statistics

Juranek, Laurie*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
My expertise is the use of dissolved gases, nutrients, inorganic carbon, and associated isotope tracers to understand biogeochemical processes in the ocean. A particular area of emphasis is understanding biologically-mediated carbon cycling and control of ocean-atmosphere CO2 fluxes in polar systems. I enjoy working with complex oceanographic data sets (i.e., multiple types of high-resolution field data, remote sensing, autonomous assets) and collaborating on interdisciplinary teams.

Kavanaugh, Maria*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Maria Kavanaugh is a seascape ecologist interested in quantifying patterns and mechanistic responses of marine planktonic ecosystems to multiscale environmental forcing including climate change. She utilizes a multi-pronged approach that includes lab and field -based studies, satellite remote sensing, coupled climate ecosystem models, and data science.  Her projects span multiple ecosystems including polar, subtropical, and temperate upwelling. Currently, she works closely with the Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (MBON), both US and Global,  to establish baselines across multiple levels of biological organization, build technological capacity, and understand relationships of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at multiple scales.

Keller, Randy*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Marine geology, igneous geochemistry

Kennedy, Robert*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Satellite remote sensing using time series imagery, pattern and processes of landscape change, "Landtrendr"

Kent, Adam*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
High temperature geochemistry, igneous petrology, In-situ elemental and isotopic analysis

Kling, David*
Applied Economics
Natural resource economics, bioeconomics, non-market valuation, marine resource economics, forest economics

Koppers, Anthony*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Isotope geochemistry of hotspot volcanism, plate tectonic theory, mantle geodynamics

Kosro, Mike*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Coastal oceanography, shelf/deep-sea exchange processes, remote sensing, ocean acoustics, ocean circulation

Lancaster, Stephen*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Fluvial geomorphology, hydrology

Langdon, Chris*
College of Agricultural Sciences
Research interests include shellfish aquaculture, marine invertebrate physiology, microparticulate diets for marine suspension-feeders, seaweed culture, ocean acidification.The research is mainly conducted in OSU labs located in the NOAA facilities at HMSC. The lab facilities have been designed for experimental work under controlled-environment conditions that are supplied with high-quality seawater.

Lerczak, Jim*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Coastal physical oceanography including internal tides, internal waves, fronts, and buoyant coastal currents, Estuarine physical oceanography including physical controls on circulation, transport, dispersion, and residence time,  Interdisciplinary oceanography including transport and dispersal of biogeochemical materials, habitat characterization, and controls on water quality

Letelier, Ricardo*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Research interest focuses on the scales of response of marine pelagic microorganisms, populations, and communities to environmental perturbations; the role of these responses on the pelagic ecosystem structure, primary productivity and biogeochemical cycles. Areas of expertise include phytoplankton ecology, primary productivity, nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, bio-optics, and remote sensing.

Lomónaco, Pedro*
College of Engineering
Pedro Lomónaco has over 30 years of experience with the academy and the industry on theoretical and applied research studies of physical modelling of waves, current and wind-structure interactions. His scientific activity primarily deals with studies of physical and numerical modelling of wave generation and propagation, wave-structure interaction, stability of coastal and submarine structures, behavior of floating structures, characterization of wave energy converters, offshore wind technology, hydrodynamics, scour protection, and non-linear behavior of long-waves in shallow waters.

Lubchenco, Jane*
Integrative Biology
Oceans, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being

Matano, Ricardo*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Large-scale ocean circulation, the dynamics of western boundary currents, ocean modeling, geophysical fluid dynamics. the circulation in the Southern Ocean

Matsumoto, Haruyoshi*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Ocean acoustics

Meigs, Andrew*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Earthquake geology. Cascadia earthquake history. Tectonic geomorphology. Pacific Northwest tectonics and structural geology

Nash, Jonathan*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Physics of turbulence and ocean mixing

O'Neill, Larry*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Research Interests: Ocean-atmosphere interactions, satellite oceanography and meteorology, Pacific Northwest climate and drought, ocean observing system, atmospheric boundary layer dynamics. Relevant Professional Community Activities: Chair, Oregon Drought Monitor Advisory Committee, Member, Oregon Water Supply Availability Committee and Drought Readiness Council, Co-chair, U.S. CLIVAR Working Group on Air-Sea Interactions and Influence on Earth’s Climate, Member, AMS Committee on Air-Sea Interactions, Member, JPL PO.DAAC Users Working Group, Member, TPOS2020 Planetary Boundary Layer Task Team, Member, NASA Ocean Vector Winds Science Team, Member, NASA Ocean Surface Topography Science Team

Parrish, Chris*
College of Engineering
My research focuses on emerging technologies for coastal and nearshore mapping and monitoring in support of nautical charting, coastal resilience, benthic habitat mapping, and inundation modeling. Specific areas of expertise include topobathymetric lidar, autonomous systems (UAS and ASVs), mean dynamic ocean topography modeling in support of VDatum, satellite derived bathymetry (SDB), structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry, hyperspectral imagery, and total propagated uncertainty (TPU) modeling. 

