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a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on
environmental luid mechanics, ocean and coastal wave phenomena, low-structure inter-
actions, tsunami induced scour, wind turbulence, structure control (tuned liquid dampers),
physical processes in lakes and oceans, and tsunami hazard mitigation.
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Claudia Mengelt is a senior program oficer with the Ocean Studies Board. After complet-
ing her B.S. in aquatic biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she received her
M.S. in biological oceanography from the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at
Oregon State University. Her master's degree research focused on how chemical and physical
parameters in the surface ocean affect Antarctic phytoplankton species composition and con-
sequently impact biogeochemical cycles. She obtained her Ph.D. in marine sciences from the
University of California, Santa Barbara, where she conducted research on the photophysiology
of harmful algal bloom species. She joined the full-time staff of the National Academies' Board
on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) in the fall of 2005 following a fellowship with
the same group in the winter of 2005. While with the Academies, she has worked on studies
including the Analysis of Global Change Assessments (2007), Strategic Guidance for the NSF's Sup-
port of Atmospheric Sciences (2007), Earth Observations from Space: The First 50 Years of Scientiic
Achievements (2007), and Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change (2010).
Susan Park was a senior program oficer with the Ocean Studies Board until the end of 2009.
She received her Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Delaware in 2004. Dr. Park was
a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Graduate Policy Fellow with the Ocean Studies
Board in 2002 and joined the staff in 2006. She worked on several reports, including Nonnative
Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay , Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods , Dynamic Changes
in Marine Ecosystems , A Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy ,
and Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century . Prior to joining the Ocean Studies Board, she
spent time working on aquatic invasive species management with the Massachusetts Ofice of
Coastal Zone Management and the Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel. She is currently
assistant director for research at Virginia Sea Grant.
Deborah Glickson is a program oficer with the Ocean Studies Board. She received an M.S. in
geology from Vanderbilt University in 1999 and a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of
Washington in 2007. Her doctoral research focused on magmatic and tectonic contributions to
mid-ocean ridge evolution and hydrothermal activity at the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de
Fuca Ridge. Deborah was a Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow and worked on coastal and
ocean policy and legislation in the U.S. Senate. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she was a research associ-
ate in physical oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She joined the National
Academies staff in 2008 and has worked on Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop,
Science at Sea: Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet, and
Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrates in the United States in addition to this report.