Daniel Dauhajre
UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
ddauhajre@atmos.ucla.edu
I am a PhD Candidate in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) Department at UCLA. Broadly, my research investigates forms of coastal ocean circulation. Specifically, I am interested in submesoscale variability on the continental shelf. I am advised by Professor James C. McWilliams and mainly work with ROMS (Regional Oceanic Modeling System).
I graduated in 2011 from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. While my undergraduate career was heavily filled with medically-based classes, I always had a sense that I wanted to work on scientific and social utility problems that had a physical scope greater than the human body. I have always been mesmerized by the vastness of nature since I was a child and in particular have been drawn to the ocean since as far as I can remember; the ocean is one of the only things I can really stare at for hours on end. While at USC, I sought out research positions that would help feed these interests, yet stayed in biomedical engineering due to the broad nature of the course work. The research I did at USC was an invaluable experience and it helped me decide that I specifically wanted to work on dynamical aspects of oceanography.
I was raised in South Florida and lived there for 17 years until I moved to LA for college. I have lived in Los Angeles since 2007 and I cannot think of a better city live in at this point in my life. Along with my academic and professional content on this site you can also get a glimpse into some of my hobbies. I try to spend as much of my spare time as possible surfing and generally try to be at the beach or outside when I'm not working. I have recently set a goal to hand-shape the rest of my surfboards for the foreseeable future (some of which I'll post here).
Contact
- Looking to do an outreach event with the AOS department or have any inquiries about outreach events, please feel free to email me.
- Any prospective UCLA AOS (or any other graduate programs) students don't hesitate to drop me an email as well. I know the application process can be somewhat intimidating and I am more than happy to tell you about our department and offer any advice I can on the application process.
- Any undergraduates who are interested or curious about research please fee free to email me as well as I know first-hand what it is like to find research positions as an undergraduate.
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