Area of Expertise
Applied Marine Physics; Surface Wave Dynamics
Education
  • Sc.D. in Hydrodynamics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1984
  • S.M. in Coastal Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1979
  • B.E. in Civil Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, U.S.A., 1977

Associate Professor of of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (joint appointment with Applied Marine Physics)

Research Interests

Theoretical and numerical studies of surface wave dynamics, remote sensing of oceanographic processes, air-sea fluxes and boundary-layer dynamics, radar backscatter, shelf and estuary dynamics, wave-current interaction, sediment transport.

- Monitoring of Oil Spill and Seepage Using Satellite Radars (Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II), Role: Principal Investigator)