I am mostly interested in the development of effective and efficient numerical
methods for the solution of physical systems described by partial differential equations.
I am currently focused on the development of numerical methods for ocean
modeling, at both small and large scales with the objective of improving
the physical integrity of numerical solutions.
During my PhD, I was involved with the SLIM
(Second-generation
Louvain-la-Neuve
Ice-ocean Model)
project, aiming at building an unstructured-mesh, finite-element ice-ocean global
circulation
model. This class of models are named 'second-generation models'
as opposed to 'first-generation models' based on structured grids and,
most often, finite differences. An overview of the project can be found here. I was in charge of designing
a consistent and conservative three-dimensional spatial discretization
on a moving mesh (see White et al. (2008) Mon. Wea. Rev.).
As a postdoc at NOAA/GFDL, I am working on the vertical
coordinate system of the ocean component of the GFDL Climate Model, switching
from a quasi-isopynic to a generalized coordinate system.
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