Pearson, Brodie*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Numerical modeling of ocean mixing & turbulence, from the ocean surface boundary layer up to mesoscale eddies. Impact of surface gravity waves on upper ocean mixing. Large-eddy simulation. 2-D, 3-D, and quasi-geostrophic turbulence. Parameterization of sub-grid turbulence in global and climate models.

Pettit, Erin*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Glacier and ice sheet dynamics, ice/ocean interactions, ice rheology and deformation, ice-core climate history

Raleigh, Mark*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Dr. Mark Raleigh is a snow and mountain hydrologist who integrates remote sensing, mechanistic models, and unique field measurements to improve knowledge of water resources and to advance understanding of physical hydrology processes in complex, heterogeneous watersheds. He has investigated snow accumulation and melt dynamics in a range of snow climates and landscapes, at scales ranging from point to mountain range. He has expertise in snow remote sensing, hydrometeorological instrumentation, experimental design with physical snowpack models, and data assimilation applications.

Reimers, Clare*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Benthic biogeochemistry; chemical sensor development; redox conditions in natural waters and sediments, carbonate chemistry

Robertson, Byron*
College of Engineering
Wave, tidal and offshore wind energy resource assessments; optimizing energy harvesting technologies; numerically integrating marine power into the electrical grid

Ruggiero, Peter*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Peter Ruggiero is a Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. Ruggiero’s primary research interests include coastal geomorphology and coastal hazards and he has over two decades of experience in assessing the impacts of storms to beaches and dunes. Currently Ruggiero’s research group is investigating the impacts of climate change and variability on coastal hazards. In particular his group’s recent work combines the biophysical and social dimensions of coastal hazards using a variety of tools and techniques. Combining the slow, globally-driven sea level rise with changes in storminess, they are developing approaches to mapping the impacts of extreme total water levels and subsequent erosion and flooding.

Rupp, David*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
David Rupp is an assistant professor (senior research) in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU). He studies the regional manifestation of global climate change and its impact on natural and built environments, with a focus on the water cycle. He uses regional climate modeling to examine how the interaction of the atmospheric circulation and the land surface determines spatial variability in climate change. As part of the Oregon Climate Research Institute (OCCRI), David contributes to OCCRI’s mission of providing information and technical assistance on climate change impacts to the public.

Samelson, Roger*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
My areas of focus include the general fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of the ocean and atmosphere; air-sea interaction; coastal, mesoscale and large-scale ocean circulation; coastal and boundary-layer meteorology; and the instabilities and nonlinear dynamics of geophysical fluids.

Santelmann, Mary*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Mary Santelmann has experience in leading and collaborating on interdisciplinary projects.  Her research includes study of ecosystem response to land use and management, using alternative future scenarios; influences on species assemblages and species richness; and ecology and biogeochemistry of wetlands and riparian systems. She and her lab group conduct research on coastal watersheds, including coastal streams and estuaries.

Schmittner, Andreas*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
My expertise is in ocean and climate modeling on a global scale with a focus on long (centennial and longer) timescales. I’m interested in both physics and biogeochemical cycles as well as interactions between them. I have worked on changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), tidal mixing, paleoceanography, carbon cycle, ocean acidification, dissolved oxygen, nutrient (P, N, Fe, Si) cycles, impacts of ocean changes on atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

Schultz, Adam*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Geophysical imaging to study the structure and composition of Earth’s interior

Selker, John*
College of Agricultural Sciences
AGU Fellow, AGU Hydrology Section President Elect, Distinguished Professor, past editor, Water Resources Research.  Dr. Selker focuses on fluid, chemical, and biological processes in partially saturated natural porous media. He also is deeply engaged in environmental instrumentation, Directing the NSF-funded National Center for transformative Environmental Monitoring Systems (OPEnS.org), and the Openly Published Environmental Sensing Laboratory (Open-Sensing.org), supervising 10 graduate students and 50 undergraduates in his laboratories.

Share, Pieter-Ewald*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Nature of structure and strain along major faults making up the southern California plate boundary

Shearman, Kipp*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
I'm a physical oceanographer who specializes in the observation of processes in the coastal ocean. I use autonomous underwater vehicle gliders and ship-based sampling to understand the circulation and mixing at ocean fronts, and the subsequent impacts on biological processes such as hypoxia. I am also interested in the development of new technology and novel applications of existing technology to improve our ability to observe the ocean.

