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Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies @ University of Miami's Rosenstiel School

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#Repost @umiamirsmas (@get_repost) ・・・ 12ft Great hammerhead caught and released by @sharktagging and @drneilhammer on today’s shark tagging trip with Palm Beach Maritime Academy students and @cimasrsmas director Ben Kirtman and Nathalia Bahamon two nurse sharks also caught and data collection performed. #sharktagging #hammerheadshark #sharkscience #sharksciencefriday #outreach #oceans #marinebiology #marinescience #fridays #305 #universityofmiami #nofilter #endangeredspecies

Kathryn Sellwood went to UM for undergraduate and graduate school, obtaining an MS in meteorology and physical oceanography. She started working at CIMAS 10 years ago right after graduating. She was hired as a dropsonde archivist to maintain a website containing the data for dropsondes all around the world. **link in bio to full blog #cimas #noaa #miami #umiami #research #aoml #hurricanehunter #dropsondes #meteorology

Grant Rawson has been working at CIMAS since May of 2003 after receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami. Currently, Grant works as part of NOAA/AOML-CariCOOS Glider Project, which deploys, pilots, recovers, and maintains a fleet of 5 seagliders. **link in blog to full blog #cimas #noaa #umiami #research #aoml #miami #gliders #seagliders #ocean

Lisa Bucci has been a hurricane research scientist at CIMAS for the past 6 years. Prior to CIMAS, Lisa attended the University of Michigan for a bachelor’s degree in engineering and received a Master’s degree from Florida State University. Lisa is currently studying how a Doppler wind LIDAR can be used to improve hurricane forecasts. **link in bio to full blog! #cimas #noaa #rsmas #umiami #research #aoml #hurricanehunter #miami #hurricane

Gus Alaka is an Assistant Scientist who started at CIMAS in the fall of 2014. Gus conducts research as a hurricane hunter during each hurricane season and focuses on hurricane computer modeling year-round. **link in bio to full blog! #cimas #science #noaa #hurricane #hurricanehunter #umiami #rsmas #miami #research

Special CIMAS Spotlight about Director Emeritus Peter Ortner! Link in bio to full blog! #cimas #noaa #miami #umiami #rsmas #royalcarribeancruiselines #umlaw #umiamialumni #yale

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Miami FL 33149-1098

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