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The Team

Principal Investigator

Francesco Paparella

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Francesco Paparella is interested in developing and studying mathematical models for geophysical fluids and Earth-systems processes. His main focus has been on convection in fluids with one or two buoyancy-changing scalars. But he also works on vortex dynamics, time series analysis, granular flows and ecological and population dynamics modeling.

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Co-Principal Investigators

Shady Amin

Associate Professor of Biology

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John Burt

Professor of Biology

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Monica Menendez

Associate Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering

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Olivier Pauluis

Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science

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Farah Shamout

Assistant Professor Emerging Scholar of Computer Engineering

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Shafer Smith

Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science

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Antonios Tzes

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Researchers

Mohamed Abuhlaiqa

Mohamed Abuhlaiqa

Research Assistant

Applied Physics and Data Analysis
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Rita Bento

Research Associate

Reef Ecologist
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Iulia Bibire

Research Technician

Gulf Biochemistry
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Louie Buccella

Research Assistant

Marine Ecologist and Aquarist
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Geórgenes Cavalcante

Research Scientist

Oceanography Geosciences
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Oliver Farrell

Marine Field Research Technician

Environmental Monitoring
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Stefanos Georgiadis

Stefanos Georgiadis

Postdoc Associate

Oceanic and Atmospheric Modeling
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Thomas Grevesse

Thomas Grevesse

Research Associate

Ocean Microbiome
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Subrota Halder

Postdoc Associate

Atmospheric and
Ocean Scientist
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Elisephane Irankunda

Elisephane Irankunda

Postdoc Associate

Atmospheric and Climate Sciences
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Basit Khan

Basit Khan

Research Scientist

Atmospheric Modeling View profile

Muhammad Hassan Khan

Muhammad Hassan Khan

Research Assistant

Phytoplankton Modeling
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Sreejith Kottuparambil

Research Associate

Phytoplankton Ecophysiology
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Zouhair Lachkar

Sr. Research Scientist

Marine Biogeochemistry Modeling
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Christian Lewes

Christian Lewes

Research Technician

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Yohan Louis

Yohan Louis

Postdoc Associate

Coral Restoration
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Georgina Matthews

Georgina Matthews

Research Assistant

CBASS Specialist
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Muhammed Nabeel

Research Engineer

Environmental Monitoring
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Arah Narida

Arah Narida

Postdoc Associate

Coral Spawning and Cryobiology
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Rahul Pai

Rahul Pai

Postdoc Associate

Ocean Modeling
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Nanda Reddy

Postdoc Associate

Air-Sea Modeling
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Pearl Rwauya

Pearl Rwauya

Scientific Data Analyst

Data Solutions for Environmental Research
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Brian Strehlow

Brian Strehlow

Postdoc Associate

Coral Genomics
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Research Affiliates

  • Ajaya Ravindran
  • Said Ouala

Administration

  • Kelly Bradham
  • Priyanka Sadhwani
  • Mihi Joshi
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