News:

Some press articles describing a recent paper with Roman Stocker in Science:

NBC News, Science Daily, redOrbit, Our Amazing Planet, NSF, Phys.org,
New Scientist, MIT News Office, University of Cambridge Research Office

A summary of a study of phytoplankton with Raffaele Ferrari can be found here.

Research interests: I study the fluid dynamics of the ocean using numerical simulations simulations and mathematical methods. I am particularly interested in processes lying at the interface between the traditional fields of oceanography and fluid dynamics. Recent work has uncovered a fascinating and poorly-understood collection of processes occurring at relatively small scales (<10km) with large vertical velocities and rich three-dimensional structure, but where stratification and the Earth's rotation remain important factors. Since these motions are too small to be directly resolved by global ocean and climate models, understanding their impact on the structure and dynamics of the ocean is one of the most pressing topics in physical oceanography. Currently, I am studying upper ocean fronts and their impact on boundary layer turbulence, the role of physics in triggering phytoplankton blooms, the impact of turbulence on swimming bacteria, and mixing driven by breaking internal waves.