Pictured left to right: Jilian Xiong, Pierre Lermusiaux, Elena Perez, Jake Gebbie, Yan Jia, Dr. Phadtaya Poemnamthip, Bofu Zheng, Gordon Zhang, Zihua Liu, Hans Chen, Galen Wilcox, Izzie Wang, Brynn Hamilton, Cora Hersh, Katy Abbott and Hiroki Nagao. Photo credit: Gordon Zhang
Dr. Phadtaya Poemnamthip celebrates a successful thesis defense along with fellow MIT/WHOI joint program students, chair of the defense, members of the thesis committee, friends and family. Dr. Poemnamthip’s doctoral dissertation defense was entitled Hydrodynamics of a Coral Atoll Lagoon and Its Connection to Large-Scale Climate Variability. Congratulations and best wishes to you, Dr. Poemnamthip! We are so proud of you!