Faculty
The MIT-WHOI Joint Program draws from the resources of two preeminent institutions to form one of the largest oceanographic faculties in the world. Experts in their fields instruct students using personal research and field studies to support graduate education in ocean sciences and oceanographic engineering. Research interests encompass a wide range of theoretical, observational, and experimental approaches to understanding the ocean. Faculty specialties in the Applied Ocean Science and Engineering programs include coastal ocean fluid dynamics, ocean acoustics, underwater vehicle design, signal processing, and ocean instrumentation.
| Faculty Name | Expertise |
|---|---|
| Julien Bonnel | Ocean Acoustics, Signal Processing |
| Richard Camilli | Robotic Tools for Marine Exploration and Environmental Monitoring |
| Alan D. Chave | Electromagnetic Measurement Methods |
| Timothy F. Duda | Ocean Mixing and Acoustics |
| James Edson | Air-Sea Interaction, Marine Meteorology |
| Steve Elgar | Coastal and Nearshore Dynamics |
| Erin Fischell | Acoustics, Robotics, AUV, ASV |
| Kenneth G. Foote | Acoustic Scattering |
| Wayne R. Geyer | Estuarine and Coastal Hydrodynamics |
| Yogesh Girdhar | Marine Robotics, Machine Learning |
| Houshuo Jiang | Small-Scale Biological-Physical Interactions |
| Andone Lavery | Acoustic Scattering Processes |
| Ted Maksym | Ice-Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions |
| Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr. | Upper Ocean Processes |
| Anna Michel | Sensor Development, Trace Gas Sensing |
| David Ralston | Fluid Mechanics and Scalar Transport |
| Britt Raubenheimer | Coastal and Surfzone Dynamics |
| Malcolm Scully | Coastal and Estuarine Circulation, Mixing |
| Peter A. Traykovski | Sediment Transport and Instrumentation |
| John H. Trowbridge | Shelf and Nearshore Processes |
| Catherine Walker | Ice-Ocean Interactions, Ice Dynamics, Planetary Sciences |
| Dana R. Yoerger | Robotics and AUV Design |
| W. Gordon Zhang | Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Biophysical Interaction |
| Daniel Zitterbart | Ocean Acoustics, Bioacoustics, Polar Research |