Biography
Senior Scientist Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Graduated from Cornell in Engineering Physics in 1971 and obtained a PhD in physical oceanography from Yale in 1977. Spent 3 ½ years at Oregon State University before moving to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1980. Study currents and water properties over the continental shelf, using both observational and theoretical approaches. Taught and advised graduate students as part of the MIT/Woods Hole Joint program. Served as Chair of the National Academies’ Ocean Studies Board, as president of The Oceanography Society and as editor of the Journal of Marine Research. Fellow of 4 scientific Societies and received the Cody Award in Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Trustee of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
My goal in serving on the EAS Council is to support the marine sciences at Cornell and their integration with the university’s broader scientific and educational community.