We welcome Dr. Sid Kerhalkar to the Seo Lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (joining September 2, 2025). He earned his Ph.D. in Oceanography from the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he was a Distinguished Doctoral Fellow under Prof. Amit Tandon. Dr. Kerhalkar studies upper-ocean processes and air–sea interactions at fine scales and their impact on larger-scale ocean–atmosphere dynamics. His doctoral work on diurnal warm layers in the Bay of Bengal combined in situ observations, remote sensing, and numerical modeling to examine impacts on mixing, convection, and monsoon variability. He has also investigated tropical cyclone processes, including cold-wake recovery following Cyclone Biparjoy (2023). At UH Mānoa, he will focus on the role of surface waves in modulating the Arabian Sea mini–warm pool. More information: https://kerhalkarsid.github.io.