
The still largely unexplored vastness of the ocean, covering about 2/3 of the surface of the earth and with an average depth of almost 4 kilometres, has fascinated humans for as long as we have records. Its currents, chemical composition, and ecosystems are all highly variable at different locations and times. Due to its large capacity for storing and transporting heat, the ocean represents also a crucial component of the physical climate system. The ocean provides invaluable resources to humankind in the form of food, but also in terms of its generally moderating impact on weather and climate. This has led to the fact that a large fraction of the world’s population lives within 100 miles of the ocean. As a consequence, the ocean and particularly the fragile interface between the ocean and the land has become subject to large environmental pressures.
The rapidly growing faculty in ocean sciences at UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences focuses their research on a large palette of questions ranging from the role of the ocean in the physical climate system to its role in the global carbon cycle. A strong emphasis is also given to the study of the coastal environment and its interaction with the open seas and the land. Much of our research is highly interdisciplinary and involves a substantial number of faculty in other departments and institutes.
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Andrew Stewart
Professor
Aradhna Tripati
Professor
Daniele Bianchi
Associate Professor
David Neelin
Professor
Gang Chen
Professor
Jacob Bortnik
Professor
Jasper Kok
Professor
Jochen Stutz
Professor
Jonathan Mitchell
Professor
Karen Mckinnon
Assistant Professor
Marcelo Chamecki
Professor
Pablo Saide
Assistant Professor
Qinbin Li
Professor
Rob Eagle
Assistant Professor
Roger Varney
Assistant Professor
Rong Fu
Professor
Suzanne Paulson
Professor
Tina Treude
Professor
Ulli Seibt
Professor
Yongkang Xue
Professor
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Alex Hall
Professor
Andrew Stewart
Professor
Aradhna Tripati
Professor
Daniele Bianchi
Associate Professor
David Neelin
Professor
Gang Chen
Professor
Hui Su
Adjunct Professor
Jacob Bortnik
Professor
Janine Ann Baijnath-Rodino
Adjunct Professor
Jasper Kok
Professor
Jochen Stutz
Professor
Jonathan Mitchell
Professor
Karen Mckinnon
Assistant Professor
Larry Harding
Adjunct Professor
Larry Lyons
Emeritus Professor
Marcelo Chamecki
Professor
Michael Ghil
Emeritus Professor
Pablo Saide
Assistant Professor
Park Williams
Affiliated Professor
Qinbin Li
Professor
Randall Friedl
Adjunct Professor
Richard Turco
Emeritus Professor
Rob Eagle
Assistant Professor
Robert Fovell
Emeritus Professor
Roberto Mechoso
Emeritus Professor
Roger Varney
Assistant Professor
Rong Fu
Professor
Suzanne Paulson
Professor
Tina Treude
Professor
Ulli Seibt
Professor
Yongkang Xue
Professor
Yu Gu
Adjunct Professor
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Alexander Lozinski
Postdoctoral Scholar
Anh Pham
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ashok Gupta
Assistant Project Scientist
Benjamin Bass
Assistant Project Scientist
Bo Tong
Postdoctoral Scholar
Chad Thackeray
Assistant Research Scientist
Chih-Ping Wang
Research Scientist
Daniel Dauhajre
Assistant Research Scientist
Delphine Hypolite
Assistant Research Scientist
Dmitri Kondrashov
Research Scientist
Eli Dennis
Postdoctoral Scholar
Emily Slinskey
Postdoctoral Scholar
Faycal Kessouri
Assistant Research Scientist
Fiaz Ahmed
Assistant Research Scientist
I am an assistant project scientist in David Neelin's group.
Frances Staples
Postdoctoral Scholar
Gregory Torkelson
Postdoctoral Scholar
Heejeong Kim
Associate Project Scientist
Homayon Aryan
Assistant Research Scientist
Jeroen Molemaker
Research Scientist
Jerome Guiet
Assistant Research Scientist
Jesse Norris
Assistant Project Scientist
Jiang Liu
Associate Research Scientist
Jinxing Li
Assistant Research Scientist
Jonas Kuhn
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kaushik Srinivasan
Assistant Research Scientist
Lei Huang
Project Scientist
Madeleine Youngs
Postdoctoral Scholar
Man Hua (花漫)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Manas Ranjan Mohanty
Postdoctoral Scholar
Maria Esther Capo Truyols
Postdoctoral Scholar
Mickael Chekroun
Research Scientist
Pierre Damian
Assistant Research Scientist
Qianli Ma (马千里)
Assistant Research Scientist
Robert Albarran
Postdoctoral Scholar
Roy Barkan
Associate Research Scientist
Santo Fedele Colosimo
Assistant Research Scientist
Seth Claudpierre
Research Scientist
Sheng Tian
Assistant Research Scientist
Siyu Zhao
Postdoctoral Scholar
Sneha Yadav
Assistant Research Scientist
Stefan Rahimi-Esfarjan
Assistant Research Scientist
Wei-Ming Tsai
Postdoctoral Scholar
Wen Li
Associate Research Scientist
Yizhou Zhuang (庄一洲)
Postdoctoral Scholar
Yukitoshi Nishimura
Associate Research Scientist