My research interests are in the sources, transport, and transformation of atmospheric trace gases in the global atmosphere. This work has a primary focus on trace gases and aerosols associated with the formation and destruction of ozone in the atmosphere. The research involves development and application of advanced trace gas sampling and...
Jerald S. Ault is a Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Dr. Ault is an internationally renowned fisheries scientist specializing in population dynamics, predictive analytics, machine learning, sampling design, ecosystem modeling and risk...
Roni Avissar, a former Duke University climatologist who has studied the way Amazon deforestation affects precipitation patterns around the world, became dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science in June 2009. Born and raised in France, Avissar was a professor at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering from 2001 and...
Position and Research Expertise
Beth Babcock is a Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is an expert on fish population dynamics, quantitative ecology and fisheries management.
Teaching and Mentoring
Babcock teaches graduate course on...
Professor Andrew Baker is a marine biologist whose research focuses on coral reefs and climate change. He directs the Coral Reef Futures Lab at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine Atmospheric, and Earth Science, focusing on the development and testing of methods to increase coral reef resilience. He also...
Lydia Jeanne Baker is a Lecturer of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She serves as the track coordinator for students in the Masters of Professional Science (MPS) Tropical Marine Ecology (TME) program. Her research uses a...
Lisa Beal is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is an expert on the Agulhas system of currents around South Africa and has brought recognition to the key role this system plays in a warming climate...
Besides my academic and research credentials, I have extensive international professional experience, having worked, consulted, and established research, commercial and educational programs and projects for the private and government sectors in > 20 countries throughout 5 continents over the last 30 years. Expertise in obtaining funding,...
Position and Research Expertise
Francisco Javier Beron-Vera is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Rosenstiel School. He uses concepts from the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems to study transport and mixing processes in geophysical flows.
Accomplishments
Beron-Vera has been known for his...
Dr. Kenneth Broad is Director of the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy and Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Additionally, he holds a joint appointment at Columbia University, where he serves as Co-Director of the Center...
Maria Cartolano is a Lecturer of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She serves as the track coordinator Marine Mammal Science (MMS) track of the Masters of Professional Science (MPS) program. Her research interests include physiology, behavior, and...
Assoc. Professor
Vetlesen Endowed Chair of Earth Sciences, Department of Ocean Science
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Secondary Appointment
Director, Aircraft Center for Earth Studies (ACES)
Ved Chirayath is the Vetlesen Endowed Chair of Earth Sciences, a National Geographic Explorer, and the inaugural director of the Aircraft Center for Earth Studies (ACES) at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Chirayath's research focuses...
Angela Clark has over thirty five years of experience working in academic libraries. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Georgia State University and received her Master’s in Library and Information Science from Simmons College (now Simmons University) in Boston, Massachusetts.
She joined the faculty of...
Dr. Amy Clement earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Columbia College, and Ph.D. from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Columbia University, where she studied climate dynamics on multiple timescales, from the glacial period to future climate change. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University...
I am a marine organic geochemist, broadly interested in picking apart the processes of production, physical movement or mixing, and degradation of organic matter in complex natural environments, with a goal toward understanding how ecological change translates into larger-scale effects on the marine carbon cycle. One of my main...
Richard Coleman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology. His research focuses on the evolution and ecology of marine fishes. His research program uses genomics and field surveys to study the spatial scale of populations, the role of ecology and biology on species distrbutions, and the mechanisms that facilitate...
Ana Costa, Ph.D. is a Lecturer of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is a specialist in marine mammalogy, with almost two decades of experience working in the field.
Research
As a researcher, Ana Costa uses an interdisciplinary approach (based on...
My academic interests are to understand the basic properties of adaptation (e.g., the importance of standing genetic variation, are many of loci involved in adaptation, are there conserved pathways to resolve specific selective pressures,etc.). Knowing this information provides insights into human health and diseases and how organisms...
Dr. Evan K. D’Alessandro is a lecturer and the director of the Master of Professional Science degree at the University of Miami. His area of expertise is coral reef fish ecology, particularly early life stages, but his research extends into many aspects of marine fish ecology. These include the ecology of mangrove associated fishes,...
Research Expertise
Professor Die has worked for 30 years on research devoted to the assessment and management of worldwide fisheries and his research has been instrumental in the development of major management changes to promote sustainability. He has current collaborative research links with scientists in scientific institutions all around the...
