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Curriculum Vitae<\/h1>\r\n

Kenneth Harold Brink<\/strong>
Physical Oceanographer
Scientist Emeritus
Department of Physical Oceanography, MS #21
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1535
Telephone: 508.289.2535; Fax: 508.457.2181
E-mail: kbrink@whoi.edu<\/a>
ORCid:\u00a00000-0001-9911-8807<\/a><\/p>\r\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

B.S., Cornell University, 1971 (engineering physics)
M. Phil., Yale University, 1973 (geology and geophysics)
Ph.D., Yale University, 1977 (geology and geophysics)<\/p>\r\n

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Director, Coastal Ocean Institute and Rinehard Coastal Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, 2000-2004.<\/p>\r\n

Scientist Emeritus, June 2015 to present; Senior Scientist, 1993-May 2015; Associate Scientist, 1984-1993; Tenure awarded, 1988;<\/p>\r\n

Assistant Scientist, 1980-1984; Fellow, Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1974, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.<\/p>\r\n

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1977-1979; Research Associate, 1979-1980, School of Oceanography, Oregon State University.<\/p>\r\n

Research Assistant, 1971-1976, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University.<\/p>\r\n

AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

American Meteorological Society Editors’ Award, 1985
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 1995
The Cody Award in Ocean Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1996
American Meteorological Society Fellow, 2000
American Geophysical Union Fellow, 2000
National Associates of the National Academies, 2001
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans<\/em>, 2014
Kenmore East High School Hall of Distinction, Inducted May 8, 2015
The Oceanography Society Fellow, 2020<\/p>\r\n

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Editorial Advisory Board,\u00a0South African Journal of Marine Science<\/em>, 1984 -2013
[since 2003:\u00a0African Journal of Marine Science<\/em>]Associate Editor,\u00a0Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 1985-2006
Guest Editor,\u00a0Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em>, 1990
Editorial Board,\u00a0Journal of Marine Research<\/em>, 1989-2010
Editorial Board,\u00a0The Sea<\/em>, 1994-
Editorial Board,\u00a0Encyclopedia of Ocean Science<\/em>, 2006-
Guest Editor,\u00a0Oceanography<\/em>, Japan\/East Sea issue, Fall, 2006
Editor,\u00a0Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans,<\/em>\u00a02007-2010; Editorial Board, 2010-2013
Editorial Board,\u00a0Annual Review of Marine Science<\/em>, 2007-2014
Guest Editor,\u00a0Journal of Marine Research<\/em>, 2008
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Books Board, 2008-2013
Editor,\u00a0Journal of Marine Research<\/em>, 2010-<\/p>\r\n

Program Coordinator, Coastal Transition Zone Program (CTZ), 1985-91<\/p>\r\n

Coordinator of Fall 1987 American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, Ocean Sciences section
Member, Organizing Committee, Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics and Coupling (GLOBEC), 1987-1988 Member, Flow Over Abrupt Topography Accelerated Research Initiative Steering Committee, 1989-1991
Member, AAAS Electorate Nominating Committee of the Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences, 1997-1999
Chairman, Steering Committee for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CoPO), 1988-1990
Chairman, Steering Committee for Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP), 1990-1993
Member, Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) Steering Committee, 1990-1995
Member, Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP of NOPP), 2001
American Geophysical Union (AGU) section nominating committee, 2001-2002
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ad Hoc Committee to comment on Ocean Commission report, 2004
Associate Member of SCOR Working Group 129 (Cross-shelf exchange), 2008-2009
Chair, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Committee to select new JGR editors, 2010
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ocean Sciences Fellows Selection Committee, 2010
Member, Year of the Ocean Steering Committee, The Heinz Center, 1997-1998<\/p>\r\n

National Research Council:<\/p>\r\n

– NRC panel on oil spill models on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) (U. of Washington), August 5-6, 1987.
– Member, Ocean Studies Board (OSB), 1991-1994
– Vice-Chairman, Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Navy Committee, 1992
– Chairman, Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Navy Committee, 1993-1994
– Member, Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Committee on the Coastal Ocean, 1993-1994
– Chairman, Ocean Studies Board (OSB), 1996-2001
– Member, Committee on Global Change Research, 1997-2001<\/p>\r\n

