The Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres (POA) research discipline contains two core subdisciplines: Physical oceanography and atmospheric sciences.
Teaching and Research Faculty
Andrea Allan, Jack Barth, Jesse Cusack, Simon de Szoeke, Edward Dever, Melanie Fewings, Jonathan Fram, Amrapalli Garanaik, Jessica Garwood, Jennifer Hutchings, Andrea Jenney, Mike Kosro, Jim Lerczak, Ricardo Matano, Phil Mote, Jonathan Nash, Larry O'Neill, Tuba Özkan-Haller, Brodie Pearson, David Rupp, Roger Samelson, Andreas Schmittner, Kipp Shearman, Karen Shell, Emily Shroyer, Nick Siler, Eric Skyllingstad, Yvette Spitz, Justin Wettstein, Greg Wilson, Ed Zaron, Seth Zippel
POA Email Lists
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Physics of Oceans and Atmospheres Seminar Series
Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Burt 193 and on Zoom
(Unless otherwise noted. Additional or updated information will be added as it becomes available.)
Winter Term 2026
POA seminars will be held on Tuesdays at 3:30 PM in Burt 193.
Information will be updated as it becomes available.
If you would like to present, are hosting a visitor, know someone who might be interested, or have speaker suggestions, please contact Inés Leyba and Jasen Jacobsen, who are organizing this term's POA seminars. Also welcome are suggestions for non-OSU visiting speakers. POA discipline seminar funds are available to provide partial travel support for external visitors if needed.
Zoom connection information for these seminars throughout the fall term.
- January 13 – TBD
- January 20 – TBD
- January 27 – Inés Leyba, Topic TBD
- February 3 – Roger Samelson, Stokes drift and wind drift in a rotating equilibrium sea
- February 10 – Alan Gaul
- February 17 – TBD
- February 24 – No seminar: Ocean Sciences Meeting
- March 3 – Speakers TBD, Tribute to Roland de Szoeke
- March 10 – Nick Siler