People
The Environmental Fluid Dynamics Lab is led by:
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering / Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California San Diego
Phone: 858-534-2343
pawlak AT ucsd DOT edu
Current Lab Members
Hannah Walker
PhD student
Hsin Yi Chen
PhD student
Obed Campos
PhD student
Myungsun Park
Postdoctoral Researcher
Pallav Ranjan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Undergraduate Students:
Eloi Sanchez Van Moer (BioENG)
Dev Banthia (ME)
Shabdikka Gubba (BioENG)
Lab Alumni:
Postdoctoral Researchers
Mathilde Lindhart
Greg Sinnett
Alma Castillo-Trujillo
Christoph Efstathiou
Hugo Ulloa
Payam Aghsaee
Audric Collignon
Sergio Jaramillo
Jon Fram
Judith Wells
Jeremy Bricker
Andrew Hebert
Graduate Students
Annie Adelson (SIO PhD 2024)
Kevin Okun (SIO MS 2022)
Pranav Suresh Puthan (PhD 2022, w/ S. Sarkar)
Isabella Arzeno (PhD 2020, w/ S. Giddings)
Andre Amador (PhD 2020)
Ricardo Felez (MS 2017, w/A. Sanchez)
Ajinkya Desai (MS 2015)
Lauren Molina (Tuthill) (MS 2011)
Kumar Rajagopalan (PhD 2010)
Marion Bandet (PhD 2009)
Miguel Canals (PhD 2009)
Melinda Swanson (MS 2009)
Abdulla Mohamed (MS 2008)
Vasco Nunes (MS 2005)
Undergraduate Students
Savanna Saunders (U. Arizona; Summer REU, 2023)
Gala Sanchez Van Moer (UCSD BioENG, 2023)
Alan Gaul (UCSD Mech. Eng. 2019)
Sarah Douglas (UCSD Env. Eng. 2017)
Ciara Dooley (UCSD Mech. Eng, 2016)
Eric Schwab (UCSD Env. Eng, 2016)
Zach Ruylemeyer (UCSD Chem Eng, 2015)
Brad Adams (UCSD Mech Eng, 2015)
Erin Foley (UCSD Env Eng, 2015)
Sze Ting Tam (UCSD Mech Eng, 2013)
Yoshimu Kusumoto (UH GES, BS 2010)
Everett Ohta (UH GES, Honors; BS 2006)
Visitors
Carlos Martinez (Visiting Professor, 2013, 2016; Universidad de Jaen, Spain)
Candido Gutierrez Montes (Visiting Professor, 2016; Universidad de Jaen, Spain)
Juan David Osorio (Visiting graduate student 2010; Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
Pedro Garcia Hrdy (visiting undergrad 2004; Universidad Carlos III, Spain)
Gregory Dulac (visiting undergrad 2005; Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Tarbes, France)
Aurelien Gonzalez de Linares (visiting undergrad 2005; Institut des Sciences de l'Ingénieur de Toulon et du Var, France)