Oceanography

This class comprises research and experimental development in oceanography.
Parent Category
Sub-Categories
Biological oceanography
Chemical oceanography
Physical oceanography
Marine geology
Ocean biogeochemistry
Sea ice sciences
Paleoceanography
Estuarine oceanography
Nearshore processes and coastal oceanography
Large-scale ocean circulation
Ocean-atmospheric interactions
Oceanography, n.e.c.
 
 
 
 

UBC Researchers conducting research in Oceanography

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Allen, Susan

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric sciences; Oceanography; coastal oceanography; coupled bio-physics and chem-physics and all three models; forecast models; Oceans and Inland Waters; physical oceanography; Prediction and Climatic Modeling

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Bradbury, Hal

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chemical oceanography; Ocean biogeochemistry; Marine geology; Isotope geochemistry; Biogeochemistry; Paleoceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Reactive Transport Modelling; Carbon cycle; Marine Sedimentary Environments; Early Diagenesis; Biogeochemical Cycles; marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

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Donner, Simon

Department of Geography, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric sciences; Oceanography; Other media and communication; Climate Science; climate change impacts; Climate policy; Coastal Ecosystems; Marine Environment; Climate modelling and prediction; Science communication; Net-zero emissions; Coral reefs

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Hunt, Brian

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology); Biological oceanography; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Ecological impacts of climate change; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); marine food webs; ecosystem oceanography; plankton dynamics; open ocean; Coastal Ecosystems; climate change impacts on the ocean; salmon ecology; food web nutrition; microplastics; stable isotopes; forage fish; zooplankton; Urban oceans; Thiamine defficiency; Stormwater

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Laval, Bernard

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Civil engineering; Oceanography

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Murphy, Enda

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Hydraulic engineering; Marine engineering, n.e.c.; Nearshore processes and coastal oceanography; Estuarine oceanography; Coastal and estuarine system dynamics; Nature-based solutions; Whole system thinking; Coastal systems engineering; Transdisciplinary research; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; Coastal flood and erosion hazard risk

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Suttle, Curtis

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Fisheries sciences; Immunology; Microbiology; Oceanography; Plant biology; Biological Oceanography; Environmental Virology; Marine Environment; Marine Microbiology; Microbial Diversity; Phage; Viral Discovery; Viruses

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Waterman, Stephanie

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric sciences; Oceanography; Arctic oceanography; geophysical fluid dynamics; Jets, eddies & scale interactions; Ocean dynamics; Oceanic processes; Scale interactions; Southern ocean dynamics; Western boundary current jets
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Oceanography

Jessica Schaub

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Evaluating jellyfish as keystone species in marine food webs

Vanessa Zahner

Student

Master of Science in Oceanography (MSc)

Juvenile pink and chum salmon diets and species interactions

Patrick Pata

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Structures and drivers of zooplankton communities of the British Columbia coastal ocean

Alexis Bahl

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Salp diel vertical migration and its impact on carbon export in the Southern Ocean
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Brandon McNabb

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Characterizing the distributions and mechanisms driving oceanic methylated sulfur cycling

Cara James

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Geophysics (PhD)

Understanding deep-sea mining particulate clouds: predicting environmental impacts, informing regulation and monitoring pollutants

Sadie Lye

Student

Master of Science in Oceans and Fisheries (MSc)

The impact of the urban environment on land to sea connection in Burrard Inlet, B.C.

Robert Izett

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Improving estimates of marine net community production in the Subarctic Pacific and Canadian Arctic Oceans using ship-based autonomous measurements and computational approaches

Florian Lüskow

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Trophodynamics of planktonic communities in coastal British Columbian waters, with focus on gelatinous zooplankton

Tessa Blanchard

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology (PhD)

Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Developmental Plasticity

Becca Beutel

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography (PhD)

Water mass variability on the northeast Pacific shelf and what this means for biogeochemical conditions under a changing climate
 

Program Specializations in Oceanography

Oceanography
 
 
 
French Name
Océanographie
French Description
Cette classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en océanographie.
 
 

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