People

Faculty

Alex Horner-Devine
Professor, CEE
arhd@u.washington.edu
rivers, estuaries, plumes, sediment transport

Andy Jessup
Researcher, APL, Professor, CEE, & Affiliate Associate Professor, ME
jessup@apl.washington.edu

Chris Chickadel
Affiliate Assistant Professor, CEE, & Senior
Principal Oceanographer, APL-UW
chickadel@apl.washington.edu
waves, estuaries, rivers, remote sensing

Christie Hegermiller
Assistant Professor, CEE
caheg@uw.edu
coastal processes, waves, numerical modeling

Jim Thomson
Professor, CEE & Researcher, APL
jthomson@apl.washington.edu
waves, turbulence, sea ice

Melissa Moulton
Researcher, APL, & Affiliate Assistant Professor, CEE
mmoulton@uw.edu

Morteza Derakhti
Researcher, APL, & Affiliate Assistant Professor, ME + CEE
derakhti@uw.edu
waves, nearshore hydrodynamics and transport, fluid-structure interaction, wave-resolving numerical modeling

Michelle DiBenedetto
Assistant Professor, ME
mdiben@uw.edu
waves, microplastics, turbulence, biological fluid mechanics

Staff

Alex De Klerk
Field Engineer, APL
adeklerk@apl.washington.edu

Joe Talbert
Field Engineer, APL
jtalbert@apl.washington.edu

Graduate Students, Post-Doctorates, and Visitors

Aurora Leeson
Graduate Student, CEE
auroral@uw.edu
estuarine dynamics, water quality, numerical modeling

Carlos Abarca
Graduate Student, ME
caa9798@uw.edu

Lily Nguyen
Graduate Student, CEE
lilyn9@uw.edu
waves, remote sensing

Dakota Mascarenas
Graduate Student, CEE
dakotamm@uw.edu
coastal and estuarine processes, water quality, Salish Sea

EJ Rainville
Graduate Student, CEE
erainvil@uw.edu
surfzone dynamics, wave breaking, instrument development

Eli Schwat
Graduate Student, CEE
elilouis@uw.edu

Emma Shie Nuss
Graduate Student, CEE
enuss@uw.edu
surfzone dynamics, numerical modeling, coastal processes

Helena Schreder
Graduate Student, ME
hschrede@uw.edu
turbulence, numerical modeling, irregular particles

Jacob Davis
Graduate Student, CEE
davisjr@uw.edu
waves, hurricanes, instrument development

Kee Onn Fong
Postdoc, APL
kofong@uw.edu
air-sea gas exchange, active & multiphase flows, turbulence

Julio Chavez
Graduate Student, ME
jechavez@uw.edu

Kristin Zeiden
Postdoc, APL
kzeiden@uw.edu
air-sea fluxes, waves, wakes

Luci Baker
Postdoc, ME
ljbak@uw.edu
ocean surface wind waves, microplastics

Yingzhong Lou
Graduate Student, CEE
yzlou@uw.edu
plumes, surfzone dynamics, numerical modeling

Zhihua Zheng
Graduate Student, Oceanography
zhihua@uw.edu

Ryan Chiu
Graduate Student, CEE
rchiu18@uw.edu

Walter Torres
Postdoc, APL wtorres@uw.edu wave-driven flows, jets/plumes, numerical modeling

Alireza Zarei
Graduate Student, CEE
azarei@uw.edu
hydrodynamics, waves, numerical modeling

Former EFM Members

Samuel Brenner
Former Graduate Student, Oceanography
sdbren@uw.edu
sea ice-ocean interaction

Suneil Iyer
Former Graduate Student, Oceanography
iyersk@uw.edu

Emily Iseley
Former Field Engineer, APL
eemiseley@uw.edu

Shelby Ahrendt
Former Graduate Student, CEE
sahrendt@uw.edu
rivers, morphodynamics, flooding

Christine M Baker
Former Graduate Student, CEE
cmbaker9@uw.edu
waves, currents, surfzone dynamics

Samantha Fung
Former Graduate Student, CEE
samfung@uw.edu
limnology, biogeochemistry

Vito Zago
Postdoc, APL
vitozago@uw.edu