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Contact Information

Name Alejandra Sanchez-Rios
Professional Title Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, SOEST
Email alesr@hawaii.edu

Experience

  • 2025 -

    Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, SOEST
    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • 2024 - 2025

    Project Scientist
    Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • 2021 - 2024

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  • 2019 - 2021

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
  • 2011 - 2019

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Oregon State University
    • Investigated lateral and vertical mixing of heat, salt and energy across ocean fronts using high resolution measurements.
    • Assisted in piloting Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.
  • 2010 - 2010

    Summer Student Fellow
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    • Investigated physical processes affecting Diamond Shoal evolution, NC.
  • 2008 - 2009

    Summer Student Intern
    University of California Santa Barbara
    • Assisted in measuring methane oxidation rates and ADCP data analysis.

Education

  • - 2019

    Corvallis, OR

    Ph.D.
    Oregon State University
    College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
  • - 2009

    Ensenada, Mexico

    B.S.
    Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
    Facultad de Ciencias Marinas

Awards

  • 2021
    Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship
    UC San Diego
  • 2018
    Clara L. Simerville Award
    Oregon State University
  • 2018
    OSU AYA Award
    Oregon State University
  • 2015
    CEOAS Outstanding Service to the College Award
    Oregon State University
  • 2014
    Women's Center Student Leader Award
  • 2011
    Diversity Advancement Pipeline Fellowship

Field Experience

  • 2024 — R/V Thompson, Watch leader, Bay of Bengal, EKAMSAT ONR project
  • 2023 — R/V Kronprins Haakon, Science Crew, Norway Sea, NORSE ONR project
  • 2022 — R/V Alliance, Science Crew, Norway Sea, NORSE ONR project
  • 2022 — R/V Pelican, Co-Chief Scientist, Louisiana Shelf, SUNRISE NSF project
  • 2021 — R/V Neil Armstrong, Science Crew, Norway Sea, NORSE ONR project
  • 2021 — R/V Pelican, Science Crew, Louisiana Shelf, SUNRISE NSF project
  • 2018 — R/V Sally Ride, Science Crew, California Coast, Casper ONR project
  • 2017 — R/V Roger Revelle, Science Crew, South China Sea, ONR grant
  • 2015 — R/V Atlantic Explorer, Science Crew, Virginia Coast, Casper ONR project
  • 2014 — R/V Oceanus, Principal Investigator, Oregon Coast, student led cruise
  • 2014 — R/V Knorr, Science Crew, Virginia Coast, Casper ONR project
  • 2010 — B/O Justo Sierra, Technician, Gulf of Mexico, CONACYT funded
  • 2009 — R/B Atlantis, Undergraduate Volunteer, Santa Barbara Channel