Curriculum Vitae

CLAUDIA CENEDESE

Address: Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, Clark 3, MS #21
                360 Woods Hole Rd., Wood Hole, MA 02543

E-Mail: ccenedese@whoi.edu

Tel.: (508)-289-2696

Fax: (508)-457-2181

                    Nationality: Italian

                   Date of Birth: 26 October 1971

 
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2004-Present   Associate Scientist, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

2000- 2004     Assistant Scientist, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

2000                Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography.

2000                Postdoctoral Investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
                        Sponsor: Prof. J.C. Marshall.

2000                Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography.
                        Sponsor: Dr. J.A. Whitehead.

1998-2000      Postdoctoral scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography.
                        Sponsor: Dr. J.A. Whitehead.

1997                Successfully completed examination for professional practice (Esame di Stato).

               (The qualification for environmental and civil engineering practice in Italy equivalent to American Professional Engineering
               License).


1995-1998      Ph.D. student, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.
                        Supervisor: Prof. P.F. Linden.
                        Thesis title: Baroclinic eddies over topography. (This experimental and theoretical research provides new understanding into
                        the formation, stability and drift of baroclinic vortices and the instabilities of a buoyant current in the presence of bottom
                        topography.)

1990-1995      Degree in Environmental Engineering, Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza.
                        Laurea with 110/110 e Lode, and with a final average mark achieved by only the top 2 percent of engineering students.

                (Five year undergraduate degree from one of the top 3 Engineering Schools in Italy. Consisted of 30 courses and a thesis. The
                courses included: Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Analysis, Thermodynamics, Applied Mechanics, Wastewater and Solid waste
                Treatment Plants, Dynamics of Pollutants, Dynamical Systems, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering,
                Engineering Geology and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.)                         Thesis title: The effects of the Coriolis force on the motion of stratified flows.
                        Supervisors: Prof. A. Misiti and Prof. P.F. Linden.                 (Laboratory experiments on the formation and instabilities of vortices over a sloping bottom in a two-layer rotating fluid were
                carried out in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. The velocity and
                vorticity fields were then obtained using image analysis techniques in the Engineering Faculty, University of Rome.)


1985-1990       Liceo Scientifico, "C.B. Cavour", Rome.
                        Diploma Scientifico with a final mark of 60/60 awarded to only the top few percent of students.
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001    Oceanographic Research Cruise. R/V L.M. Gould. Chief Scientist: Richard Limeburner. GLOBEC Southern Ocean. Moored array
           and drifters deployment and CTD survey.

2001    Oceanographic Research Cruise. R/V Oceanus. Chief Scientist: Richard Limeburner. Antarctic bottom water variability.
            Moored array recovery and redeployment and CTD survey in Equatorial Atlantic.

1999    Oceanographic Research Cruise. R/V Oceanus. Chief Scientist: Richard Limeburner. GLOBEC Georges Bank frontal study moored
            array recovery.

1999    Oceanographic Research Cruise. R/V Seward Johnson. Chief Scientist: Richard Limeburner. Antarctic bottom water variability
            moored array deployment and CTD survey in Equatorial Atlantic.

1997    Pre-Doctoral Fellowship at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Summer Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA (from
            16-6-97 to 22-8-97).
            (The Program’s central lecture theme was Rotating Hydraulic Control. I carried out a laboratory research project entitled
            Eddy-shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom, under the supervision of Dr J.A.Whitehead, WHOI.
            The project’s objective was to determine how vortices can form, detach and drift westward from a current flowing around a cape over
             sloping bottom topography in a rotating fluid.)

1995    National Summer School in Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Dynamics (from 11-9-1995 to 22-9-1995) in the Department of
           Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.
           (This intensive School consisted of lectures together with practical laboratory sessions and computer demonstrations in all aspects of
           atmospheric, oceanographic and geological fluid dynamics.)

1994   An examinable Honors Course in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics was attended and passed at the Department of Applied Mathematics
           and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.
 

AWARDS AND PRIZES

1998    Awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

1997    Awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.

1996-1998    Awarded a 24 month Research Fellowship from the Marine Science and Technologies Program of the European Commission.

