Dr. Richard J. Greatbatch, Professor (ret.)
Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
Ocean Dynamics
OFFICE
Room No.: 3.302, Building 5 (ENB)
E-mail: rgreatbatch(at)geomar.de
ADDRESS
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Wischhofstr. 1 - 3
24148 Kiel
Germany
Research Interests
- Dynamics of the oceanic and atmospheric circulation
- Numerical modelling
- Eddy fluxes and their parameterization
- Climate variability and climate change
Education and Employment
Education
- 1975 B.Sc. (honours) in Mathematics, University of Liverpool, UK.
- 1976 Part III Mathematics Tripos (with distinction), University of Cambridge, UK
- 1981 Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge, UK.
Employment History
- 1980-1983 Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1983-1984 Visiting Research Staff, Princeton University, USA
- 1985 Research Assistant, Imperial College, London, UK
- 1985-1986 University Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, UK
- 1986-1990 Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- 1990-1996 Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- 1996-1998 Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
- 1998-2008 Professor, Dalhousie University, Canada
- 1998-2008 NSERC/MARTEC/EC Industrial Research Chair, Dalhousie University, Canada
- 2005-2007 Coordinator for Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Canada
- 2007-2011 Professor of Theoretical Oceanography, IfM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
- 2012-2020 Professor of Theoretical Oceanography, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany
- 2017-2023 Honorary Professor, University of Liverpool, UK
Awards
- 2020 Fridtjof Nansen Medal of the EGU
Editorial Duties
- past co-editor Ocean Dynamics
- past co-editor Journal of Oceanography
International Working Groups
- Former member of WCRP Working Group for Ocean Model Development
