• B.S. Ohio State U., 1984
• M.S. Ohio State U., 1986
• Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1996
• Postdoctoral Research:
  • Advanced Studies Post Doc National Center for Atmospheric Researc, 1997-1998
  • CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate, LANL 1999-2000
• Employment:
  • McDonnel-Douglas Aircraft Company, St. Louis, MO, 1986-1991
  • Technical Staff Member, CCS-DO, LANL, 2002-present

Research Interests:

• Science and Applied Mathematics: Global climate change, model development, overflows, planetary scale fluid dynamics, instability, western boundary currents, air-sea interaction, compressible fluid dynamics, turbulence, modeling, numerical analysis and methods, applied mathematics, computer and computational science, Lie algebras.
• Science Policy and Philosphy of Science: Interplay of science and science policy, effects of economics on science policy, science culture.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Kurien S, Smith L, Wingate B (2006) On the two-point correlation of potential vorticity in rotating and stratified turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 555, 131-140.