Georgy Shapiro

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Professor Georgy Shapiro

Professor In Physical Oceanography
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

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The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Georgy's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below WaterGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Georgy

Head of Plymouth Ocean Forecasting Centre

Professor in Physical Oceanography;

Teaching on BSc and MSc courses

Member of CENORE Steering Committee 

Supervised Research Degrees

  • 1987, Andrey Gennadievich Kostianoy, PhD thesis title "Laboratory modelling of intra-thermocline eddies and slow density currents"
  • 1990, Meschanov Sergei Leonidivich, PhD thesis title: "The structure of large scale intrusions and quasi-stationary frontal zones based on observational data"
  • 1993, Mikhail Viktorovich Emelianov, PhD thesis title: "Meso-scale and small-scale structure of frontal zones in the Antarctic Ocean"
  • 2004, Laurent Latche, PhD, thesis title: "Analysis of water mass distribution and circulation in the White Sea, Russia"
  • 2005, Cecilia Enriquez Ortiz, PhD, thesis title: "Mesoscale circulation in the Black Sea: A study combining numerical modelling and observations"
  • 2008, Clare O'Neil, PhD, thesis title: "A study of dense water formation over Rockall Bank"
  • 2013, Fred Wobus, PhD thesis title: "The dynamics of dense water cascades: from laboratory scales to the Arctic Ocean"
  • 2014, Feng Chen, PhD thesis title: “Effect of Mesoscale Variability of Water Masses on Acoustic Wave Propagation in a Shallow Sea” 
  • 2017, Ali Saif Ali Saleh Almehrezi, PhD thesis title: "Local meteorology and its effect on electromagnetic wave propagation over the southern coast of the Arabian Gulf"

Teaching

BSc, The Global Ocean (module leader) 2000-2015; 

BSc, Shelf Seas and Estuaries (module leader) 2000-present;

BSc, Modelling the Marine Environment, 2005-2015;

MSc, Modelling Marine Processes, 2015-present;

MSc, Contemporary Issues in Marine Science 2015-present;

CPD, Advanced Oceanography of Shallow Seas, Remote Sensing and Modelling (program leader), 2016-present;

CPD, Advanced Ocean Dynamics, Optics, Acoustics and Programming (program leader), 2016-present;

CPD, Ocean Modelling, (program leader), 2016-present;

CPD, Intermediate Ocean Science, (program leader), 2016-present;

CPDM, Basic Oceanography and Meteorology (module leader), 2015-present;

CPDM, Dynamical Oceanography, (module leader), 2015-present;

CPDM, Underwater Light and Sound, (module leader), 2016-present; 

CPDM, Introduction to Ocean Modelling, (module leader), 2016-present

Contact Georgy

Room 105, Reynolds, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 584721