The Ocean Mixing and Acoustics Lab
Understanding how fine-scale ocean structure shapes transport, stratification, and acoustic variability
What We Do
We study how turbulence, stratification, and along-isopycnal variability (“spice”) structure the ocean at fine scales. These processes regulate the transport of heat, salt, and biogeochemical tracers and influence how energy moves through the ocean.
Our work combines autonomous observations, microstructure measurements, and theory to understand when small-scale variability matters—and how it should be represented in ocean and acoustic models.
updates
| Aug 01, 2025 | Starting as Assistant Professor at UH Mānoa! We are building the Ocean Mixing and Acoustics Lab at SOEST — read more about our new lab and open positions. |
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| May 01, 2025 | New paper out from Jamie Hilditch and collaborators! Excellent work on warm filaments and downward heat transport in the salinity-stratified Gulf of Mexico — read the paper. |