DOCTORAL AND MASTERS COMMITTEES
Currently Ph.D./M.S./M.A.S. advisor to:
  • Mr. Anthony Wilson, Climate Sciences Ph.D., SIO (2021-present)
  • Mr. Karl-Erik Paulsson, Physical Oceanography M.S., SIO (2023-present)
  • Mr. Anito Mancarelli, Climate Science and Policy M.A.S., SIO (2024-present)
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    Formerly Ph.D./M.S./M.A.S. advisor to:
  • Dr. Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2003): Full Professor, Brown University
  • Dr. Hyodae Seo, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2007): Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii
  • Dr. Hey-Jin Kim, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2008): Programmer/Analyst, SIO
  • Dr. Hajoon Song, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2011): Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, South Korea
  • Dr. Aneesh Subramanian, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2012): Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  • Dr. Dian Putrasahan, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2012): Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg
  • Dr. Linghan Li, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. 2013): Analytic Scientist, FICO, San Diego, CA
  • Dr. Lauren Freeman, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2013): Scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI
  • Dr. Nicholas Cavanaugh, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2014): Founder, Sensible, Los Angeles, CA
  • Dr. Michael DeFlorio, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2015): Research Analyst, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), SIO
  • Dr. Jonathan Eliashiv, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2019): Climate Scientist, Sensible, Denver, CO
  • Dr. Dillon Amaya, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2019): Research Physical Scientist, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO
  • Dr. Daniela Faggiani Dias, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2020): Assistant Project Scientist, Carbon Removal Initiative (CRI), SIO
  • Dr. Osinachi Ajoku, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2020): Assistant Professor, Howard University, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Meredith Fish, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2020): Senior Data Scientist (Climate Analytics), McKinsey & Company, Denver, CO
  • Dr. Nathali Cordero Quiros, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2020): Postdoctoral Researcher, CICESE
  • Dr. Momme Hell, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. 2020): ASP Postdoctural Fellow, NCAR, Boulder, CO
  • Dr. Tashiana Osborne, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2021): Climate Advisor Fellow (AAAS), USAID, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Gino Passalaqua, Climate Sciences, SIO (M.S. 2009): Marine Technician, SIO
  • Mr. Ankur Gupta, Physical Oceanography, SIO (M.S. 2012): Project Scientist, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, India
  • Dr. Chelsey Nieman, Ocean Biodiversity and Conservation, SIO (M.A.S. 2014): Fisheries Biologist, WSP, St. Louis, MO
  • Mr. Jack Weil, Climate Sciences, SIO (M.S. 2022): Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech, San Diego, CA
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    Doctoral/Masters committee member to:
  • Dr. Xiang San Liang, Applied Mathematics, Harvard University (Ph.D. 2002)
  • Dr. Thomas Reichler, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. 2002)
  • Dr. Catherine Johnson, Biological Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. 2003)
  • Dr. David Field, Biological Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. 2004)
  • Mr. Ehecatl Munoz-Mejia, Fisheries Ecology, CIBNOR, La Paz, Mexico, (2002-2005)
  • Dr. Chih-Hao Zac Hsieh, Biological Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. 2006)
  • Dr. Elena Brambilla, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. 2006)
  • Dr. Alex Ruane, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D., 2007)
  • Dr. Elizabeth Douglass, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D., 2007)
  • Dr. Daniel Birch, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D., 2007)
  • Mr. Miles Woodard, Climate Sciences, SIO (2006-2007)
  • Mr. Tony Shiao, Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, SIO (M.A.S., 2013)
  • Dr. Xue Fan, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D., 2014)
  • Dr. Ethan Deyle, Biological Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D., 2015)
  • Mr. Cotton Rockwood, Biological Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D. candidate, 2013-present)
  • Dr. Sara Sanchez, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D., 2018)
  • Dr. Weijie Wang, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D., 2017)
  • Dr. Will Crawford, Ocean Sciences, UC, Santa Cruz (Ph.D., 2017)
  • Dr. Adi Khen, Marine Biology, SIO (Ph.D., 2022)
  • Dr. Caroline Lowcher, Physical Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D., 2023)
  • Dr. Erik Saberski, Biological Oceanography, SIO (Ph.D., 2024)
  • Ms. Wen-Shu Lin, Climate Sciences, SIO (Ph.D. candidate, 2022-present)
    • Visiting Doctoral Students mentored:
  • Dr. Anamitra Saha, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2016-2017)
  • Dr. Daling Li Yi, Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao (2016-2018)
  • Dr. Chuan-Yang Wang, Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao (2016-2018)
  • Ms. Lin Piao, Meteorology, Peking University (2016-2017)
  • Dr. Yu Zhang, Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao (2017-2019)
  • Dr. Soumik Ghosh, Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2019-2020)
  • Mr. Giacomo Lucidi, Physics of Earth System, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (2019-2020)
  • Ms. Elise Beaudin, Ocean Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA (2021-2022)
  • Mr. Jian Li, Physical Oceanography and Remote Sensing, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2024-present)
    • Postdoctoral researchers mentored:
  • Dr. Guillermo Auad, Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1995-1999)
  • Dr. Sutara "Ata" Suanda, Ph.D., Oregon State University (2014-2015)
  • Dr. Liz Drenkard, Ph.D., MIT-Woods Hole Joint Program (2016-2019)
  • Dr. Rui Sun, Ph.D., Virginia Tech (2017-2021)
  • Dr. Xuan "Bill" Cui, Ph.D., Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2023-present)
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    Undergraduate students mentored:
  • Ms. Emma Nuss, Probability and Statistics, UCSD (2012-2013)
  • Ms. Ana-Patricia Lopez, Environmental Engineering, SDSU (2013-2014)
  • Ms. Maria Winters, Environmental Engineering, UCSD (2015-2017)
  • Mr. Nathan Cusson-Nadeau, Environmental Engineering, UCSD (2016-2017)
  • Ms. Cristina Curiel, Marine Biology, UCSD (2017)
  • Ms. Sara Ramirez, Environmental Systems, UCSD (2018-2019)
  • Ms. Yunchun "Pauline" Pan, Applied Mathematics, UCSD (2019-2020)
  • Mr. Lawrence Balitaan, Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, UCSD (2019)
  • Mr. Magnus Oddershede, Physics, University of Copenhagen (2022-2023)
  • Mr. Carlo Makeever, Computer Science, Mesa College (2023)
  • Mx. Iris Smyrl, Environmental Systems (Ecology, Behavior and Evolution), UCSD (2023)
  • Ms. Lana Lubecke, Environmental Systems (Applied and Computational Mathematics), Caltech (2024)
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    High School students mentored:
  • Ms. Hannah Cohen, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY (2018)
  • Mr. Benjamin Massey, High Tech High North County, San Marcos, CA (2024)
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