Dr. Peter Traykovski
Associate Scientist w/ Tenure
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-2638
ptraykovski@whoi.edu
Building: Bigelow 109A
Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #12
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Research Interests
Sediment Transport and Boundary Layer Processes, Bedforms, Fluid Mud Flows, Coastal Processes and Morpology, Acoustical Instrumentation to measure sediment transport and boundary layer processes
Education
B.S. Duke University, 1988, Mechanical Engineering
M.S. MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1994, Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering
Ph.D. MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1998, Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering
Professional Experience
Product Development Engineer, Ventline mfg., Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1989-1991
Graduate Research Assistant, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1992 to June 1998
Post Doctoral Investigator, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1998 to May 2000
Assistant Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, May 2000 to April 2004
Associate Scientist with tenure, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sept 2008 to present
Awards
Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellow, 1992-1994
Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Award, 2001-2004
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2001
Estuarine Research Foundation Pritchard Award for the Geyer, W.R., J.D. Woodruff, P. Traykovski, Sediment Transport and Trapping in the Hudson River Paper, 2003
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Project of the year, 2015