Biography

I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Earth System Science at University of California, Irvine. My research interests involve stratified shear instability’s role in ocean mixing. I am also interested in flow-topography interactions, such as internal tide-driven mixing at ocean bottom, island wakes and flow over ocean ridges. My research aims to address the questions, ‘how does turbulence occur in densely-stratified flows? How efficient does mixing occur to homogenize different layers of fluids? What are the effects of turbulent mixing on larger-scale processes?’ Using numerical simulations and theories, I aim to understand the complex dynamics of ocean mixing and its impact on the Earth systems.

I have completed my PhD at Oregon State University in 2023, working with Bill Smyth on Kelvin-Helmholtz Turbulence in Complex Environments.

Interests
  • Ocean Mixing
  • Stratified Shear Flows
  • Flow-topography Interactions
  • Internal Waves
Education

  • PhD in Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric Sciences, 2019-2023

    Oregon State University

  • MSc in Physical Oceanography, 2015-2017

    National Taiwan University

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
February 2024 – February 2026 Irvine, USA
This role aims to understand the primary steady energy pathway from barotropic tides to the internal wave continuum, ultimately to small-scale irreversible mixing. It also involves developing a parameterization method that accounts for the spatial variation of internal wave breaking efficiency and irreversible mixing efficiency.
 
 
 
 
 
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment Summer School
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
September 2023 – September 2023 Cambridge, UK
Two weeks of intense fluid dynamics-related lectures, and laboratory and numerical experiments followed by a numerical group project presentation
 
 
 
 
 
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
September 2019 – November 2023 Corvallis, USA
Under the supervision of Bill Smyth and collaboration with Alexis Kaminski. The project includes studying the impact on shear instability and turbulence under three conditions: (1) altering the initial random noise (butterfly effect), (2) when a stratified shear layer is near a solid boundary, and (3) when a stratified shear layer is close to another shear layer.
 
 
 
 
 
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Faculty Research Assistant
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
October 2018 – September 2019 Taipei, Taiwan

  • Involved in the project titled “Development of Shipwreck Drifting and Oil Pollution Forecasting Technology” with the Central Weather Bureau, employing a 3D nested model for analysis.

  • Utilized a 2D model to investigate the interactions between the Kuroshio current and the I-Lan Ridge, situated east of Taiwan. Moreover, took part in a research cruise dedicated to measuring turbulence.

 
 
 
 
 
Substitute Military Service (Obligatory Service)
October 2017 – October 2018 Chiayi, Taiwan
Provide care for elderly retirees in a nursing home
 
 
 
 
 
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Graduate Research Assistant
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
September 2015 – August 2017 Taipei, Taiwan
I was in Ming-Huei Chang’s group. My project was about island wake modeling but I was also heavily involved in field observations (participating 8 research cruises in the Phillipine Sea and South China Sea)

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