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Mara Freilich

Mara is an assistant professor in the Division of Applied Mathematics and Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. She earned her PhD in Physical Oceanography in the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in 2021. She has a BSc in Applied Math from Brown University.

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Postdocs

Lilian Dove

Lily received her PhD from Caltech in 2023 and is a NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellow. Her work focuses on submesoscale dynamics and biophysical interactions in the Southern Ocean. Outside of research, she enjoys reading anything except historical fiction and fostering cats.

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Graduate students and post-bac researchers

Élise Beaudin

Élise is a physical oceanographer specializing in diverse projects in the Northeast Pacific. Her research focuses on the imapcts of sea surface temperature on landfall precipitation, marine heatwaves, ocean dynamics variability, and submesoscale bio-physical interactions. She has mentored at various levels, from high school to PhD, and has contributed to public science communication. Her favourite programming language is Python. In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing and learning languages.

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Diego Centeno

Diego is a research assistant in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. He earned a BA in geosciences at California State University San Bernardino in 2023. He is working on the sulfur cycle in the Salton Sea, including geochemistry and impacts on human health. This work is in collaboration with Isabella Arzeno-Soltero at UCLA, Ryan Sinclair at Loma Linda University, Alianza Coachella Valley, and the Salton Sea Environmental Timeseries. When not doing science, he likes to be outdoors or play guitar.

Lulabel Ruiz Seitz

Lulabel is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. Before that, she earned a B.S. Honors in Mathematics at Stanford University. She is currently studying the impact of submesoscale dynamics on the distribution and abundance of biogeochemical tracers. Besides research, she enjoys writing creative nonfiction, watching the NBA, and (most of all) cats.

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Undergraduate students

Cassidy Charles

Cassidy is a rising 3rd-year undergraduate student at Brown University, concentrating in Applied Mathematics and Geology-Biology. She is currently working on research with modeling noise-induced plankton blooms. Outside of research, she enjoys cooking and spending time outdoors.

Cassidy joined the group in 2024 as part of the Presidential Scholars Program

Ayushman Choudhury

Ayushman is a 3rd-year undergraduate at Brown University, concentrating in Applied Mathematics - Computer Science and Music. He is working on analyzing data from seagliders to investigate the dynamics of carbon fluxes in the Southern Ocean.

Maggie Gonzalez

Maggie is a rising 3rd-year undergraduate student at Loyola University Chicago. She is studying Mathematics, Environmental Studies, and Statistics with a minor in Spanish Language and Literature. She is currently analyzing data from the Southern Ocean to study how water and carbon moves from the surface to the deeper ocean. Outside of research, she likes to spend time with her dog and explore new places.

Maggie joined the group in summer 2024 as part of the Leadership Alliance REU

Collaborating students

Anna Lo Piccolo

Anna is a PhD candidate in physical oceanography. She studies submesoscale processes in the upper ocean, their role in the ocean biogeochemistry, and how they are represented in global ocean models. She is also interested in polar regions and sea ice-ocean interactions. She likes hiking, reading, and doing creative work.