Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION
Maxim Nikurashin
Associate Professor in Physical Oceanography
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart, TAS 7001
Phone: +61(3)6226 8597
Email: Maxim.Nikurashin@utas.edu.au
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Meridional overturning circulation, deep stratification, ocean carbon cycle, geostrophic eddies, topographic internal waves, energy dissipation and mixing
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, 2009, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA USA
M.S., Applied Physics and Mathematics, 2002, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
B.S., Applied Physics and Mathematics, 2000, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
POSITIONS HELD
Physical Oceanographer, University of Tasmania, 2012-present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 2009-2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer and Unit Coordinator, University of Tasmania, 2012-present
QMS511 Physical Oceanography
KSM310 Dynamical Oceanography
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Drake Passage and Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf, 2006. XBT and CTD data collection and analysis. RV L.M. Gould
MIT/WHOI Joint Program orientation cruise, 2002. Sea Educational Association. SSV Corwith Cramer