 1996    Awarded a Research Studentship from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England.

1995    Received special commendation for the best final-year undergraduate Engineering thesis.

1994    European Students’ Exchange-Scheme (ERASMUS) funded Honours Research Project undertaken at the Department of Applied
            Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (from 1-2-1995 to 30-5-1995).

1993    Awarded an "AGIP" prize.
            (Approximately ten awards of about $2500 are made annually to the most outstanding engineering students throughout Italy.)

 1985-1995    Awarded a EMPAS State Scholarship, which was renewed annually after consistently high grades in exams.
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1998-present    Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

1998-present    Member of the American Physical Society (APS).

1999-present    Referee for Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
                        Deep-Sea Research, Physics of Fluids and National Science Foundation.
 

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Courses taught (MIT catalog number):

Coastal Physical Oceanography (together with S. Lentz and J. Lerczak) (12.862)
 

ADVISING

• 2006 Guest Student, Michelangelo Mariani, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

• 2005 Guest Student, Valentina Dore, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

• 2005 Guest Student, Michela De Dominicis, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

• 2005-Present Ph.D. Advisor, Christie Woods, Joint Program MIT-WHOI, USA. (Co-advisor with J. Lerczak)

• 2005 GFD Summer Fellow, Aya Tanabe, Imperial College, London, UK.

                              • 2004 Guest Student, Rachel Bueno de Mesquita, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

• 2004 Guest Student, Claudia Adduce, Universita' RomaTre, Rome, Italy.

• 2004 GFD Summer Fellow, Danielle Wain, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

• 2004 Short Term Guest Student, Shreyas Mandre, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.

• 2002-2003 Ph.D. Advisor, Dave Sutherland, Joint Program MIT-WHOI, USA.

• 2003 GFD Summer Fellow, Christopher Wolfe, Oregon State University, USA.

• 2003 Guest Student, Igino Angelini, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

                              • 2003 Guest Student, Gianluca Cesarei, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

• 2002 Guest Student, Claudia Adduce, Universita' RomaTre, Rome, Italy.


RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS ACQUIRED
 

 • Designed and carried out laboratory experiments in fluid dynamics, including rotating and density-stratified flows.

• Developed and used computer image analysis techniques (especially the sophisticated software package DigImage/DigiFlow) to measure light attenuation, dye concentrations, fluid depths, velocity fields and vorticity fields.

• Experienced with the computing languages PASCAL, FORTRAN and MATLAB. I have developed numerical models for the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, oceans and porous media.

• Experienced in deployment and recover of oceanographic moorings and making of high resolution hydrographic profiling.

 

REFERRED PUBLICATIONS                   

                    2006 Wåhlin A.K. and Cenedese C.        How entraining density currents influence the ocean stratification.  Deep Sea Research II, 53, 172-193.

                    2006 Wolfe, C.L. and Cenedese, C.        Laboratory Experiments on Eddy Generation by a Buoyant Coastal Current Flowing Over Variable
                                                                             Bathymetry.  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 395-411.

                    2005 Cenedese, C., Adduce, C.              Laboratory experiments on mesoscale vortices interacting with two islands. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C09023,                      and Fratantoni D.M.                         10.1029/2004JC002734.

                    2005 Limeburner, R., J.A. Whitehead,       Variability of Antarctic Bottom Water Flow into the North Atlantic.  Deep Sea Research II, 52, 495-512.
                                and C. Cenedese

                    2004 Adduce, C. and Cenedese, C.        An experimental study of a mesoscale vortex colliding with topography of varying geometry in a rotating fluid.                                                                                     J. Marine Research, 62, 611-638.

2004 Cenedese,C.,  Marshall, J.C.           A Laboratory Model of Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts.
             and Whitehead J.A.                      J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 656-667.

2004 Cenedese, C., Whitehead,  J.A.,      A Dense Current Flowing down a Sloping Bottom in a Rotating Fluid. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 188-203.
             Ascarelli, T.A. and Ohiwa M.

2002 Cenedese C.                                    Laboratory Experiments on Mesoscale Vortices Colliding with a Seamount. J. Geophys.Res.,107, 
                                                                  C6,10.1029/2000JC000599.

