Xuanting Hao

Xuanting Hao is an Assistant Professor at the Marine Physical Laboratory, part of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. His research focuses on small-scale physical processes at the atmosphere–ocean interface, employing physics-based and data-driven models to study air-sea interactions. Key areas include computational fluid dynamics, submesoscale oceanography, and boundary layer meteorology.

Education:

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
• B.E., Automotive Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Research Interests:

• Development of high-performance computing models for air-sea processes
• Simulation of ocean-atmosphere interactions using adjoint-based methods and LES
• Analysis of coastal bathymetry, internal waves, and turbulence dynamics
• Integration of machine learning for improved predictive modeling

His recent work emphasizes advancing numerical methods for coastal and oceanic systems, with applications to wave dynamics, bioluminescence quantification, and SAR data assimilation. He collaborates across disciplines to bridge fluid dynamics with environmental science.

Key Contributions:

• Advances in adjoint-based high-order spectral methods for coastal bathymetry reconstruction
• Pioneering machine learning integration in LES for turbulence prediction
• Development of novel models for ocean surface wave modulation by internal waves

His research is conducted at the Marine Physical Laboratory, a leading center for oceanography and atmospheric science.