{"id":303,"date":"2018-08-16T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T17:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.dev\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:12:22","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/argo\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

People<\/h1>\n

The Float Group at WHOI is made up of a variety of scientists and engineers. Meet our talented team:<\/p>\n

\n\t\tPrincipal Investigators:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"DrStevenJayne\"\n\t

Dr. Steven Jayne<\/h3>\nSenior Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Dr. Jayne’s research interests include understanding and modeling the ocean’s dynamics and its role in the Earth’s climate; collecting and synthesizing the diverse set of global ocean observations to map and understand the ocean’s general circulation; studying the special role of western boundary currents in the general circulation and eddy-mean flow interactions within them; investigating air-sea interaction in tropical cyclones; and improving physical parameterizations in ocean circulation models.<\/p>\n

Contact: sjayne@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile: Steven Jayne<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"DrSusanWijffles\"\n\t

Dr. Susan Wijffels<\/h3>\nSenior Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Susan aims to quantify and understand the role of the ocean in climate, key aspects of the large-scale ocean circulation and global ocean change. She also is recognised for her contributions to the design, implementation and exploitation of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Susan received a B.Sc. Hons (First Class) from the Flinders University of South Australia, in 1986, and a PhD in 1993 from the MIT\/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering. She was with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Marine Laboratory in Australia from 1994, becoming a principle senior researcher, before joining WHOI in July 2017.<\/p>\n

Susan’s work at WHOI focuses on her long term interests in the variability of the Indonesian Throughflow and its role in climate, the global Argo project and the evolution of its design (she is co-chair of the International Argo Steering Team), quantifying global ocean change over the past 50 years, including the anatomy and drivers of ocean warming, how changes in the earth’s hydrological cycle are expressed in large scale changes to the ocean salinity field and if and how climate models exhibit these behaviours.<\/p>\n

Contact: swijffels@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile: Susan Wijffels<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"probbins\"\n\t

Dr. Pelle Robbins<\/h3>\n

Senior Research Specialist<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Robbins has been coordinating the operations of the WHOI Argo effort for many years, as well as overseeing the quality control of the project’s data stream. She has a background in large-scale ocean and biogeochemical processes.<\/p>\n

Contact: probbins@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile: Pelle Robbins<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"owens_breck_65763jpg\"\n\t

Dr. Breck Owens<\/h3>\nEmeritus Research Scholar
\n<\/em>\n

Dr. Owens is the Director of the international Argo program. His research focuses on the description of the general circulation and eddy variability in the world’s oceans; sea ice, ocean- atmosphere coupling dynamics; development of float technology and autonomous vehicles for ocean monitoring.<\/p>\n

Contact: bowens@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile: Breck Owens<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\tOther Scientists and Engineers:\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"Bill_Dullea\"\n\t

Bill Dullea<\/h3>\n

Operations Manager<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Contact: wdullea@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile: Bill Dullea<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"AlexEkholm\"\n\t

ALEX EKHOLM<\/h3>\n

Research Engineer\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Contact: aekholm@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile: Alex Akholm<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"BenGreenwood\"\n\t

BENJAMIN GREENWOOD<\/h3>\n

Engineer II<\/em><\/p>\n

Benjamin Greenwood is an Engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ben assists the Float Group by maintaining software which retrieves telemetered Argo messages, decodes the compressed binary messages, and distributes the raw data to DACs and other collaborators in real-time. His research projects include remote sensor telemetry, embedded systems, and dynamic website design.<\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0bgreenwood@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile:\u00a0Benjamin Greenwood<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"JessicaKozik\"\n\t

Jessica Kozik<\/h3>\n

Senior Engineering Assistant I<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica is a Senior Engineering Assistant I.\u00a0 She is the Iridium modem account manager for the Argo Program, ALAMO program, and the GO-BGC project.\u00a0 She also assists in the initial and final processes for each float that the lab receives.<\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0jkozik@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile:\u00a0Jessica Kozik<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"AidanThayer\"\n\t

Aidan Thayer<\/h3>\nEngineer II
\n<\/em>\n

Aidan is an Engineer II working on the checkout procedures preparing Biogeochemical Argo Floats for deployment.<\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0aidan.thayer@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile:\u00a0Aidan Thayer<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"DebWestMack\"\n\t

Deb West-Mack<\/h3>\n

Research Specialist<\/em><\/p>\n

Processing and quality control of Argo float data.\u00a0 Automation of hydrographic data processing and data visualization.<\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0dwest@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile:\u00a0Deb West-Mack<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"KatParise\"\n\t

Kat Parise<\/h3>\n

Research Associate II<\/em><\/p>\n

Kat is a Research Associate II. She helps prepare biogeochemical Argo floats for deployment and monitors their real-time data stream.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0katherine.parise@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile:\u00a0Katherine Parise<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"LolaPierson\"\n\t

Lola Pierson<\/h3>\n

Research Associate II<\/em><\/p>\n

Lola is a Research Associate II conducting delayed-mode quality control for Argo temperature and salinity data. <\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0sara.pierson@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

WHOI profile:\u00a0Lola Pierson<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Edie_argopage\"\n\t

Edie Salzig<\/h3>\n

Engineering Assistant II<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0eden.salzig@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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