Dr. Drennan earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 1989. Following almost a decade working on the Great Lakes, he joined the Rosenstiel School faculty in 1997. His research focuses on air-sea interaction, including surface waves, flows in the boundary layers on both sides of the air-sea interface, and...
Gregor Eberli has spent much of his science career exploring the earth’s sediments as recorders of environmental changes. A native of Switzerland, Eberli received his doctorate from Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich in 1985. A grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation allowed him to pursue postdoctoral studies...
Shane Elipot is a physical oceanographer in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami. Shane Elipot uses observational and modeled data to conduct research in oceanography, focusing on atmosphere-ocean interactions, oceanic surface boundary layer dynamics, and...
Ms. Estevanez has been conducting research on marine resource allocation policy. She has done several studies on recreational boating as they relate to environmental issues and marine policy. She uses computer-based geographic information systems in her research.
Lynne Fieber is Professor in the Department of Marine Biology & Ecology. She studies the nervous system of marine animal models using behavioral, electrophysiological, and molecular techniques.
My research focuses on how natural and anthropogenic climate change affects ocean ventilation, which is ocean uptake of atmospheric gases such as oxygen and CO2. It is known that a warming ocean will take up less atmospheric gas and increase ocean stratification, which will decrease mixing. However, there are natural processes that can counter...
Cassandra Gaston is an Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Her research focuses on the physicochemical properties of aerosols that critically impact Earth’s climate, ecosystem health,...
Sam Goldberg is an assistant professor jointly appointed in the Department of Marine Geosciences at the Rosenstiel School and in the Institute for Data Science and Computing. Sam is a geologist and geomorphologist who studies the evolution of Earth’s landscapes and surface environments, their responses to past climate change, and their...
Martin Grosell, PhD is the lead PI and director of the GoMRI funded research consortium RECOVER (http://recover.rsmas.miami.edu/). Dr. Grosell is a Maytag professor of ichthyology with specialty in environmental physiology and toxicology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences in the...
Rebecca Gruby (she/her) is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy in the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Dr. Gruby is an interdisciplinary social scientist focused on marine governance – the rules, processes, politics, and actors that shape collective action and human-environment...
Dennis A. Hansell is a professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the Rosenstiel School. His research interests are in the biogeochemistry of the major elements (such as carbon and nitrogen), primarily conducted by inferring the biological processing of those elements from their spatial and temporal variations.
Hansell teaches courses in...
One of my research interests involves the use of transient tracers, such as chlorofluorocarbons and tritium, to determine groundwater flow patterns and rates. I am also interested in the role of soils in the global budget of halogenated atmospheric trace gases. I am currently conducting a project that is focusing on obtaining a better estimate...
Experimental studies of coastal ocean surface currents for application to oil spill transport prediction and response (CARTHE); radar remote sensing of oceanographic processes from satellites in collaboration with CSTARS and from coastal radars (http://iwave.rsmas.miami.edu); shelf and inlet dynamics; wave-current interactions;...
Citizen science, applications of technology to exploration, video production and multimedia in science communication, and geospatial technologies.
Dr. Keene Haywood is directing the Exploration Science program through the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy. His background is mixture of media production, conservation, geospatial and...
Dr. Rachael Heuer is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology. She studies the impacts of climate change stressors (ocean acidification and temperature) and crude oil on the physiology of marine fish and invertebrates.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Geosciences (MGS) at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.
I am a Geodynamicist who studies the deformation occurring at plate boundaries and within the underlying, flowing mantle. In order to constrain the fundamental properties of...
Teaching and Mentoring
Hynes teaches undergraduate courses on atmospheric science, atmospheric and environmental chemistry and also “Molecules of Life”. This class is team taught with Professor Mike Gaines from the Department of Biology and it explores the modern science of biological molecules, which occurs at the...
Mohamed Iskandarani is a Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He also holds an adjunct faculty position in the department of Computer Science. His expertise revolves around the development of new computational methods and...
Jennifer Jacquet (https://jenniferjacquet.com/) is interested in globalized cooperation dilemmas, such as climate change and the exploitation of wild animals via fishing and the Internet wildlife trade. She is particularly interested in the role of social approval in encouraging cooperation, and is the author of Is Shame...
