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Eli Tziperman
- Pamela and Vasco McCoy, Jr. Professor of Oceanography and Applied Physics
Contact Information
| Office: | Geological Museum 456 |
| Email: | eli [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | (617) 384-8381 |
| Office Fax: | (617) 495-8839 |
| Assistant: | Jennifer Lake |
| Office: | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences 20 Oxford Street Room 426 |
| Email: | jlake [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | (617) 384-9005 |
| Office Fax: | (617) 496-7411 |
Recruitment Status
Education
- B.A., 1982, Physics and Math, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
- Ph.D., 1987, Physical Oceanography, MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Research Interests
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- Applied Mathematics & Computational Science
- Modeling Physical/Biological Phenonema and Systems
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- Energy & Environmental Systems
- Atmospheric and Climate Modeling
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- Oceans and Geophysics
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- Materials & Devices
- Fluid Mechanics
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- Solid Mechanics
Primary Teaching Area
Profile
Eli Tziperman works in climate dynamics, trying to understand physical processes that affect Earth's climate on time scales of a few years to millions of years.
Climate variability results from a rich set of nonlinear, sometime chaotic, physical interactions of the oceans,atmosphere and at times the biosphere as well. Often the very basic questions are still unanswered in this field. E.g. why is El Nino irregular? Why are there ice ages? How far in advance can we predict the total precipitation of the next rainy season?
This clearly makes it a fascinating field to work in for students with a physics background who are interested in applying physical/ mathematical principles to the study of the natural world. Climate research also has, of course, an applied aspect directly affecting our life.
Accordingly, we work for example on improving El Nino prediction skill using advanced methods for combining realistic models and observations. See http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli
Positions & Employment
Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- August 2003: Professor of Oceanography & Applied Physics, Harvard University
- 1998-2003: Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
- 1994-1998: Associate Prof.,Department of Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
- 1990-1993: Senior Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
- 1989-1990: Scientist, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Honors
- Professor E.D. Bergman Memorial Award, 1990, Israeli-US Binational Science foundation
- Alon Scholarship, 1989, Israeli Academic Planning and Grant Committee (VATAT)
- Carl-Gustav Rossby Award for the most outstanding thesis submitted to the Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, MIT, in the academic year 1986-1987
- Meirbaum Oceanographic Scholarships, Hebrew University, 1984, 1985, 1987
Faculty CV
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