2002 Cenedese C. and Linden P.F.          Stability of a buoyancy-driven coastal current at the shelf break. J. Fluid Mech., 452, 97-121.

2000 Cenedese C. and Whitehead J.A.    Eddy-shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30,
                                                                 1514-1531.

1999 Cenedese C. and Linden P.F.          Cyclone and anticyclone asymmetry in a rotating stratified fluid over bottom topography. J. Fluid Mech.
                                                                  381, 199-223.

           MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION

                   2006 Adduce C. and Cenedese C.          Mixing in a density driven current down a slope in a rotating fluid. Submitted to J. Fluid Mech.

                    2006 Tanabe A. and Cenedese C.           Laboratory experiments on mesoscale vortices colliding with multiple islands. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

                    2006  Cenedese C.                                  Shelf-Slope Water Exchange Through Interaction of Eddies With Buoyancy-Driven Currents for a winter

                                                                                      configuration. To be submitted to J.  Phys. Oceanogr.

                    2006 Cenedese C., Angelini I.                  Laboratory experiments on a surface trapped buoyant current encountering a channel. In preparation.
                              and De Dominicis M.

                    2006 Cenedese C., De Dominicis M.        Laboratory experiments on a bottom trapped buoyant current encountering a channel. In preparation.
                        and Mariani M. 

                    2006 Cenedese C. and Dore V.                Interaction of two buoyant coastal currents. In preparation.


                                UNREFERRED PUBLICATIONS

                    2006 Adduce C. and Cenedese C. Indagine sperimentale sul mescolamento di una corrente di gravita’ su un piano inclinato. Idra-2006,
                      Roma, Italy. September 10-15, 2006. Conference Proceedings.
              2006 Tanabe A. and Cenedese C. Laboratory experiments on vortices colliding with multiple islands. Proc. Appl. Math. Mech. (PAMM),
                        vol. 6, Wiley-VCH.

                    2004 Adduce, C. and Cenedese, C.  Laboratory experiments on eddy interaction with multiple islands. ICHE 2004, Brisbane, Australia.
                        Conference Proceedings.

              2004 Adduce, C. and Cenedese, C. Experimental investigation of a vortex interacting with an obstacle in a rotating fluid. Idra-2004,
                         Trento, Italy. September 7-10, 2004. Conference Proceedings.

2003 Adduce, C. and Cenedese, C. Influence of Islands and Their 3-D Geometry on the Bifurcation of Eddies. XXX International Association
          Hydraulic Research Congress, Thessaloniki, Tema A, pp. 603-610.

2003 Adduce, C. and Cenedese, C. "Indagine sperimentale sull'interazione fra vortici e isole". La Difesa Idraulica del Territorio 2003,
          Trieste 10-12 Settembre, 2003.

2001 Cenedese, C., Whitehead, J.A.,   Density Current down a Slope in a Rotating Fluid. ISEH2001 Conference Proceedings.
          Ascarelli, T.A. and M. Ohiwa

1998 Cenedese, C. and Dalziel, S.B. Concentration and depth fields determined by the light transmitted through a dyed solution. Proceedings of
            the 8th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, ed. Carlomagno & Grant. ISBN 0 9533991 0 9, paper 061.

1998    Cenedese, C. Baroclinic eddies over topography. Ph.D. thesis, DAMTP, Cambridge University.

1998    Cenedese, C. Eddy-shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program Notes,
            Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-98-09.

1995    Cenedese, C. The effects of the Coriolis force on the motion of stratified flows. Degree Thesis, University of Rome.

 

                            CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

                   2006 Adduce C. and Cenedese C.  Indagine sperimentale sul mescolamento di una corrente di gravita’ su un piano inclinato Idra-2006, Roma, Italy.
                             September 10 -15, 2006.

                   2006 Adduce C. and Cenedese C. Mixing induced in a dense current flowing down a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid. Ocean Sciences Meeting,
                     Honolulu, HI, USA. (Poster)

                   2006 Wåhlin A.K. and Cenedese, C. How entraining density currents influence the ocean stratification. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.
                      (Poster)

                   2006 Cenedese C. Vortex interaction with a buoyancy-driven coastal current in a rotating fluid. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.


