Our Ph.D. graduate students are supported mainly by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Although candidates with an M.S. degree are preferred, candidates with a Batchelor's degree are also given serious consideration as it is possible to go directly from the B.S. to the Ph.D. degree. A strong background in mathematics, physics or engineering is vital. See also FSU Oceanography Grad. Studies Page for more information on pursuing a degree in Oceanography at FSU.

As is shown (with the red circles) in the map below, the location of our research extends from the tropics to the poles. Research topics include various exciting processes such as El Nino, the flow in the Sea of Japan, the Indonesian Sea, and the Red Sea; eddies in the South Atlantic; the communication between the Southern Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean; and the implications of oceanic processes to climate and global change. Research involves solutions of partial differential equations governing the movements in the ocean as well as the interpretation of measurements made by satellites and sea-going research vessels. We encourage students to choose processes according to their particular interests, use advanced computation techniques, achieve a thorough understanding of the chosen processes and develop their own style of addressing problems.

Cathrine Sandal Ph.D.Student 1997, Cand. Mag. (B.S. degree) in Geophysics, University of Bergen 2000, Cand. Scient. (M.S. degree) in Geophysics, University of Bergen For my M.S. degree, I studied the mechanical energy budget of a semi-enclosed sea using a numerical model. Areas of oceanography that I find particularly interesting are numerical modelling, relations between model output and observations, polar regions, mesoscale oceanography, and tsunamis.     Giuseppe Colantuono () Ph.D. student 2002, Laurea (M.S. degree) in Physics, University of Torino, Italy I graduated in physics with a thesis on nonlinear interactions in surface-gravity waves. I am interested in nonlinear problems and spectral analysis.

(partial list)
Dr. Rick Chapman (Ph.D., 1987)
	Principal Staff Oceanographer Ocean Remote Sensing Group Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins Road Laurel, MD 20723 http://fermi.jhuapl.edu
Dr. Chuan Shi (Ph.D., 1992)
	Lead Software Engineer MBCA, Inc. 10112 Colebrook Ave Potomac, MD 20854
Dr. Sergey Borisov (Ph.D., 1996)
	Senior Software Engineer ParaSoft Corporation 101 East Huntington Drive, 2nd floor Monrovia, CA 91016
Dr. Thierry Pichevin (Ph.D., 1996)
	EPSHOM/CMO 13, rue du Chatellier BP 426 29275 Brest Cedex FRANCE
Dr. Wilton Z. Arruda (Ph.D., 2002)
	Instituto de Matematica Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Caixa Postal 68530 21945-970 Rio de Janeiro - RJ Brazil http://www.dmm.im.ufrj.br/~wilton/
Dr. Harper Simmons (Ph.D., 2000)
	International Arctic Research Center University of Alaska, Fairbanks 903 Koyukuk Dr. Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340 http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu
Dr. Agatha M. De Boer (Ph.D., 2003)
	Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences Program Princeton University/GFDL P.O. Box 308, Forrestal Campus Princeton, NJ 08540 http://www.gfdl.gov