Dr. Jiayan Yang
Senior Scientist
Physical Oceanography
Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-3297
jyang@whoi.edu
Building: Clark 303A
Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #21
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Research Interests
Dynamics of semi-enclosed marginal seas; interactions between shelf/marginal seas and the open ocean; numerical and theoretical studies of ocean circulation; Arctic ocean-ice interactions.
Work Experience
- NOAA Climate and Global Changes Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991-93
- Visiting Scientist, Center of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January - April, 1994
- Assistant Scientist, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1994-98
- Visiting Scientist, University Space Research Association, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 1996-99
- Associate Scientist, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1998-2002
- Associate Scientist with Tenure, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2002-2007
- Senior Scientist, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2007-present
Education
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1991 (Physical Oceanography)
M.Sc., University of Washington, 1987 (Physical Oceanography)
B.Sc., Shandong College of Oceanography, P. R. China, 1983 (Applied Mathematics)