M. Susan Lozier | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Purdue University University of Washington |
Known for | Study of large-scale ocean circulation |
Awards | AGU Ambassador Award (2016) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oceanography |
Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Potential vorticity dynamics of a quasigeostrophic ocean : a Lagrangian perspective (1989) |
Susan Lozier is a physical oceanographer and the dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Sciences.[1] Previously, she was the Ronie-Richelle Garcia-Johnson Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.[2] Her research focuses on large-scale ocean circulation, the ocean's role in climate variability, and the transfer of heat and fresh water from one part of the ocean to another.