Openings:

We are always looking for exceptionally strong PhD and postdoctoral candidates.

Current open PhD positions: https://nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/staff/ali-mashayek

Group Members:

Ali Mashayek is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge where he leads the Modelling Ocean Dynamics & Ecosystems Lab (MODEL) and co-directs the AI for Environmental Risks (AI4ER) Centre for Doctoral Training. He is also cross-affiliated with the UK National Oceanography Centre. Ali has degrees in mechanical engineering and physics and has worked in environmental engineering, earth sciences and climate science over the past decade. He works closely with the industry on topics such as carbon dioxide removal technologies, risks associated with climatic/environmental extreme events, and marine biodiversity.

Previous positions:

Assistant Professor at Imperial College London (2018-2023)
NERC Research Fellow at the University of Oxford (2017-2018)
Research Associate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2016-2017)
Research Fellow at MIT (2013-2016)
PhD in Physics from University of Toronto (2008-2013)

Featured

Dr Amir Atoufi

Postdoc (joint with DAMTP-John Taylor), GFD, boundary layer turbulence

Dr Nick Reynard

Postdoc, climate modeling, marine-based carbon dioxide removal

Dr Rafael Reiss

Postdoc, Ocean circulation, polar climate

Owen Allemang

PhD (primary adviser: Emma Boland @ BAS), Arctic and climate change

Elisavet Baltas

PhD (primary adviser: Hugh Hunt), Ocean circulation, biochemistry

Lisanne Blok

PhD, Extreme Sea Level, Arctic turbulence, machine learning

Daniel Heathcote

PhD (co-advised by David Al-Attar), Sea level, Ocean energetics, climate extremes

Joshua Lanham

PhD, Polar climate stability

Tianshu Liu

PhD (co-advised by Lois Baker), Arctic and climate change

Haiming Luo

PhD (co-advising with Ramit Debnath), climate and social tipping points

Sophie Meyjes

PhD, Climate change and marine ecosystems

Kate Oglethorpe

PhD (co-advised by Colm Caulfield), Arctic Ocean and climate change

Nicolaos Petropoulos

PhD (primary adviser: Colm Caulfield), Ocean turbulence.

Former Members

Featured

Dr Lois Baker

PhD (2019-2022), currently Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, https://loisbaker.github.io/

Dr Elizabeth Ellison

PhD (2019-2022). Now postdoc at Australian National University

https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/ellison-e

Dr Pauline Tedesco

Postdoctoral Researcher (2021-2024), now Lecturer at the University of Exeter

William Key: Masters (Part III in Cambridge, 2024). Project: Ocean turbulence of the coast of Eastern Australia (co-adivsed with Alex Piotrowski)
Juncheng Zhang: MSc (2022). Project: Ocean mixed layer turbulence
Shenghan Fu: MSc (2022). Project: Application of machine learning to ocean turbulence parameterisation
Tianshu Liu: MSc (2021). Project: The surface manifestation of bottom-generated oceanic lee waves
Germano Piccirilli: MSc (2021). Project: Role of coastal ecosystems in protection against sea-level rise
Fangming Zhai: MSc (2021). Project: Application of machine learning to small-scale ocean turbulence
Mengqi Wang: MSc (2020). Project: Nonlinear lee wave generation over rough topography
Alfred Hewetson: MSc (2020). Project: Wave attenuation through Mangrove forests
Mathew Tse: MSc (2019). Project: Sea level rise and coastal protection
Bowen Che: MSc (2019). Project: Topographic form stress in the Ocean