I came to ODU in 2007, after spending almost eighteen years at Princeton University, where I managed and supported the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) users group of some 3,000 modelers from 70 countries, and was involved in the development and testing of various numerical schemes. My research interests cover a wide range of physical oceanographic topics that are being studied with the help of numerical ocean models. Recent studies include for example, mixing processes in the overflow waters that spill from the Arctic into the Atlantic Ocean, inundation processes in Cook Inlet, Alaska, physical-biological interactions near Caribbean coral reefs, and hurricane impacts in the Gulf of Mexico. These studies are often interdisciplinary and in collaboration with other research groups. At ODU I am also an affiliated faculty at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC) which conducts interdisciplinary research in various modeling and simulation areas.

The main theme of my work is finding innovative ways to use computer models to better understand how the ocean "works" and to improve our ability to model and predict its behavior. I am looking for graduate students who have interest in numerical modeling.
 
As a co-editor for Ocean Dynamics I invite oceanographers from different disciplines to submit papers to this international journal published by Springer-Verlag.