Radio Oceanography Laboratory | Staff / XavierFlores

Physical Oceanographer Researcher
Instituto de Investigationes Oceanologicas
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC) Mexico
floresx -at- uabc.edu.mx

Education

Ph.D., Physical Oceanography and Coastal Dynamics, Autonomous University of Baja California UABC, Mexico (2011)
M.Sc., Physical Oceanography, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada CICESE, Mexico (2005)
B.Sc., Physics and Artificial Intelligence, State University of Veracruz, Mexico (2002)

Dissertation

"Dinamica costera del Golfo de Tehuantepec y su interaccion con el Pacifico Tropical Oriental", pp. 1-137 (Sc.D. thesis, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 2011; advisors: R. Durazo and P. Flament).

Positions held

2011-present: Physical Oceanography Researcher, Institute for Oceanographic Research. Mexico.

2011-present: Regional Director of the National Oceanographic Data Center Baja California Mexico.

2006-present: Visiting Researcher, Radio Oceanography Laboratory, University of Hawai'i.

2011-2012: Postdoctoral Fellow at UABC, Mexico. Project: Interactions between the Pacific Ocean and the Coastal Dynamics in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico.

Research interests

Coastal Dynamics; Sub-Inertial Motions; Estuarine Circulation; Ocean Modeling; Radar Remote Sensing; Instrument Development; Real Time Data Acquisition;

Research Activities

Director of the Real Time Coastal Observatory at Todos Santos Bay, Ensenada Baja California Mexico.
CONACyT Funded Project http://ocomex.ens.uabc.mx