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Chronology

2003 Elected Fellow, Acoustical Society of America
2002- Principal Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1999- Affiliate Associate Professor of Oceanography, College of Ocean & Fishery Sciences, The University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1995-2002 Senior Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1993-1995 Adjunct Associate Professor of Applied Marine Physics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
1993-1995 Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
1986-1993 Assistant Professor of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
1985-1986 Research Oceanographer, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, British Columbia
1985 Postgraduate Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
1985 Ph.D. in Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, San Diego) Disseration Title: "Underwater Ambient Noise Measurements of Rainfall", co-advisors R.H. Stewart and W.H. Munk
1979-1985 Graduate Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
1979 B.A., University of Michigan with distinction (physics and mathematics), high honors in mathematics
1977-1979 Regents Scholar, University of Michigan
1975 Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (first in class)
1957 Date of Birth, Seattle, Washington

Professional Society Memberships


The Acoustical Society of America - Founding member of the Technical Committee on Acoustical Oceanography

The Oceanography Society

The American Geophysical Union

The American Meteorological Society

Referee for National Science Foundation


National Aeronautics and Space Administration


Journal of Physical Oceanography


Journal of Geophysical Research


Journal of the Acoustical Society of America


Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology


Monthly Weather Review

Teaching Experience

(at the Naval Postgraduate School)

Classroom: Probability and Statistics for Air-Ocean Sciences (twice) (3 lectures per week with lab)

Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans (7 times) (4 lectures per week with lab)

Sound in the Ocean (7 times) (4 lectures per week)

Advanced Topics in Satellite Oceanography (3 times) (3 lectures per week)

Other Activities

1991 Attended Continuing Engineering Education intensive course entitled "Synthetic Aperture Radar: Technology and Applications", University of Michigan, July 1991.
1988-1992 Volunteer exhibit interpreter, Monterey Bay Aquarium (456 hrs)
1988-1992 Monterey Audubon Society Breeding Bird Atlas field work (245 hrs)
1989-1993 Santa Cruz/Monterey Country Dancers, Board of Directors (over 70 hrs)

Memberships: Audubon Society, World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, American Natural History Museum, National Wildlife Federation, Organization for Tropical Studies, Country Dance and Song Society