Radio Oceanography Laboratory | Staff / Sean Kennan

Sean C. Kennan
Program Director
Physical Oceanography Program, Division of Geosciences
National Sciences Foundation
4201 Wilson boulevard
Arlington VA 22230
skennan -at- nsf.gov

Education

Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, Univ. of Hawai’i at Manoa (1997).
M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography, Univ. of Hawai’i at Manoa (1993).
B.Sc. in Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst (1989).

Dissertation

"Observations of a Tropical Instability Vortex", pp. 1-190 (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawai'i, 1997; advisor: P. Flament).

"Saline Intrusions in the Intermediate Waters North of O’ahu", pp. 1-135 (M.Sc thesis, University of Hawai'i, 1993; advisor: R. Lukas).

Positions held

2012-present: program director, National Sciences Foundation, Arlington VA

2010-2012: associate program director, Physical Oceanography Program, National Sciences Foundation, Arlington VA

2007-2009: oceanographic researcher, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

2007: visiting scientist, LOCEAN, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

2005: Fulbright research fellow, LOCEAN, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

2000–2006: assistant professor, Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern Univ., Dania, FL

1997-2000: postgraduate researcher, Scripps Inst. Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA

1990-1997: research and teaching assistant, Dept. Oceanography, Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

1988-1990: technical assistant, Five College Radio Astron. Observatoru, Univ. Mass. Amherst

Research interests

Observation of fronts and submesoscale oceanic motions; tropical oceanography