Dr. Johns is a seagoing oceanographer specializing in the use of long-term moored instrumentation to study ocean circulation. His research involves studies of the large-scale wind-driven circulation, with emphasis on the dynamics of western boundary currents, and on deep flows related to the global thermohaline circulation and climate...
Igor Kamenkovich is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Kamenkovich is studying ocean dynamics and its role in climate, and his research has focused on mesoscale (tens to hundreds of kilometers) and large-scale (hundreds...
Professor
William R Middelthon III Endowed Chair of Earth Sciences
Director: Cooperative Institute for Marine & Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)
Deputy Director: Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC)
Program Director: IDSC Earth Systems
Position and Research Expertise
Ben Kirtman is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He uses atmosphere-ocean general circulation models to study the predictability and variability of the Earth’s climate system.
Teaching and...
Villy Kourafalou is a Research Professor at the Department of Ocean Sciences in the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is an expert in coastal dynamics, extending to the shelf break processes and interaction with oceanic flows. Kourafalou has taught courses on Coastal...
Langdon studies the biology and ecology of corals with an emphasis on their responses to ocean warming and acidification. Courses taught include MSC 232 Marine Biology Lab, MSC409 Climate Change: Limits of Marine Invertebrate Adaptability, MBE 615 Tropical Marine Ecology, and MBE 621 Field Techniques and Instrumentation in Tropical...
David Letson is Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami, where he has worked since 1995. His research focuses on the economics of extreme weather and climate variations. He is interested in the value of predictions from the geosciences and in how those predictions are interpreted and used.Letson obtained his...
Diego Lirman currently works at the Department of Marine Biology & Ecology, University of Miami. Diego does research in Phycology, Marine Biology and Ecology. Their current project is 'Rescue A Reef Citizen Science Program.
Dr. Catherine Macdonald is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist and Research Assistant Professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami. She is the Track Coordinator for the Marine Conservation track of the Masters of Professional Science Program, and teaches courses in...
Katharine Mach is a Professor at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Science and a faculty scholar at the UM Abess Center, focused on environmental science and policy. Her research assesses climate change risks and response options to address increased flooding, extreme heat, wildfire, and other hazards....
Research Interests: Predictability of tropical cyclone formation, motion, and intensification; weather risk communication; ensemble prediction; targeted observations aimed at optimizing current and future observing systems; data assimilation.
Teaching Interests: Tropical Weather and Forecasting; Atmospheric Science;...
Position and Research Expertise
Brian Mapes is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Mapes is an expert on atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, especially interactions between cloudy convection and larger-scale...
Arthur J. Mariano is a Professor of Physical Oceanography in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Mariano is a mathematician who studies the ocean and his research interests are ocean currents, ocean prediction, data assimilation, Lagrangian data...
Danielle McDonald is a Professor of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is an expert in fish physiology and behavior with a focus on how physiology and behavior may change during times of environmental stress such as social stress, pollution...
John W. McManus, PhD. is a Professor of Marine Biology and Fisheries at the Rosenstiel School of the University of Miami. In 2007, he chaired the Five-Year Review of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, which led to major changes in its structure and activities. As the former Leader of the Aquatic Environments Program of the WorldFish...
Liza Merly is a senior lecturer of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. She is interested in comparative immunology and marine biomedicine using diverse animal models. She is interested in the use of the shark as a model for the evolution of the vertebrate...
Dr Minnett's research interests include infrared remote sensing from satellites, atmospheric effects and derivation of accurate sea-surface temperatures; ship-board infrared interferometric measurements of oceanic and atmospheric properties; studies of near-surface temperature structure in the ocean and atmosphere, and their influence on...
Renato Molina is an engineer and economist specializing in environmental and resource economics. His work focuses on topics at the intersection between game theory, sustainability, and institutional settings. His current research explores the role of property rights in the economic impact of natural disasters, the use of conservation for...
Mohammad ‘Monir’ Moniruzzaman is an Assistant Professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Monir’s research interest is focused on the molecular and eco-evolutionary aspects of virus-host interactions using both experimental and computational biology approaches.
Hello! I hold a B.S. in Meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science from the University of Maryland. I believe combining both numerical modeling and paleoclimate data from multiple proxy records is the best way to understand how and why the Earth's climate changed in the past....
David Nolan is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami. He is an expert on hurricanes, tropical meteorology, computer modeling of weather phenomena, and tornadoes.
