Associate Professor, Oceanography
Ecosystem Modelling, Tropical Oceanography, El Nino, and Ocean Carbon Cycle
Ph.D. Duke University, 1995
Personal and Business Data:
Place of Birth: Tianjin , China
Marital Status: Married with one son
Home Address: 9 Frost Lane, Orono , ME 04473 , USA
School of Marine Sciences Telephone: (207) 581-4317
5706 Aubert Hall Fax: (207) 581-4388
University of Maine E-mail : fchai@maine.edu
Orono , ME 04469 -5706, USA http://www.marine.maine.edu/
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Present Positions:
Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
Associate Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Education:
Ph.D. 1995 Duke University (Ph.D. advisor: Prof. Richard T. Barber)
M. A. 1991 Princeton University ( M. A. advisor: Prof. S. George Philander)
B. S. 1984 Shandong College of Oceanology ( Ocean University of China )
Professional Experience:
2002 - Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
2002 - Associate Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
10/02 - 3/03 Visiting Professor, Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Research Center , Nagoya University , Japan
1996 - 2001 Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine
5/99 - 8/99 Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
1994 - 1996 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, UMaine
1991 - 1994 Graduate Research Assistant, School of the Environment, Duke Univ.
1992 - 1993 Summer Intern, North Carolina Supercomputing Center
1988 - 1991 Research Assistant, AOS Program, Princeton University
1987 - 1988 Research Scientist, National Oceanic Data Center , China
Teaching Experience:
"Introduction to Oceanography", University of Maine
"Marine System Modeling", University of Maine
"Advanced Readings in Oceanography", University of Maine
"Marine Science Seminars", University of Maine
Scholarships and Honors:
Harvey W. Smith Fellowship in Oceanography at Duke University, 1991-94
Cray Fellow at Cray Research Inc. and North Carolina Supercomputing Center, 1992-94
Societies and Affiliations:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The Oceanography Society (TOS)
Chinese American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (COAA)
Reviewer for:
Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans
Deep Sea Research
Geophysical Research Letters
Limnology and Oceanography
Proceedings of the Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Dynamics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
National Science Foundation
National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( U.S. EPA)
DIACES Symposium Application Review Committee
Research Interests:
• Developing and testing physical-biological models for the Pacific Ocean and coastal seas, with focus on the upwelling regions such as the equatorial Pacific, the coast of Peru , California Coastal Upwelling, the South China Sea , the Taiwan Strait , and the Gulf of Maine ;
• Studying the nutrient transport from the interior ocean to the surface by the ocean circulation and mixing processes, and their impacts on carbon cycle;
• Collecting physical and biological observational data for validating model results;
• Studying the role of iron in global productivity and carbon cycle; and Asian dust activities;
• Using state-of-the-art supercomputing power for the large-scale and coastal ocean models;
• Role of the ocean in determining global climate change;
• Investigating anthropogenic inputs on global climate and coastal environment.
Research Cruise Experience:
Participant on 9 cruises, a total of 134 days at sea.
East China Sea : 1983, 14 days
Yellow Sea : 1986, 10 days
Equatorial Pacific: 1992, 30 days
Gulf of Maine : 1994, 3 days
Arabian Sea : 1995, 32 days
Gulf of Maine : 1995, 3 days
Equatorial Pacific: 1996, 40 days
Gulf of Maine : 1996, 2 days
Pearl River Estuary: 1999, 8 days