– Review Coordinator:<\/p>\r\n

Chemical Reference Materials: Setting the Standards for Ocean Science, 2002
Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program:\u00a0 Methods and Preliminary Results, 2007
Ocean Acidification A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean, 2010
Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington:\u00a0 Past, Present, and Future, 2012
Review of the Draft Climate Science Special Report, 2017<\/p>\r\n

President Elect, 1996-98, President, 1998-2000, Past President 2000-2002, The Oceanography Society Meeting Co-Chair, 1998 Meeting (Paris, France)<\/p>\r\n

Fellows Committee for The Oceanography Society.\u00a0 Chair 2006-2007.<\/p>\r\n

SMAST\/CMAST External Board of Advisors, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 1998-2004
Oregon State University (OSU) College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) Board of Advisors, 2004-2007<\/p>\r\n

Trustee, Bermuda Biological Station for Research (now Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences), 2005-, Chair of the Science Committee, 2007-2015; Member of search committee for new director, 2012,<\/p>\r\n

Member, Cornell University Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Alumni Advisory Committee, 2008 –<\/p>\r\n

Adjunct appointment, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 2015-<\/p>\r\n

Member, American Geophysical Union
Member, American Meteorological Society
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, The Oceanography Society
Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography<\/p>\r\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Shelf dynamics including coastal trapped waves, coastal upwelling, and the coupling between shelf and ocean circulation; dynamics
of wind-driven ocean currents; influence of abrupt topography on low-frequency currents.<\/p>\r\n

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

WHOI (Non Education Related):<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Physical Oceanography (PO) Seminar Chairman, 1983
Chairman, Journal Club Committee, 1983
Wind Group Management Committee, 1983-1984
Coastal Research Center (CRC) Advisory Committee, 1986-1987
Coastal Research Center (CRC) Review and Planning Committee, 1991
Promotion Committee for D. Caron, 1988
Promotion Committee (Chair) for C. A. Butman, 1988
Promotion Committee for John Trowbridge (Chair), 1991
Promotion Committee for Rocky Geyer (member), 1991
Senior Scientists Executive Committee, 1995 – 1998 (Chair 1996-1997)
Strategic Planning: Access to the Sea, 1996
WHOI CICOR, Lead Fellow for Coastal Oceanography, 2006-2007; Associate Director, 2008
Chapman Lecture Committee, 2009-
Physical Oceanography (PO) Dept. Space Committee, 2011-2013
WHOI Ad hoc library committee, 2012-2013<\/p>\r\n

Outside WHOI:<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Review Committees<\/em>
Various ONR site reviews, 1985
Scientific Advisory panel for Minerals Management Service (MMS), Dynalysis\/SAIC study
of the Santa Barbara Channel and Central Coast, 1983-1986
Member of Quality Review Board (QRB) for 3 Minerals Management Service (MMS) funded projects, 1989
North Carolina Environmental Science Review Panel (MMS), 1991
External Review Committee, Graduate Program in Oceanography, University of Delaware, 1987
Visiting Committee, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, April 4-7, 1999
Review Panel, Naval Research Laboratory Code 7300, August 17-19, 1999
Chair of Visiting Committee at Scripps to review their research programs, September, 1999
Chair, NRL SES Review Committee, December 10, 1999
Chair, CRDF Geosciences Review Panel, March 3, 2000
NOAA\/NSF GLOBEC panel, July, 2000
Member, MBL visiting committee to review Boston University Marine Program (BUMP), July 2001
Science Advisory Board, US Commission on Ocean Policy, 2003
Review Panel for PISCO Program, 2004
MBARI Visiting Committee, January 2005
Panel member:\u00a0 NSF DDDAS (Dynamics Data Driven applications Systems)- July 21-22, 2005
Member, U. of Washington Sea Grant Panel, August, 2006
NSF Physical Oceanography Panel, May 2008
Quality Enhancement Review, Florida State University, GFD Institute, October 13-15, 2015
National Academies’ Gulf Research Program review panel, 2018<\/p>\r\n

