António M. Baptista
Dr. Baptista is a faculty member in the Department of Science & Engineering at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He holds joint appointments as professor in the Environmental and Biomolecular Systems progam, of which he was the founding chairman, and the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. In July 2006, he became the Director of the Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction.
Dr. Baptista conducts interdisciplinary research on advanced information technology to improve scientific understanding of the coastal-margin environment. His CORIE project, initially established in 1996, is a pioneering coastal-margin ocean observing system for the Columbia River estuary and adjacent coast. He also provides scientific oversight for the development of ELCIRC and SELFE, state-of-the-art unstructured-grid computer models for 3D simulation of river and ocean circulation.
In collaboration with fisheries biologists responsible for the recovery of threatened and endangered salmon in the Columbia River basin, he investigates how navigation system improvements and hydropower dam operations impact the estuarine ecosystem. His collaborative research with government agencies in Oregon and Washington has also led to the publication of tsunami inundation maps that are used by coastal planners for hazard mitigation.
Dr. Baptista holds Master's (1984) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the degree of Specialist in Maritime Hydraulics (1986) from Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil in Portugal. He serves on the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of NSF’s Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks and on the Independent Science Board of the California Bay-Delta Authority. He is president-elect of the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS).
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