People

The Environmental Fluid Dynamics Lab is led by:

Geno Pawlak Tejada

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)