Research Themes

OCEAN TECHNOLOGY

Energy solutions, remote observing platforms, robotics and avionics, coastal structures and numerical modeling

OCEAN SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, coastal planning and policy

MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Marine ecology and conservation, climate impacts, ocean biogeochemistry, genomics and drug discovery

OCEAN & CLIMATE

Role of ocean in climate variability & change, earth system modeling, coupled ocean and atmosphere dynamics, paleoceanography

COASTAL OCEAN SYSTEMS

Integrated and interdisciplinary approaches to study the physical, chemical, biological and human dimensions of coastal dynamics

OCEAN MICROBES

Unleashing the power of ocean microbes for chemical transformation, bioremediation and biodegradation