29 have developed a new parameterization for the air-sea drag coefficient under hurricane conditions, which has been implemented in the Princeton-based Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) operational model. The laboratory is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research (NOAA)—a bureau of the Department of Commerce. Computational fluid dynamics: I am pioneering the application of computational fluid dynamics tools for modeling structure and dynamics of the near- surface layer of the ocean, including spatially coherent organized motions, oil spills, surfactant and dispersant effects, diurnal warming, and 3D dynamics of freshwater lenses. Remote sensing: I am involved in studying electromagnetic signatures of oceanographic processes, synthetic aperture satellite oceanography, and projects related to U.S. national security. Coastal ocean circulation: I am conducting a study of rear upwelling events on the Southeast Florida Shelf as part of a NOAA coral reef study. Ocean and environmental engineering: In the 1980s, I was a part of a team that developed the artificial upwelling system using an inertial wave pump. I am interested in further development and application of this system for fishery and fish farming, coral reef protection, as well as in studying its potential for regional climate modifi- cation and hurricane mitigation, in combination with other climate engineering approaches. The U.S. Federal Government, state of Florida, and private industries have funded NSU’s Physical Oceanography Lab. Over the last five years, total research funding has exceeded $12 million. The lab researches ocean electromagnetics for the U.S. Navy, rapid intensification of hurricanes and tropical cyclones, biophysical interactions in the ocean, ocean circulation, and oil-spill propagation. We are also implementing new ocean technologies and computational methods in collaboration with the University of Miami (UM), German Aerospace Center, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Columbia University, University of Rhode Island (URI), and University of Hawaii (UH). A planned new direction is ocean and environmental geoengineering. Providing advanced scientific training to students is another aspect of our lab. Currently, we have two Ph.D. students, three master’s students, one under- graduate student over the summers, and sometimes, we have high school students from NSU University School. Student papers are presented at major national and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. I am one of the pioneers in studying the near-surface layer of the ocean microstructure and turbulence. This experience appears in the book The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean, published in two editions by Springer. Hurricane physics: In collaboration with a group of scientists from UM, URI, and UH working on National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) projects, I Meet Our Researcher of the Year ALEXANDER SOLOVIEV, PH.D. Professor, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center HALMOS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND GUY HARVEY OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CENTER * Editor’s Note: Starting this year, NSU is presenting four awards that will recognize an early-career and an established-career researcher within two disciplinary categories. Shark Encounters A member of the NSU Shark family for 25 years, Soloviev was the 2021–2022 Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award winner.* The award recognizes demonstrated achievement in research, scholarship, and creative pursuits by NSU faculty members.
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