António M. Baptista, Ph.D.

Oregon Health & Science University
E-mail: baptista@stccmop.org
Phone: 503-748-1147
Fax: 503-748-1273
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Research Interests
I seek to understand how coastal margins function under the complex influence of rivers, ocean, climate and humans – and how to integrate such understanding in broad-range societal decisions on sustainable development. My anchoring expertise is on observation and prediction of the physics of estuaries and plumes, and I collaborate with scientists of diverse backgrounds to integrate physics into thinking on biogeochemistry, fisheries, and ecological processes.

Education interests
At a graduate level, I am focused on the development of multidisciplinary MS and PhD programs on Environmental Information Technology. More broadly, I am helping create multi-tiered education pipelines fostering a science and technology-savvy youth, society and ocean-related workforce.

Current Appointments
Director, Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction
Professor, Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, OGI School of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University
Joint Appointment, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, OGI School of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
M.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
B.S., Civil Engineering, Academia Militar, Lisboa, Portugal

Selected Service
President Elect, Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems
Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Ocean Research Interactive Observation Networks (ORION), National Science Foundation
Member, Independent Science Advisory Board, California Bay-Delta Authority (CALFED)

Selected Publications
Zhang, Y. L. and A. M. Baptista (2008). "SELFE: A semi-implicit Eulerian-Lagrangian finite-element model for cross-scale ocean circulation." Ocean Modelling: 21(3-4), 71-96.

Dang, T., Sergey Frolov, Nirupama Bulusu, Wu-chi Feng, and Antonio Baptista, “Near Optimal Sensor Selection in The CORIE Observation Network for Data Assimilation Using Genetic Algorithms”, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS 2007), Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2007.

Foreman, M. G. G., D. Stucchi, Y. L. Zhang and A. M. Baptista. 2006. "Circulation models for the Broughton Archipelago." Atmosphere-Ocean, vol. 44, pp. 47-63.

A. M. Baptista, Y. L. Zhang, A. Chawla, M. Zulauf, C. Seaton, E. P. Myers, III, J. Kindle, M. Wilkin, M. Burla, and P. J. Turner. 2005. "A cross-scale model for 3D baroclinic circulation in estuary-plume-shelf systems: II. Application to the Columbia River," Continental Shelf Research, vol. 25, pp. 935-972.

Y. L. Zhang, A. M. Baptista, and E. P. Myers. 2004. "A cross-scale model for 3D baroclinic circulation in estuary-plume-shelf systems: I. Formulation and skill assessment," Continental Shelf Research, vol. 24, pp. 2187-2214.

Archer, C., T. Leen and A. Baptista. 2003. "Statistical Fault Detection for Instrumentation in the Columbia River Estuary." Water Resources Research 39(3).

Baptista A.M.. 2002. "Modern paradigms for modeling and visualization of environmental systems," Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (R. A. Meyers, Ed.), Academic Press, Third Edition, Vol. 5., pp 565-581.

Myers, E.P. and A.M. Baptista. 2001. "Inversion for Tides in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean", Advances in Water Resources, 24(5), 505-519.

Yang Z., A.M. Baptista, and J. Darland. 2000. "Numerical Modeling of Flow Characteristics in a Rotating Annular Flume," Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 31, 271-294.

Myers, E. P. and A. M. Baptista. 1999. "Finite element modeling of potential Cascadia subduction zone tsunamis." Science of Tsunami Hazards 17(1): 3-18.

Oliveira A. and A.M. Baptista. 1998. "On the Role of Tracking on Eulerian-Lagrangian Solutions of the Transport Equation," Advances in Water Resources, 21(7), 539-554.

Oliveira, A. and A. M. Baptista. 1997. "Diagnostic modeling of residence times in estuaries." Water Resources Research 33(8): 1935-1946.

Fortunato, A. B. and A. M. Baptista. 1996. "Vertical discretization in tidal flow simulations." Int. J. Num. Meth. in Fluids 22: 815-834.

Wood, T. M., A. M. Baptista, J. S. Kuwabara and A. R. Flegal. 1995. "Diagnostic modeling of trace metal partitioning in south San Francisco Bay." Limnol. Oceanogr. 40(2): 345-358.

Baptista, A. M., G. R. Priest and T. S. Murty. 1993. "Field Survey of the 1992 Nicaragua Tsunami." Marine Geodesy 16(2): 169-203.

Research team
Graduate students: Michela Burla, Sergey Frolov, Nathaniel Hyde
Staff: Charles Seaton, Paul Turner, Ethan vanMatre, Michael Wilkin, Joseph Zhang