             2006 Tanabe A. and Cenedese C. Laboratory experiments on vortices colliding with multiple islands. "GAMM" (The Gesellschaft für Angewandte
                       Mathematik und Mechanik e.V.) Annual meeting, Berlin, Germany. INVITED.

                   2005 Cenedese C. and Adduce C. Mixing induced in a dense current flowing down a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid. APS58th Annual Meeting
                        of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL, USA.

                  2005 Cenedese C. Vortex interaction with a buoyancy-driven coastal current in a rotating fluid. Gordon Research Conference, Coastal Ocean                                 Circulation, New London, NH. (poster)

                    2005 Adduce C. and Cenedese C. Mixing induced in a dense current flowing down a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid. European Geosciences
                        Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

                    2005 Cenedese C. Vortex interaction with a buoyancy-driven coastal current in a rotating fluid. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly,
                        Vienna, Austria. (poster)  

              2004 Wåhlin A.K. and Cenedese, C. Mixing induced by density currents. Symposium on Ocean Mixing,  Victoria, B.C., Canada.

                    2004 Adduce C. and Cenedese C., Experimental investigation of a vortex interacting with an obstacle in a rotating fluid. Idra-2004,
                       Trento Italy. September 7-10, 2004.

                    2004 Wolfe C. and Cenedese C. Laboratory study on eddy formation by buoyant current over variable topography. European Geosciences Union,
                       1st General Assembly, Nice, France.

                    2004 Cenedese C. and Chapman D.C. Dynamics of a buoyant coastal current crossing a channel. European Geosciences Union, 1st General
                       Assembly, Nice, France.

                    2004 Cenedese C. and Whitehead J.A. Mixing induced by wave-breaking in a dense current flowing donwn a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid.
                            Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OG, USA.                     2004 Wolfe C.L. and Cenedese C.  Laboratory experiments on eddy generation by buoyant flow over variable topography. Ocean Sciences
                            Meeting, Portland, OG, USA. (poster)                     2004 Cenedese C. and Chapman D.C. A buoyant coastal current encountering abrupt changes in the coastline. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland,                             OG, USA.                     2004 Cenedese C. and Adduce C. Laboratory experiments on eddy interaction with multiple islands. APS56th Annual Meeting of the Division of
                             Fluid Dynamics, East Rutherford, NJ, USA. 2003 Cenedese C. and Adduce C. Laboratory experiments on eddy collisions with seamounts of varying geometry. EGS-AGU - European Union
         Geosciences Joint Assembly, Nice, France.

2003 Adduce C. and Cenedese C. Laboratory experiments on eddy collisions with islands. European Geophysical Society - EGS-AGU -
         European Union Geosciences Joint Assembly, Nice, France. (poster)

2002 Cenedese C. and Adduce C. Influence of Multiple Islands and Their 3-D Geometry on the Bifurcation of Eddies. AGU Fall Meeting, San
         Francisco, CA, USA. (poster)

2002 Cenedese, C. and Whitehead J.A. A Dense Current Flowing Down a Sloping Bottom in a Rotating Fluid. APS55th Annual Meeting of the
         Division of Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX, USA.

2002 Sciarra, R., Cicerani, S., Espa, S. and Cenedese, C. Dynamics of Meddies Interaction with Submarine Mountains. EGS, Nice, France.(poster)

2002 Cenedese C., Marshall, J.C. and Whitehead J.A. Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts. Ocean
         Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.

2001 Cenedese, C.,  Whitehead, J.A. and Ascarelli, T.A.  Density current down a slope in a rotating fluid. 3rd ISEH 2201, Tempe, AZ, USA.

2001 Cenedese, C. Vortex Interaction with a buoyancy-driven coastal current in a rotating fluid. APS54th Annual Meeting of the Division of
        Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, USA.

2001 Cenedese, C. and Whitehead, J.A.  Laboratory studies of density increase on shelves. Shelf-Basin Interaction Principal Investigators
          Meeting. Albuquerque, NM, USA.

2000 Cenedese, C. Vortex past a right cylinder in a rotating fluid. APS53th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington,
         DC,USA.

