Conference Description
The Ocean Mixing GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
Mixing of heat, salt, nutrients, and pollutants in the ocean occurs across a range of scales from millimeters to tens of kilometers, involving a wide variety of dynamical processes and interactions between them. Understanding the impacts of mixing processes across multiple scales, and their near-field and far-field consequences, is essential to producing more accurate and credible predictive models for weather, climate, and ecosystems, as well as developing ocean solutions for environmental change. The 2024 Ocean Mixing Gordon Research Conference will bring together the global community focused on observing, modeling, and predicting ocean mixing and its consequences, with an emphasis on fostering new interactions between people working on different aspects, using different approaches, and at varied career levels, through focused discussions and facilitated informal networking activities. The 2024 GRC on Ocean Mixing will be immediately preceded by the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Ocean Mixing, specifically for early career scientists, who are encouraged to attend both meetings at Mount Holyoke College.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 10, 2024. Please check back for updates.
The Role of Ocean Mixing in Climate
Discussion Leaders
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Camille Lique (Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Ifremer, France)
Speakers
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Andrew Thompson (California Institute of Technology, United States)
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Tomoki Tozuka (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Surface-Wave Driven Mixing
Discussion Leaders
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Qing Li (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China)
Speakers
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Peter Sutherland (LOPS - IFREMER, France)
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Junhong Liang (Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, United States)
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Bia Villas Boas (Colorado School of Mines, United States)
Slow Mixing Mechanisms, Including Biogenic Mixing and Double-Diffusive Mixing
Discussion Leaders
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Nicole Shibley (Princeton University, United States)
Speakers
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John Dabiri (California Institute of Technology, United States)
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Leo Middleton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, United States)
In Memory of Jim Ledwell: Using Tracers to Characterize and Understand Mixing
Discussion Leaders
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Miles Sundermeyer (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, United States)
Speakers
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Marie-Jose Messias (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
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David Ho (University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States)
Mixing Impacts on Marine Pollution
Discussion Leaders
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Siren Rühs (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Speakers
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Michelle DiBenedetto (University of Washington, United States)
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Erik Van Sebille (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Multiscale Interactions and Mixing
Discussion Leaders
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Lois Baker (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Speakers
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Roy Barkan (Tel Aviv University/UCLA, Israel)
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Ruth Musgrave (Dalhousie University, Canada)
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Mara Freilich (Brown University, United States)
Innovative Methods and Measurements for Multiscale Mixing
Discussion Leaders
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Cesar Rocha (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Speakers
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Laure Zanna (NYU, United States)
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Sophia Merrifield (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States)
Mixing and Extreme Events in a Changing Climate
Discussion Leaders
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Dan Whitt (NASA/Ames, United States)
Speakers
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Noel Gutierrez Brizuela (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States)
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Anna-Lena Deppenmeier (NCAR, United States)
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Debasis Sengupta (Indian Institute of Science and ICTS,Bangalore, India)
Mixing and Ocean Solutions, Including Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and Offshore Wind Energy
Discussion Leaders
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Annalisa Bracco (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
Speakers
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Daniel Dauhajre (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
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Ben Lincoln (Bangor University, United Kingdom)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers
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Margarita Brandt (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)
