by Anthony Meza and Hiroki Nagao
Graduate students and alumni from WHOI’s Physical Oceanography Department recently joined more than 5,000 attendees at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, for a week filled with science and discussions about the future of ocean research. The meeting featured poster and oral sessions on topics including tropical air-sea interactions, polar oceanography, ocean modeling, and carbon sequestration. There were also town halls and workshops dedicated to the ARGO program, sharing research and career planning in science. Beyond the science, students enjoyed coffee breaks, dinners, and other social events that helped connect them with experts from around the world. Overall, the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting offered students a valuable and memorable opportunity to learn, connect, and grow within the oceanography community.
Marta Faulkner presents her research poster, “Has ‘Atlantification’ arrived in the Beaufort Gyre?” Photo courtesy of Marta Faulkner.
Maddie Sowinski presents her research poster entitled “Utility of SWOT for Determining Floe-Scale Thickness and Morphology of Antarctic Sea Ice”. Photo courtesy of Maddie Sowinski.
Hiroki Nagao presents his research poster entitled “What Controls Interannual Variability in the Northeast Atlantic Deep Water (NEADW)?”
Ashley Lasinsky presents on “Biogeochemical Impacts of Tropical Cyclones in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific from BGC-Argo Floats” at 8:30am Monday morning, the first time slot of the conference! For those of us coming from the U.S., it still felt like 3:30am. Photo taken by Ashley’s advisor, Caroline Ummenhofer.
Anthony Meza presents his research poster, “Sea-ice driven decline of abyssal ocean ventilation”. Photo courtesy of Anthony Meza.
Cora Hersh presents her research poster, “Does interannual water mass variability generated in the subtropics directly impact upper equatorial waters?” Photo courtesy of Cora Hersh.
Joint Program Students Anthony Meza, Ashley Lasinsky and Sophie Kuhl attending an improv show in Glasgow! Photo courtesy of Anthony Meza.
Current JP students and alums meet up at Ocean Sciences! WHOI Physical Oceanography students and alumni include: Cora Hersh, Alan Gaul, Hiroki Nagao, Galen Wilcox, Ashley Lasinsky, Ian Robertson, Catherine Zhang, Justin Cai, Serena Negroni, and Maddie Sowinski. Photo courtesy of Ashley Lasinsky.