Curriculum Vitae
			Professional Experience 2007 - present Assistant Professor, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), USA 2005 - 2006 Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA 2003 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA 1999 Scientist, Institut für Meereskunde, Kiel , Germany
				Degrees Awarded 2003 PhD, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria , Canada , 2003 1998 Diplom (equiv. to Masters) Physical Oceanography, University of Kiel , Germany 1994 Vordiplom Physics University of Heidelberg , Germany
				Educational Institutions Attended 1999 - 2003 University of Victoria , BC, Canada : Earth and Ocean Sciences 1994 - 1999 University of Kiel , Germany : Physical Oceanography 1992 - 1994 University of Heidelberg , Germany : Physics
			Awards 2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA 2003 Conference/PODY Award Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium 2003 (PODS II), Waikaloa, Hawaii
				Research Interests
	Submesoscale Fronts, Eddies, and Filaments Air-sea gas exchange in the coastal and open ocean Gas bubble dynamics Hydraulically controlled flows and flow-topography interaction Flow exchange through sea straits Biological-physical interaction in tidal fronts Wave-current interaction Ocean acoustic tomography