• More than 20 years experience worldwide in Open Ocean and coastal processes.
• Conducted field studies and research on: seasonal and meso-scale variability, baroclinic tides and inertia-gravity waves in various regions of the Ocean; tidal currents, sea-level change and coastal fronts off West Africa; generation of cold intermediate waters, variability of currents, thermohaline structure, eutrophication processes and their consequences, ventilation and aeration of the Black Sea.
• Coordinated and developed coupled physical-biogeochemical one-dimensional ecosystem model for the black Sea; applied the model to study response of oxic/anoxic ecosystems to alterations in external conditions.
• Specialize in collection, analysis, interpretation and integration of field data into project design. This includes the design of multidisciplinary field studies to measure currents, water level, and seawater properties in various environments.
• Fluent in Russian and English.

Professional Affiliations

The Oceanography Society

Fields of Expertise

Research on physical oceanography variability and physical processes in coastal and open ocean waters; signal processing, data analysis and interpretation; design and implementation of observation systems for multidisciplinary research projects; studies of physical controls on marine ecosystems; ecosystem modeling.

Higher Education

Ph.D. in oceanography, Marine Hydrophysical Institute,
    Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1990)
M.S. in oceanography, Moscow State University (1978)

Employment History

2001-Present    Oceanographer, Woods Hole Group
1993-2001        Senior Scientist, Marine Hydrophysical
                          Institute, Ukraine
1990-1993        Scientist, Marine Hydrophysical Institute,
                          Ukraine
1990                  Chief of Field Expedition, feasibility
                          studies for port construction (contract
                          with LENMORNIIPROEKT, Russia)
                          Guinea
1987-1989        Researcher, Coastal Oceanographic
                          Research Center, Guinea
1985-1989        Assistant Scientist, Marine Hydrophysical
                          Institute, Ukraine

Current profile analysis for riser fatigue estimates for Western Makassar Strait, Indonesia 2004-05, for Unocal Corporation.
Develop a methodology for classification of observed current profiles in accordance with their ability to excite vortex induced vibrations of a riser, use a specific current data set for selection of representative current profiles and corresponding probability of their occurrence.

Extremal currents and fatigue current profiles for the Gendalo location Makassar Strait, Indonesia 2004, for Unocal Corporation.
Completed extreme current event forecasting for a specific location in the western Makassar Strait through process oriented analysis of ADCP and current meter observations.

Wind Farm Sites Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Systems 2003-2004, for Cape Wind Associates.
Processing and analysis of the meteorological and oceanographic data from the Cape Wind Scientific Tower installed in the Nantucket Sound; data reporting.

Analysis of Extremal Currents and Fatigue Current Profiles at the Merah Besar and Ranggas Locations in the Makassar Strait, 2003-04, for Unocal Corporation.
Completed extreme current event forecasting for two locations in the western Makassar Strait through process oriented analysis of ADCP and current meter observations.

Makassar Strait Regional Current Study, 2002-03, for Unocal Corporation.
Provided a synthesis of the available Unocal oceanographic observations in the western Makassar Strait region and of the published results on the oceanography of the Indonesian Seas derived from models and observations.

Gulf of Honduras Programme, 2003, for Inter-American Development Bank - Consultant.
Provided a synthesis of the available information on the oceanography of the Gulf of Honduras as part of the Preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis

Operational Data Base Management System for the Black Sea, 2000 – 01, for NATO Science for Peace Program (NATO SfP-971818), - NATO Partner Country Project Director.
Preparation of the project work plan; coordination of research.

Development of Black Sea Geographic Information System for Global Environmental Facility/United Nations Development Programme - Consultant
Preparation of oceanographic maps for Black Sea GIS.

Ventilation of the Black Sea Anoxic Waters, 1997-2000, for EC INCO COPERNICUS Programmme - Team Leader.
Project design and management, coordination of research, preparation of project reports and relevant scientific publications.

Black Sea Observation and Forecasting System, 1997-98, for NATO CCMS - Chairman of the working group on observation systems.
Preparation of a section on the design of an observation system for the Black Sea Observation and Forecasting System Science Plan.

Publications and Presentations: 25