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Full Name
Jim Lerczak
Title
Associate Professor
Phone
541-737-6128
Email
jlerczak@coas.oregonstate.edu
Affiliation
Oregon State University
Department
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science
Office
Burt 408
Education

B.A., Williams College (Physics), 1988.
M.S., University of Washington (Physics), 1991.
Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC-San Diego (Oceanography), 2000.

Research Interest

Coastal physical oceanography including the study of internal tides, high-frequency internal waves, and circulation in the vicinity of fronts; estuarine oceanography including the dynamics that drive the three-dimensional circulation, the mechanisms that transport and disperse materials within estuaries, and the time response of estuaries to changes in forcing; physical/biological interactions which influence larval dispersal.

Web Page
http://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/profile/lerczak/