Physical Oceanography

Our people

Meet our researchers and learn more about their expertise.

Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato

Professor in Physical Oceanography

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Dr Alessandro Silvano

NERC Independent Research Fellow

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Dr Bieito Fernandez Castro

Lecturer in Physical Oceanography

Research interests

  • Turbulent mixing
  • Ocean dynamics and circulation
  • Ocean biogeochemical (carbon) cycles

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Dr Duo Chan

Lecturer in Climate Sciences

Research interests

  • Climate data and statistical climatology
  • Machine learning in climate and environmental studies
  • Climate variability and climate dynamics

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Professor Ivan Haigh

Professor

Research interests

  • I currently have 8 active research grants (4 as principle investigator (PI)) worth £4.8M. 
  • I am the PI on two international grants that started in 2019, both looking at compound floodi…
  • In 2021, I was awarded a 3-year (50% of my time) prestigious Knowledge Exchange Fellowship fu…

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Dr Kathryn Gunn PhD

Lecturer in Climate Sciences

Research interests

  • Southern Ocean Circulation (where and how much water flows)
  • Temperature and Salinity Changes (to what extent does ocean structure vary and why)
  • Seismic Oceanography (developing an innovative, high-resolution technique for ocean mapping)

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Dr Kevin Oliver

Lecturer: Physical Oceanography

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Dr Nikolaos Skliris

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Water cycle change inferred from ocean salinity
  • Mediterranean Sea climate variability & change   (Overturning Circulation, Sea Level, Wat…
  • Impacts of ocean physics on marine ecosystems 

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Professor Robert Marsh

Professor of Oceanography and Climate

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Dr Simon Boxall

Principal Teaching Fellow
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