Current Students and Postdocs


Nathan Willis Visiting Assistant Professor

Nathan primarily works on modeling and simulating colliding gravity currents. He also mentors Conor Olive, see below.


Matteo Polimeno Graduate Student

Matteo works on marine aggregates and chemically active fluctuating hydro-dynamics


Alex Ho Graduate Student

Alex works on recovering parameters in partial equation models using field data


Jack Pham Graduate Student

Jack is working on simulation floating wind turbines


Kylie Freitas Graduate Student

Kylie is in her first year and is focusing on classes at present


Conor Olive Undergraduate Student

Conor is working (with Nathan Willis, see above) on box models for colliding turbidity currents


Former Students and Postdocs


Avi Shapiro Postdoc, IT Consultant


Eunji Yoo Ph.D., now postdoc at NREL


Mac Panahbehagh Ph.D., now Lecturer at KTH (note that this is a slightly dated picture)


David Martin Ph.D., now Associate Professor at San Bernardino Valley College


Vaibhav Gupta M.Sc., now works at Intel


Syndey Montroy M.Sc., now works in Yosemite National Park


Vusi Magagula M.Sc., now Postdoc at University of Cape Town


Ivan Navarro M.Sc., now Professor at Merced College


David Hambley M.Sc., now Lecturer at UC Merced

Last modified: March 2024