{"id":373,"date":"2024-11-21T21:43:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2026-08-17T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:22:53","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atmos.ucla.edu\/dynamical-oceanography-group\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Andrew Stewart<\/strong> (<\/strong>curriculum vitae<\/a>)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
7162 Math Sciences Building
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Huaiyu Wei<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral researcher<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: hywei@atmos.ucla.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Meridional overturning circulation, Machine learning, and Mesoscale eddy parameterizations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kaylie Cohanim<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Graduate student<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: kayliec23@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: ocean dynamics, ocean modeling, submesoscale processes, ice-ocean interactions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Xinyi Meng<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Graduate student<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: xinyim@g.ucla.edu

Research interests: ocean dynamics, mathematical modeling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sunny Yeh<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Graduate student (co-advised by Jim McWilliams)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: sunnyyeh@ucla.edu

Website: https:\/\/sunnyyeh3725.github.io\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Ocean Dynamics, Oceanic geophysical flows, Ocean circulation, Ocean modeling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yining Tang<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Masters student researcher<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: yntang@g.ucla.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: submesoscale processes, numerical modeling, data analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jingyi Huang<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Masters student researcher<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: hjy11@atmos.ucla.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Ocean dynamics, circulation, modeling; machine learning, deep\u2011sea science, and climate change<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gabrielle Barnes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Post-undergraduate researcher<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: gabriellebarnes024@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: machine learning and ocean dynamics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reid Mendoza<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: reidmendoza22@g.ucla.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: Machine learning, meridional overturning circulation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Annika Renganathan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Email: annikavr@g.ucla.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests: ocean dynamics and mathematical modeling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Former Group Members
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Madeleine Youngs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral researcher, Jan 2023-Dec 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yan Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral researcher, Jan 2016-Aug 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rubin Xia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting researcher, Sep 2019-Aug 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrett Finucane (PhD 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student, Sep 2021-Jun 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aviv Solodoch (PhD 2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student & postdoctoral researcher, Sep 2014-Jun 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yidongfang (Clara) Si (PhD 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student, Sep 2018-Jun 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordyn Moscoso (PhD 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student, Oct 2016-Jun 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken Zhao (PhD 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student, Apr 2016-Dec 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Hazel (PhD 2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student, Apr 2015-Sep 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathieu Morvan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting graduate researcher, May 2016-Aug 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aisha Mardini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2025-Jun 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selena Yu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2025-Jun 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alex Akin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2024-Jun 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophia Spungin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2022-Jan 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mia Thorp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2024-Nov 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyatt Cottriel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2023-Jun 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliza Lerman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2024-Jun 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Murrell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2023-Jun 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson Wilke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Aug 2020-Aug 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Kosty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Aug 2020-Aug 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlyn Schmidgall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate\/post-undergraduate researcher, Jan 2019-May 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xiaoyang Chi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2020-Jun 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yue (Luna) Bai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2017-Aug 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaylie Cohanim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2018-Jul 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kitty Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Sep 2018-Jun 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanya Arcienega<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2018-Mar 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truc Pham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Apr 2018-Nov 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josslyn Cai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate researcher, Jan 2017-Mar 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhao Xu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate research assistant, Aug 2015-Jun 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor Ciaramitaro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer research intern, May 2016-Aug 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Xu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

High school research intern, Jun 2017-Aug 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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