{"id":303,"date":"2018-04-03T11:03:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.dev\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:34:08","slug":"scientists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Scientists<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\"bell200x215\"\n\t

Tom W. Bell<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Coastal foundation species dynamics, aquaculture, spatial ecology, physiology, remote sensing, unoccupied aerial vehicles, hyperspectral imagery.<\/p>\n

Website: http:\/\/www.tomwbell.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: tbell@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"elgar\"\n\t

Steve Elgar<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Nearshore processes, ocean waves, nonlinear random processes.<\/p>\n

Lab Site: PV Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: elgar@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"guimond_200\"\n\t

Julia Guimond<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nAssistant Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Coastal groundwater dynamics, permafrost hydrology, saltwater intrusion, coastal and submarine groundwater-surface water exchange, coastal wetland hydrology, climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems, hydrological-biogeochemical interactions.<\/p>\n

Contact: julia.guimond@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"houskeeper_200\"\n\t

HENRY HOUSKEEPER<\/a><\/h3>\nAssistant Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Optical properties of oceanic and aquatic environments; interactions of organic and inorganic particles with the underwater light field; interannual variability in water clarity and turbidity; environmental drivers of coastal and estuarine ecosystems.<\/p>\n

Contact: henry.houskeeper@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"jiang\"\n\t

Houshuo Jiang<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Small-scale biological-physical interactions in plankton.<\/p>\n

Contact: hsjiang@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"mcgillicuddy\"\n\t

Dennis McGillicuddy<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Modeling of ocean circulation and productivity.<\/p>\n

Contact: dmcgillicuddy@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"oliver_200\"\n\t

Hilde Oliver<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Assistant Scientist<\/em><\/p>\nResearch Interests: <\/strong>Biogeochemical consequences of coastal ocean dynamics, impacts of glacial melting on high latitude coastal primary productivity and nutrient cycling using Regional Ocean Modeling Systems (ROMS).
\n<\/strong>\n

Contact: holiver@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"ralston\"\n\t

David Ralston<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Fluid mechanics and scalar transport in estuaries and the coastal ocean.<\/p>\n

Contact: dralston@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"raubenheimer\"\n\t

Britt Raubenheimer<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

COFDL Lab Manager\/Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Surf and swashzone processes, wave runup, morphological evolution.<\/p>\n

Lab Site: PV Lab<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: braubenheimer@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"scully_200\"\n\t

Malcolm Scully<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Senior Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Circulation and turbulent mixing in the coastal\u00a0and estuarine environment, hypoxia in estuaries, boundary layers, Langmuir circulation.<\/p>\n

Contact: mscully@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"smith_300_3\"\n\t

Maddie Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\nAssistant Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Sea ice; waves and wave-ice interactions; upper ocean processes; Arctic and Antarctic fieldwork; integrating observations and climate models.<\/p>\n

Contact: madisonmsmith@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"traykovski2\"\n\t

Peter Traykovski<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Associate Scientist with Tenure<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Sediment transport on the continental shelf and in estuaries.<\/p>\n

Contact: ptraykovski@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"zhang_200\"\n\t

Weifeng Gordon Zhang<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\nSenior Scientist
\n<\/em>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Numerical ocean modeling, data assimilation, model-based observing system design.<\/p>\n

Contact: wzhang@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"zippel_200_3\"\n\t

Seth Zippel<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Adjunct Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n

Research Interests: <\/strong>Waves, wave breaking, wave\/current interaction, wave\/ice interaction, air\/sea interactions, turbulence and boundary layers.<\/p>\n

Website: https:\/\/zippelsf.github.io<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: szippel@whoi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scientists Tom W. Bell Associate Scientist Research Interests: Coastal foundation species dynamics, aquaculture, spatial ecology, physiology, remote sensing, unoccupied aerial vehicles, hyperspectral imagery. Website: http:\/\/www.tomwbell.net Contact: tbell@whoi.edu Steve Elgar Senior Scientist Research Interests: Nearshore processes, ocean waves, nonlinear random processes. Lab Site: PV Lab Contact: elgar@whoi.edu Julia Guimond Assistant Scientist Research Interests: Coastal groundwater dynamics,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/cofdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}