Staff Profile
Steve Elgar
Preferred Name: Steve Elgar
SENIOR SCIENTIST
APPLIED OCEAN PHYSICS & ENGINEERING
Email: elgar@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 3416
Office: REMOTE
Address:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Mail Stop 11
266 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Website: https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/elgar/
Lab/Group Site: https://pv-lab.org/
Education
B.S. University of Idaho, 1980, Civil Engineering & Mathematics
M.S. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1981, Oceanography
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1985, Oceanography
Research Interests
Observations and models of nearshore processes, including wave evolution across the continental shelf to the shoreline, the corresponding breaking-wave-driven circulation, and the subsequent changes to surfzone morphology (e.g., beach erosion and accretion). Analysis of nonlinear random processes, especially geophysical time series.
Affiliations
Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Awards
Excellence in refereeing for JGR Oceans, National Security Science & Engineering Faculty Fellow, Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow (both from the Office of the Secretary of Defense), and W. van Allen Clark Chair for Excellence in Oceanography.