Gunnar Voet

Gunnar Voet is an Associate Research Scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego. He is part of the Multiscale Ocean Dynamics group and leads research on physical oceanography, focusing on dense overflows, internal waves, turbulent mixing, and their impacts on large-scale ocean circulation. His work integrates moored and shipboard observations, with field projects in the Samoan Passage, North Atlantic, and equatorial Pacific.

Education: PhD in Physical Oceanography (2010) and Diplom Physics (2006), both from the University of Hamburg. His doctoral thesis addressed the Nordic Overturning Circulation.

Research Highlights:

• Investigates hydraulic processes in abyssal flows, particularly in the Samoan Passage and Rockall Trough.
• Studies tidal and near-inertial wave dynamics, including their role in mixing and energy transfer.
• Leads projects on submarine canyon mixing, boundary layer turbulence, and tropical instability wave impacts on heat budgets.

Grants & Funding: Principal Investigator on NSF-funded projects (e.g., PISTON, BLT) and ONR initiatives (Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography, NISKINe). Collaborates with institutions like APL-UW and OSU.

Labs & Teams: Manages the Marine Physical Laboratory’s mooring operations and contributes to SIO’s observational infrastructure. Develops open-source tools like mixsea and gvpy for data analysis.