2000 Cenedese, C. and Whitehead, J.A. Eddy formation at the shelf break. Shelf-Basin Interaction Pan Arctic Meeting. Callaway Gardens,
         GA,USA.

1999 Cenedese, C. Meddy collision with topography. APS52th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Orleans, LA, USA.

1999 Cenedese C. Stability of Baroclinic Coastal Currents at the Shelfbreak. 27th MABPOM WORKSHOP. WHOI. Wood Hole, MA, USA.

1999 Cenedese, C. Meddy collision with topography. EUROMECH Colloquium 396, Cortona, Italy.

1998 Cenedese, C. Stability of buoyancy-driven coastal current over topography. APS 51th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics,
         Philadelphia, PA, USA.

1998 Cenedese C. and Dalziel S. Concentration and layer depth fields determined from the light transmitted through a dyed solution. 8th
         International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Sorrento, Italy.

1998 Cenedese, C. Eddy-shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom. Konstantin Fedorov Memorial Symposium on
         Oceanic Fronts and Related Phenomena, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia.

1998 Cenedese, C. and Whitehead, J.A. Eddy-shedding from a boundary current around a cape over a sloping bottom. AGU Ocean Sciences
         Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.(poster)

1997 Cenedese, C. and Linden, P.F. Stability of vortices in a stratified fluid over a sloping bottom topography. EUROMECH 3rd European Fluid
         Mechanics Conference, Gottingen, Germany.

1997 Cenedese, C. and Linden, P.F. Transition from single to multiple vortices over a sloping bottom in a two-layer rotating environment.EGS
         XXII General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

1996 Cenedese, C. and Linden, P.F. Anticyclonic and cyclonic vortices in a two-layered rotating environment. UK Oceanography ’96, Bangor,
         Wales.

        SEMINARS

2006 Cenedese, C. Laboratory experiments on mixing in a dense current down a sloping bottom: a new entrainment parameterization? Physical
                                Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

                    2004 Cenedese, C. Laboratory Study on Eddy Generation by a Buoyancy-Driven Current Over Variable Bottom Topography. Physical
                                              Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

              2004 Cenedese, C. Laboratory Model of Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes across Circumpolar Fronts. Invited speaker at GFDI,
                                              Florida State University, FL, USA.

2004 Cenedese, C. An experimental study of a monopolar vortex colliding with obstacles of varying geometry in a rotating fluid. Invited speaker at 
                                University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA, USA.

2003 Cenedese, C. An experimental study of a monopolar vortex colliding with obstacles of varying geometry in a rotating fluid. Physical
                                Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

2003 Cenedese, C. An experimental study of a mesoscale vortex colliding with seamounts of varying geometry in a rotating fluid. Invited speaker at
                                Florida State University, Physical Oceanography Department, FL, USA.

2003 Cenedese C. Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts. Invited speaker at University of RomaTre, Rome, Italy.

2003 Cenedese C. Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts. Invited speaker at University of Rhode Island, Graduate
                              School of Oceanography, RI, USA.

2002 Cenedese C. Density Current down a Slope in a Rotating Fluid. Invited speaker at MIT, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
                              MA, USA.

2002 Cenedese C. Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts. Invited speaker at University of Chicago, Department of
                               Geophysical Science, IL, USA.

2002 Cenedese C. Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts. Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole
                               Oceanographic Institution.

2002 Cenedese C. A Dense Current Flowing down a Sloping Bottom in a Rotating Fluid. Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole
                               Oceanographic Institution.

2002 Cenedese C. Density Current down a Slope in a Rotating Fluid. Invited speaker at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain, Department of
                               Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, IL, USA.

2000 Cenedese, C.  Mesoscale Vortices Colliding with a Seamount. University of Washington, WA, USA.

2000 Cenedese, C.  Mesoscale Vortices Colliding with a Seamount. Invited speaker at University of Delaware, DW, USA.

2000 Cenedese, C.  Mesoscale Vortices Colliding with a Seamount. Physical Oceanography Sack Lunch Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of
                                 Technology.

2000 Cenedese, C.  Mesoscale Vortices Colliding with a Seamount. Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

1999  Cenedese, C. The stability of a buoyancy-driven coastal current at the shelf break. Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole
                                Oceanographic Institution.