SCOAR Lab People

The SCOAR Lab brings together researchers and students studying ocean–atmosphere–wave interactions through coupled modeling, observations, and data-driven analysis. Our work spans air–sea exchange, extreme weather, regional climate, coastal oceans, and offshore wind energy.

Principal Investigators

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Hyodae Seo

OCN/SOEST/UHM

Professor

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César Sauvage

OCN/SOEST/UHM

Oceanographic Researcher

Current Team

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Alli Ho

OCN/SOEST/UHM

Postdoc

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Sid Kerhalkar

OCN/SOEST/UHM

Postdoc

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Takami Otsubo

OCN/SOEST/UHM

Graduate Student

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Wyn Pauly

OCN/SOEST/UHM

Graduate Student

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Clint Reyes

ORE/SOEST/UHM

Summer Graduate Student (2025, 2026)

UH Alumni

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Ben Barr

NCAR Project Scientist

Postdoc

Select WHOI Alumni

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Ben Barr

NCAR Project Scientist

Postdoc

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Samuel Bartusek

Columbia University

Summer Student Fellow (2019)

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Alicia Camacho

Valparaiso University

UCAR SOARS Student (2015)

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Alma Carolina Castillo-Trujillo

Now @ at depth MRV

Postdoc (2022-2024)

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Siraput Jongaramrungruang

University of Cambridge

Summer Student Fellow (2015)

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Yoo-Jun Kim

University of Tokyo

Guest Student (2023)

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Carlos Martinez

Texas A&M University

UCAR SOARS Student (2014)

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Rhys Parfitt

Associate Professor, Florida State University

Postdoc Scholar (2016-2018)

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Channing Prend

Columbia University

WHOI Summer Student Fellow (2016)

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Shikhar Rai

GFDL/Princeton

Postdoc

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Christoph Renkl

Now @ University of Bonn, Germany

Postdoc (2023-2025)

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John Steffen

Now @ SAIC

Postdoc (2019-2021)

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Peisen Tan

University of Miami

Guest Student (2023)