Brief Biographical Sketch:

Patricia is an MIT Graduate student in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science. She is currently studying the mixing between rivers and oceans (estuaries), using a numerical model of the Hudson river.

She has a B.S. in physics from the University of Notre Dame.
And is an alumna of Punahou School (Hawaii).

She has participated in three research cruises:
-1 week: studying tidal turbulence in the CT river, R/V Tioga
-4 weeks: exploring structure and flow through the Philippines, R/V Melville
-10 days: crew of sailing vessel investigating North Atlantic shelf break, SSV Corwith Cramer

She has also engaged in laboratory studies of:
-microgravity and dusty plasmas (Auburn Univ. REU 2004)
-FTIR spectroscopy of hydrocarbons and ammonia ice films relevant to the atmosphere of Jupiter (SRI International, REU 2005)
-calibration of a detector for accelerator mass spectrometry (nuclear structure lab, Univ. Notre Dame)
-arsenic binding properties in ground water (NIST-American Institute of Physics/Society of Physics Students Intern 2006)
-entrainment and mixing driving the oceanic overturning circulation (WHOI, 2006-7)

And she is looking forward to sharing her fascination with the ocean and developing some experience teaching through the SPARK program.

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