Meetings Outside WHOI (Other than Attendance at Society\/National Meetings.\u00a0 The information prior to 1990 is incomplete.):<\/em><\/p>\r\n

ONR Coastal Transition Zone Workshop, Monterrey, CA – May, 1985
Ocean Prediction ’86 – Harvard
The Benguela and Comparable ecosystems.\u00a0 Cape Town, So. Africa – 1986.\u00a0 Invited speaker. CTZ PI meeting, April, 1990
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Coastal Planning meeting, May 1990
DOE and NOAA Planning meetings, June 1990
Liege Symposium on Hydrodynamics, 1991
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Copenhagen, 1991
IUGG (US representative to IAPSO), 1991 NOAA GOOS Planning meeting, WHOI, October, 1992
Land Margin Ecosystem Research (LMER) annual meeting, MBL, November, 1992
CoOP Long Times Series Planning workshop, March, 1993
Coastal Ocean Modeling workshop (USM), March, 1993
Naval Studies Board Review of Littoral Warfare (twice), April, 1993
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Planning meeting, North Carolina, April, 1993
Shelf-ocean Coupling and Exchange workshop, Bidston, UK, May, 1993
Canadian GLOBEC Organizing meeting, June, 1993
Gordon Conference on Coastal Physical Oceanography, June, 1993
CoOP Workshop on Wind-Driven Shelves, July, 1993
Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Tactical Oceanography Symposium, August, 1993
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Symposium on Cod and climate Change, Iceland, August, 1993
Arabian Sea Workshop, Sevastopol, Crimea, September 20-23, 1993
Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Workshop, Tallahassee, Fl., April 4-7, 1994
COASTS Workshop, Liege, Belgium, May 5-9, 1994
Second International Conference on Oceanography, Lisbon, 1994
Oil Spill Modeling Workshop, UMASS Dartmouth, 1995
JGOFS Arabian Sea Workshop (speaker), August, 1996
APROPOS (Future of NSF Physical Oceanography), Monterey, December 1997
National Ocean Conference, Monterey, June 1998
Organizing Committee for Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)\/SCOR Ocean Assessment, Paris, October 21-23, 1998
COASTS Organizing Committee meeting, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Paris, January 29-22, 1999
Tactical Oceanography Symposium (NRC), Corpus Christi, Texas, February 9-11, 1999
Arabian Marginal Seas Workshop, Stennis Space Flight Center, May 11-13, 1999
NRC Ocean Studies Board (OSB) Sea Floor Observatories Workshop, Islamorada, Florida, January 10-12, 2000
OCTET Workshop, Virginia, March 7-10, 2000
COASTS meeting, Paris, August, 2001
ONR Workshop on Coastal Observations, Gulfport, October 24-25, 2002
RARGOM Executive Council, 2003
RARGOM Theme meeting: Observing Systems, August 12, 2004
International Oceanographic Research, State Department – November 12, 2003
Talk at GLOBEC PI meeting on SeaSoar results.\u00a0 November, 2003
Various talks on Orion Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) to NOAA Climate Program, CORE Board of Governors, etc., 2003-2004
ORION Science meeting, Puerto Rico, January, 2004
Appeared on NPR’s “The Point” radio show, May 2004
NEPTUNE\/Canada Science Planning meeting, Victoria, May, 2004
ORION SSC meetings – Seattle, November, 2004; Washington, DC, February, 2005
Ecosystems Based Management workshop, UNH, March 2007
NOSB Committee to vet questions, Washington, DC, October, 2007
Oman Science Planning meeting (setting up the equivalent of NSF), October 2007
Nuclear Fuel Resources Workshop (DOE sponsored, Norwood, Mass), October 13-14, 2010
Antoine Badan Memorial Symposium, Ensenada, Mexico, November 16-18, 2010
Coastal Ocean Numerical Modeling Gordon conference, June 26-July 1, 2011
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Planning meeting, UMASS Dartmouth – June, 2012
Gordon Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, 2013
Tansley Workshop on Marine\/Terrestrial Ecosystem comparability, Imperial College Silwood Park campus, England, May 7-9, 2014
MASTS workshop on fishing gear design, Glasgow, Scotland, May 12-13, 2014
Gordon Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling (University of New England), June, 2015
AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, February, 2016
Coastal Gordon Conference in Maine, June 2017
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, February 2018
Coastal Gordon Conference in New Hampshire, June 2019
Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, February 2020<\/p>\r\n

