CURRICULUM VITAE: Julia Chefter Levin
Present Position and Address: Associate Research Professor,
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71
Dudley Rd, New Brunswick NJ, 08901
Tel: (848) 932-3424, Fax: (732) 932-8578
e-mail:
julia@imcs.rutgers.edu
webpage: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~levinj ,
http://marine.rutgers.edu/faculty_jlevin.html
Education:
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PhD(App.Math), Columbia University, 1995;
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MS, Columbia University, 1992;
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BS(App.Math), Moscow Oil and Gas Academy, 1988.
Fields of Research Interest:
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ocean modeling;
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data assimilation;
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computational fluid dynamics and numerical analysis;
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large-scale scientific computing.
Experience:
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Rutgers University, associate research professor, April 2011 - present.
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Rutgers University, assistant research professor, February 2001 -
April 2011.
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Rutgers University, postdoctoral research associate, November 1997 -
February 2001. Work with D. Haidvogel and
M. Iskandarani. Ocean model development and application to studying
idealized and realistic ocean processes.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rutgers University,
postdoctoral research associate, November 1995-November 1997. Work with
Prof. D.Haidvogel and Prof. P.Rizzoli on ocean modeling and data
assimilation with SEOM and SCRUM models.
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Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering
(ICASE), NASA Langley Research Center, visiting scientist, December
1994 - January 1995. Work with Prof. D.Keyes on the domain
decomposition methods on composite grids and on some issues of
parallel distributed computing.
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Los Alamos National Lab, Center for Nonlinear Studies, visiting
scientist,
July-August 1994. Summer project with Dr. J.Dendy on
time-parallel multigrid, data-parallel programming;
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Russian State Center of Automation Research, programmer analyst,
1988-1991. Data bases on local networks;
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Moscow Institute of Mechanics, internship in summer 1987 and 1988,
part-time during semesters. Project with Prof. V. Entov on the
modeling of two-phase flow through porous media using percolation
theory.
Publications:
- X. Wang, Y. Chao, D.R. Thompson, S.A. Chien, J. Farrara, P. Li, Q. Vu,
H. Zhang, J.C. Levin, A. Gangopadhyay, "Multi-model
ensemble forecasting and glider path planning in the Mid-Atlantic
Bight", Continental Shelf Research, in press
- H.G. Arango, J.C. Levin , E.N. Curchitser, B. Zhang,
A.M. Moore, W. Han, A.L.Gordon, C. Lee, J.B. Girton, "Development of a
Hindcast/Forecast Model for the Philippine Archipelago", Oceanography,
24(1), 2011, 58-69
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W.G. Zhang, J.L. Wilkin, J.C. Levin , "Towards an integrated
observation and modeling system in the New York Bight using
variational methods, Part II: Representer-based observing system
design", Ocean Modelling, 35(3), 2010, 134-145
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I.I. Rypina, L.J. Pratt, J. Pullen, J. Levin, A. Gordon,
"Chaotic
advection in an archipelago", Journal of Physical Oceanography,
40(9), 2010, 1988-2006
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W.G. Zhang, J.L. Wilkin, J.C. Levin , H.G. Arango, "An Adjoint
Sensitivity Study of Bouyancy- and Wind-driven Circulation on the New
Jersey Inner Shelf", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39(7), 2009,
1652-1668
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W.Han, A.M.Moore, J.C.Levin , B.Zhang, H.G.Arango,
E.Curchitser, E.DiLorenzo, A.Gordon, J.Lin, "Seasonal surface ocean
circulation and dynamics in the Philippine Archipelago region during
2004-2008", Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 47, 2009, 114-137
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J.C. Muccino, H.G. Arango, A.B. Bennett, B.S. Chua, B.D. Cornuelle,
E. DiLorenzo, G.D. Egbert, D.B. Haidvogel, L. Hao, J.C. Levin,
A.J. Miller, A.M. Moore, E.D. Zaron "The Inverse Ocean Modeling
System. II: Applications", Journal of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Technology, 25(9), 2008, 1623-1637
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D.B. Haidvogel, H. Arango, W.P. Budgell, B.D. Cornuelle, E. Curchitser,
E. Di Lorenzo, K. Fennel, W.R. Geyer, A.J. Hermann, L. Lanerolle,
J.C. Levin, J.C. McWilliams, A.J. Miller, A.M. Moore, T.M.
