Current GFDI Graduate Students
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Jun Dong dong@ocean.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Kevin Speer |
Research Interests: My current research focuses on ocean front dynamics in Southern Ocean, and microstructure study in the ocean. It includes data analysis, such as SeaSoar data, CTD and ADCP data, and numerical modeling. |
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Jeremy Sauer jsauer@gfdi.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Doron Nof |
Research Interests: My research focuses on the coupled interactions of combustion/heat transfer processes and atmospheric conditions which influence wildland fire dynamics. Specific topics include drag and convective heat exchange in mixed fuel beds, turbulent transport heterogeneous canopy structures, radiative heat transfer algorithms, massively parallel computation, and Eulerian hydrodynamics models. |
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Jesse Canfield jessec@gfdi.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Doron Nof |
Research Interests: I am interested in wildfire dynamics. I use HIGRAD/FIRETEC, which is a three dimensional, numerical, atmospheric hydrodynamics model, coupled with a wildfire physics model. Some of my recent research has been to investigate the interaction of the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) with wildland fires. |
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Aaron Paget apaget@gfdi.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Bourassa |
Research Interests: Coming Soon |
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Carlowen Smith csmith@gfdi.fsu.edu Website Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Kevin Speer |
Research Interests: I am interested in large-scale zonal jets and banding in planetary flows with specific application to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. My main project at GFDI involves a laboratory study of these phenomena in a large, differentially heated, rotating annulus. |
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Yang Jiao yj10@fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. William Dewar |
Research Interests: Coming Soon |
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Elizabeth Simons egs07d@fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Kevin Speer |
Research Interests: Coming Soon |
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Joseph Schoonover js08s@fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. William Dewar |
Research Interests: I am primarily interested in studying the variety of mechanisms involved with western boundary current separation. This investigation is currently being carried out using the MIT general circulation model to determine the role that topographic stress plays in steering the Gulf Stream away from the coast. |
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Lakshika Girihagama girihagama@ocean.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Doron Nof |
Research Interests: Coming Soon |
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Jason Callaghan callaghan@gfdi.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Ming Ye |
Research Interests: Coming Soon |
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Karina Khazmutdinova kk11m@my.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Doron Nof |
Research Interests: My primary interests lie in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, cave meteorology, air exchange within a cave. Being a natural laboratory, a cave carries imprints of ancient and recent climates, allowing us a unique setting for studying climate change. My work focuses on understanding of the cave's breathing patterns through the main opening and through "chimneys." Proper modeling and simulation of airflow in the cavern will help interpret speleothem records more accurately and see if there is any airflow impact on speleothems' growing patterns. |
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Dhruv Balwada db10d@fsu.edu Website Major: Ph.D. GFD. Advisor: Dr. Kevin Speer |
Research Interests: I am a PhD student, funded under the Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern ocean(DIMES) working with Dr. Kevin Speer. Primarily I work with RAFOS float data; processing and analysis. I am trying to find answers to questions related to mixing in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current(ACC) and the role of jets in the associated mixing processes. |
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Siddhartha Bishnu sb12y@my.fsu.edu Major: Ph.D. GFD. Co-Advisors: Dr. Eric Chassignet, Dr. William Dewar |
Research Interests: Coming Soon |
Please see the GFDI Graduate Student Handbook . Also, be sure to take a look at the Past students page.