SUPERVISION AT WHOI<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

R.. Payne (with R. Weller) through Wind Committee, 1983; F. Bahr, 1994- present, J. Pallant, 1994; J. Dean, 1994; Bruce Tripp, 2001-2004<\/p>\r\n

Mentoring committee member for:\u00a0 Shih-Nan Chen (AOPE Postdoc); Tom Farrar (Physical Oceanography (PO) Assistant Scientist); Hyodae Seo (Physical Oceanography (PO) Assistant Scientist)<\/p>\r\n

PostDocs Supervised:\u00a0 C. Lee (UW), D. McGillicuddy (WHOI), R. Samelson (OSU)<\/p>\r\n

PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Admissions Committee, 1984-1986 JCPO, 1987-1990
Co-Chaired general exam committee Physical Oceanography (PO), 1992, 2012
Physical Oceanography (PO) General Exam Committee, 2010<\/p>\r\n

Courses taught<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

19.78\/12.781\/12.862: Dynamics of Shelf Circulation I – Spring 1982, Fall 1986, Spring 1989,
Fall 1990, Spring 1992 (with R. Beardsley), Fall 1993
19.79\/12.872\/12.863:\u00a0 Dynamics of Shelf Circulation II – Spring 1984, Spring 1985, Spring 1991
with S. Lentz), Spring 1993 (with R. Beardsley), Spring 1994 (with R. Beardsley)
12.805: Laboratory in Physical Oceanography – Fall 2012, Fall 2013
12.862: Coastal Physical Oceanography – \u00a0Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012
19.891: Intro Shelf Dynamics (with R. Beardsley and D. Chapman) – Fall 1983<\/p>\r\n

Education Activities<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Thesis Committee Member<\/u><\/td>Date and Type of Degree<\/u>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosenfeld, Leslie\u00a0<\/td>2\/1987, PhD\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vennell, Ross<\/td>9\/1988, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilkin, John<\/td>9\/1988, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franks, Peter<\/td>6\/1990, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dever, Edward<\/td>6\/1995, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Osychny, Vladimir<\/td>9\/1997, SM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fischer, Albert<\/td>9\/2000, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Logvinov, Evgeny<\/td>9\/2008, SM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wang, Jinbo<\/td>6\/2011, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
von Appen, Wilken-Jon<\/td>2\/2013, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bogdanoff, Alec<\/td>10\/2016, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Advisor<\/u><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barth, John<\/td>2\/1988, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sundermeyer, Miles<\/td>9\/1995, PhD - co-advisor w\/J. Ledwell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LaCasce, Joseph<\/td>9\/1996, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pringle, James<\/td>6\/1998, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cherian, Deepak<\/td>7\/2016, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M. S. Advisor<\/u><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vladimir Osychny<\/td>1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thesis Defense Chair<\/u><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moffatt, Carlos<\/td>9\/2007, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benthuysen, Jessica<\/td>6\/2010, PhD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thesis Committee (Other Institutions)<\/u><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chen, Dake<\/td>1989, PhD (SUNY Stony Brook)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schwing, Frank<\/td>1989, PhD (Dalhousie)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sloan, Quinn<\/td>1996, PhD (Harvard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liang, X. San<\/td>2002, PhD (Harvard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andre Paloczy Filho\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>2015 MS (University of Sao Paulo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Siqi Li<\/td>2018, PhD (UMass Dartmouth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer Student Fellows<\/u><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morrell, Will<\/td>1984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson, Sam<\/td>2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arzeno, Isabella<\/td>2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guest Students<\/u><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andre Paloczy Filho<\/td>2014 (Brazil)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\r\n

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\r\n