Powell,
A.F. Shchepetkin, C.R. Sherwood, R.P. Signell, J.C. Warner, J. Wilkin
"Ocean Forecasting in Terrain-following Coordinates:
Formulation and Skill Assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System",
Journal of
Computational Physics, 227, 2008, 3595-3624
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A.J. Miller, D.J. Neilson, D.S. Luther, M.C. Hendershott,
B.D. Cornuelle, P.F. Worcester, M.A. Dzieciuch, B.D. Dushaw,
B.M. Howe, J.C. Levin, H.G. Arango and D.B. Haidvogel
"Barotropic Rossby wave radiation from a model Gulf Stream", Geophysical
Research Letters, 34, 2007, L23613, doi:10.1029/2007GL031937
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J. Levin, M. Iskandarani, D.B. Haidvogel "To Continue or
Discontinue:
Comparisons of Continuous and Discontinuous Galerkin Formulations in a
Spectral Element Ocean Model, Ocean Modeling, 15, 2006, 56-70
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K. Fennel, J. Wilkin, J. Levin, J. Moisan, J. O'Reilly, D.
Haidvogel
"Nitrogen Cycling in the Mid Atlantic Bight and implication for the
North Atlantic nitrogen budget: Results from a three-dimensional
model", Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 20, 2006, GB3007,
doi:10.1029/2005GB002456
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J. Levin, D.B. Haidvogel, B. Chua, A.F.Bennett, M. Iskandarani
"Euler-Lagrange Equations for the Spectral Element Shallow Water
System", Ocean Modeling, 12, 2006, 348-377
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M. Iskandarani, J. Levin, B-J Choi, D.B. Haidvogel
"Comparison of Advection Schemes for high order $h-p$ Finite Element and
Finite Volume Methods", Ocean
Modeling, 10, 2005, 233-252
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B-J Choi, M. Iskandarani, J. Levin and D.B. Haidvogel
"A spectral finite volume method for the shallow water equations",
Monthly Weather Review, 132, 2004, 1777-1791
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M. Iskandarani, D. Haidvogel, and J. Levin, "A three-dimentional
spectral element model for the solution of the hydrostatic primitive
equations", Journal of Computational Physics,186(2), 2003, 397-425
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M. Iskandarani, D. Haidvogel, J. Levin, E. Curchitser, C.
Edwards,
"Multi-Scale Geophysical Modeling Using the Spectral Element
Method", Computing in Science and Engineering, 4(5),2002,42-48.
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O. Le Matre, J. Levin, M. Iskandarani, O. Knio, "A Multiscale
Pressure Splitting of the Shallow Water Equations. I. Formulation and 1D
Tests", Journal of
Computational Physics, 166, 2001,116-151
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J. Levin, M. Iskandarani, D. Haidvogel, "A Nonconforming Spectral
Element Ocean Model", International Journal for Numerical Methods
in Fluids, 34(6), 2000, 495-525
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J. Levin, M. Iskandarani, D. Haidvogel, "A Spectral Filtering
Procedure for Eddy-Resolving Simulations with a Spectral Element Ocean
Model", Journal of Computational Physics, 13(1),1997,130-154
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J.G.Chefter, C.K.Chu, D.E.Keyes, "Domain
Decomposition for the Shallow Water Equations", 485-490, in Domain
Decomposition Methods in Scientific and Engineering Computing, D.E.
Keyes, J. Xu,
(eds), AMS, Providence, 1994.
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J.G.Chefter, V.M.Entov, "Two-Phase Flow Modeling Using
Percolation
Theory", (Russian), 96-100, in Dynamics of multiphase flows,
Novosibirsk, 1989.