Leonel Romero
(Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences
My research combines field observations and numerical modeling to study air-sea interaction, upper-ocean processes, ocean waves, and coastal processes. One of my main objectives is to improve the understanding of wave breaking and its impacts on air-sea fluxes. Other research interests include the transport and dispersion of tracers near the ocean surface, wave-current interactions, and CO2 air-sea exchange.
Courses Taught
MARN 5064 – Air-Sea Interaction (offered every other spring semester)
Three credits. Processes controlling the exchange of momentum, heat, and mass across the air-sea interface. Topics include atmospheric and oceanic stratification, wind-wave-current interaction, wave breaking, bubble generation, heat budgets, flux parameterizations, and instrumentation.
MARN 3001 – Foundations of Marine Sciences (offered every fall semester)
Four credits. Physical, biological, chemical, and geological structure and function of coastal marine systems, with a special focus on field observations in three important coastal habitats: beaches, marshes, and estuaries.
Research Projects
Modulation of bubble mediated gas transfer due to wave-current interactions (PI Romero) – National Science Foundation (#1924686 and #2121646)
Spray-mediated air-sea gas exchange of carbon dioxide in high winds (PIs Vlahos and Romero) – National Science Foundation
Graduate Students
Bernard Akaawase – Ph.D. Student
Undergraduate Students
Jeremy Hurt (2022)
Postdoctoral Scholars
Youngmi Shin (2021-2022)
Publications

leonel.romero@uconn.edu | |
Phone | (860) 405 9256 |
Fax | (860) 405-9153 |
Office Location | Lowell Weicker Building (LWB) 189, Lab 142 |
Courses | MARN 5064 Air-Sea Interaction, MARN 3001 Foundations of Marine Sciences |
Link | Website |