Nolan teaches courses on Atmospheric Dynamics, the General Circulation of...
Amanda Oehlert is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Geosciences (MGS) at the University of Miami’s Rosesntiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Her doctoral work focused on understanding geochemical records of global carbon cycling in a variety of depositional settings and diagenetic regimes. After...
Maria Josefina Olascoaga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the Rosenstiel School. Her research focuses on the study of transport and mixing in the ocean. She has contributed to make the modern dynamical systems concept of Lagrangian Coherent Structures widely recognized by the international oceanographic community...
Margie Oleksiak is a Professor in the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology. Her research focuses on the importance of biological variation and how populations adapt to environmental change.
Donald B. Olson is a Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is the Associate Director of the Marine Science Undergraduate Program, and a senior member of the Ecosystem Science and Policy steering committee. Olson is an expert on...
Physical regulation of biological systems; coastal zone management, ecosystem restoration, and fisheries management science and policy; coastal ecosystem effects of hurricane landfall; coastal ecosystem implications of regional and global climate change and climate variability; trophic relationships in marine plankton communities; phytoplankton...
Tamay Ozgokmen is a Professor in the Department of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is interested in oceanographic studies that combine social impact with a grand scientific challenge. In particular, he strives to better understanding oil spills and...
Claire Paris is a biological oceanographer with a diverse background in larval ecology, coastal oceanography, and numerical modeling. She has brought recognition to the key role of behavior of the pelagic larval stage in the connectivity of marine populations and the function of ecosystems. She leads a team of researchers and students at the...
Larry Peterson is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and a Professor in the Department of Marine Geosciences.
Reconstruction of past oceans and climates from marine sediments; abrupt climate change; deep sea sedimentation processes; stable isotope geochemistry of foraminifera.
I am a chemical oceanographer, interested in the role marine microbes play in global biogeochemical cycles, with an emphasis on linking the rates of chemical processes with the activity of microbes. Marine microbes are diverse, abundant, and dynamic. Their activity is instrumental in determining the magnitude and rate of fluxes of oxygen,...
My research interests range from the Cosmos to the Benthos and the Underworld, with special focus on applications of isotope geochemistry and extraction chromatography in paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, geoarcheology and cosmochemistry.
At a young age I was fortunate enough to stumble on a copy of Jacques Cousteau’s 1953 book “The Silent World”, which piqued my interest in everything underwater. Shortly thereafter, I saw his movie of the same name. I was hooked. At the earliest possible opportunity I learnt to SCUBA dive, becoming a diving...
Carbonate sedimentation and diagenesis, geomicrobiology and biomineralization: formation and lithification of stromatolites; shallow-water alteration of carbonate skeletons; effects of sea level, volcanism and tectonics on processes of carbonate deposition.
Roland Romeiser is a Professor in the Ocean Sciences department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He is working in the field of ocean remote sensing by radar, with emphasis on the interpretation of images from conventional and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems...
Lynn K (Nick) Shay is a Professor of Oceanography in the Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. Shay’s research focuses on mesoscale air-sea interactions and coastal ocean processes for both weak and strong winds such as tropical cyclones (e.g.,...
Dr. Manoj Shivlani is an environmental scientist and senior lecturer specializing in the social and policy dimensions of coastal and marine resource management. His focus areas include stakeholder theory, socio-ecological systems, fisheries socioeconomics, and international ocean management. His recent research has evaluated the effects of...
Paul Sikkel, PhD is a Research Professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences in the Department of Marine Biology and Ecology. His current research focus is on the ecology of host-parasite interactions in coral reef systems. Dr. Sikkel obtained his MSc (1990) and PhD (1993)...
Position and Research Expertise
Brian Soden is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. He specializes in the use of satellite observations to test and improve computer simulations of Earth's climate. His areas of interest include understanding...
John Stieglitz is a research assistant professor at UM-Rosenstiel School. Utilizing approaches centered on applied ecophysiology and bioenergetics of marine fish, his research aims to address marine aquaculture production challenges while also developing a greater understanding of the impacts of both natural and anthropogenic induced...
My work focuses on management of coastal areas, including mechanisms to increase institutional cooperation, capacity building, development of management plans, and reduction of conflicts between various resource users. Marine and coastal protected areas and adaptation to climate change are additional areas of my work. I dedicate much of my...