Zhuomin Chen

(Ph.D., Rutgers) Research Scientist of Marine Sciences

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I am a female oceanographer with a diverse interdisciplinary background, encompassing expertise in physical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry, ecology, and earth system modeling.

My research interests include:

• Coastal ocean processes, including marine extremes and oceanic eddies (e.g., Gulf Stream eddies);
• Linkages between coastal ocean and large-scale climate and ocean processes (e.g., the Gulf Stream);
• Seasonal-to-decadal prediction and predictability of driver variables relevant to marine ecosystems;
• Climate impacts on habitat shifts of diverse marine species (e.g., economically important fisheries).

My Education and Research Experience

2021-now: Research Scientist in Physical & Biogeochemical Oceanography

• University of Connecticut (UConn), Groton, CT
• I am currently working with Dr. Samantha Siedlecki, Dr. Matthew Long (NCAR), and Dr. Colleen Petrik (Scripps) at the Coastal Biogeochemistry Dynamics Lab, UConn to understand decadal predictability of oxygen and ocean metabolic state relevant to fisheries in large marine ecosystems of the ocean.
• I am currently co-teaching MARN3002 Foundations of Marine Sciences with Dr. Hans Dam in the Spring semester, 2024.

2018-2021: Guest Student/Postdoc Fellow/Postdoc Investigator in Physical Oceanography

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA
• I was awarded a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (2018-2020) while working with Dr. Young-Oh Kwon, Dr. Ke Chen, Dr. Paula Fratantoni (NOAA NMFS), Dr. Glen Gawarkiewicz, and Dr. Terrence Joyce about developing and evaluating a statistical forecasting system for oceanographic conditions and living marine resources over the Northeast U.S. Shelf.

2013-2018: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physical Oceanography

• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
• I was trained as a coastal physical oceanographer through my PhD study with Dr. Enrique Curchitser at the Earth System Modeling Lab, Rutgers. I investigated the Dynamics and Spatio-temporal Variability of the Mid-Atlantic Bight Cold Pool, as well as its potential connections with the meridional fluctuations of the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Oscillation.

2009-2013: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) with honors in Marine Science

• Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

More on my personal website: https://zchenocean.github.io/