Shell, Karen*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Climate dynamics, general circulation of the atmosphere, interactions between radiative transfer and the dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, physical climate feedbacks and climate sensitivity, climate modeling

Shiel, Alyssa*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Geochemical tracer development, transport and fate of metals/metalloids

Shroyer, Emily*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Small-scale ocean dynamics, such as turbulent mixing, internal gravity waves, and upper ocean processes

Siler, Nick*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Mountain airflow dynamics, Orographic precipitation, Regional climate variability, Global hydrologic cycle

Skyllingstad, Eric*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Upper ocean turbulence, mesoscale coastal internal waves, ocean-atmosphere coupling

Smyth, Bill*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Shear instability; turbulence in the equatorial oceans; effects on climate

Sousa, Frank*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Geomorphology

Spalding, Ana*
School of Public Policy
Integrated coastal management, resource use and property regimes, international marine policy, and marine protected areas

Spitz, Yvette*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Professor Yvette H. Spitz’ research interests include ecosystem dynamics and physical/biological interactions.  Her research focusses on the development of ecosystem models that can be applied to the world ocean, spanning tropical microbes to ice algae. Her past and present regions of interest include the North Sea, the eastern boundary upwelling region off Oregon including the Columbia River estuary, the North Pacific basin, the Patagonia Shelf region and the Arctic Ocean. She is also an expert in data assimilation applied to coupled circulation and ecosystem models.

Stanley, Ben
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Geology and geophysics

Stoner, Joe*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Research Expertise:  Sediment magnetism applicable to characterizing marine sediments, their sources and depositional processes and paleomagnetism, particularly magnetic stratigraphy that can be used to facilitate dating of marine sediments on century to million year timescales.

Sullivan, Pam*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Ecohydrology; interactions of climate, vegetation and geology

Tepley, Frank*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Igneous petrology, isotope geochemistry, electron probe microscopy

Thurber, Andrew*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Andrew Thurber is an ecosystem microbiologist who is an expert in deep-sea, polar, and reducing habitats.  He aims to understand how marine-habitat function provides ecosystem services including those as diverse as mitigating and/or responding to climate change to those that facilitate healthy oceans.  He uses a combination of trophic and molecular approaches to understand these functions inclusive of microbial process and community structure.

Tilt, Jenna*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Community resilience to chronic and acute hazards; wildland-urban interface social vulnerability and resilience

Van Den Hoek, Jamon*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Geospatial intelligence, remote sensing, spatial programming, digital image processing, conflict ecology, land use/land cover change

Walczak, Mo*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Sedimentology/Stratigraphy, Geochronology, Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography, NE Pacific climate and margin sedimentary processes

Waldbusser, George*
Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry group at CEOAS
Ocean acidification effects on bivalves, benthic ecology and sediment biogeochemistry, tidal flat ecology

Watson, James*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
James Watson leads the Socio-Environmental Analysis (SEA Lab) at OSU. The SEA Lab develops novel mathematical and computer science approaches for understanding social and ecological coupling in marine systems. In particular, James is currently focused on developing new theoretical approaches for quantifying the impact of climate shocks on the socio-spatial behavior of fishermen, developing novel risk transfer mechanisms (i.e. insurance policies) for managing marine climate shocks, and for predicting the emergence of novel marine environments under climate change. James has recently led projects funded by NASA, NOAA and DARPA, all of which focus on the intersection of oceanography, economics and modeling.

Wengrove, Meagan*
College of Engineering
Meagan Wengrove’s expertise are in the mechanics of sediment transport and hydraulic design of nature based features. Specifically, focusing on the relationship between scales of sediment transport (e.g. a ripple feeding morphologic change of a sandbar), the effects of large storm events on deep seated erosion, and the hydraulics of nature based features such as living shorelines, marsh restorations, and coastal dunes. Other research efforts are related to the effect of combined waves and currents on sediment transport, boundary layer momentum flux, and the physical mechanics of nutrient diffusion and mixing from surficial sediments.

Wettstein, Justin*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Large-scale and long-term climate and atmospheric dynamics, climate variability and change, climate impacts and responses in natural and human-managed systems

White, Will*
College of Agricultural Sciences
Will White is Assistant Professor of Nearshore Fisheries Oceanography at the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station at Oregon State University. His research links statistical and dynamic models to empirical datasets, seeking to detect patterns in noisy data. His research topics span pelagic larval dispersal, stock discrimination, stochastic population dynamics, and state-space modeling. He has provided testimony for cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, and his work has informed fishery management processes in California, Florida, and Oregon. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sea Grant, and various state fishery management agencies.

Wilson, Greg*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Physics of the nearshore coastal ocean including waves, currents, and sediment transport

Wolf, Aaron*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Transboundary water conflicts and conflict resolution

Wrathall, David*
Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management Research group at CEOAS
Climate hazards, climate change adaptation, social vulnerability, migration, and political ecology

Yalcin, Kaplan*
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Distance and online education, paleoclimatology

Yalcin, Rebecca
Geology and Geophysics group at CEOAS
Geology and geophysics

Yeh, Harry*
College of Engineering
My expertise is in tsunamis.

Zaron, Ed*
Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres group at CEOAS
Satellite altimetry, Ocean tides and tidal prediction, Sea level dynamics and sea level change, Numerical ocean modeling, data assimilation, and ocean forecasting