Date and Time
November 19, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Availability
Open to the public
No RSVP required

Speaker
Stephen G. Monismith - Senior Fellow - Woods Institute; Director, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab; Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, (by courtesy) Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University

Stephen Monismith studies flows in lakes, estuaries, and the coastal ocean. Current projects include field and computational work on wave-driven flows over coral reefs, transport in a small estuary/wetland complex, wind-waves in shallow estuaries, benthic grazing on coral reefs and in estuaries, internal waves and mixing in the Florida Keys, circulation and zooplankton retention in ther St. Lawrence estuary, mixed layer dynamics and circulation in the Gulf of Aqaba, as well as lab and computational studies of flows through coral colonies and kelp forests. He especially values field sites that are attractive (e.g. have good diving prospects) and have good restaurants. He is also involved with various scientific panels focusing on the San Francisco Bay/Delta including the IEP Science advisor group (which he chairs) and various CALFED advisory panels and groups.