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Ryan Abernathey is an Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, affiliated with the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). He holds a Ph.D. from MIT (2012) and a B.A. from Middlebury College, and joined Columbia in 2013 following a postdoctoral fellowship at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His research focuses on physical oceanography, particularly the role of mesoscale turbulence (eddies, waves, jets) in Earth’s climate system, with a regional emphasis on the Southern Ocean. He develops high-resolution numerical models and leverages satellite remote sensing, while advocating for open-source software, open data, and reproducible science.
His research integrates computational methods like machine learning to analyze ocean satellite observations, as seen in collaborations with Prof. Tony Jebara (Computer Science) and Dr. Joaquim Goes (LDEO). He has received prestigious awards including the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2016), NSF CAREER Award, and NASA New Investigator Award. His work also explores cloud-native data repositories and computational ecosystems like Pangeo for geosciences.
Abernathey’s studies address key topics such as eddy-driven transport of heat and tracers, Southern Ocean dynamics, and the impact of lateral mixing on climate variability. His recent publications emphasize submesoscale processes, Lagrangian connectivity, and machine learning applications in oceanography.
- Labs/Teams: Pangeo Ecosystem, LDEO Research Group
- Grants: NSF CAREER, Sloan Fellowship, NASA, Columbia RISE Grant
