Professional

Lecturer, Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre (2012-present)

Senior Research Fellow, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK (2009-2012)

Education

PhD Oceanography, University of Washington (2009). Advisor: Peter Rhines. Dissertation: The spring phytoplankton bloom and vertical velocities in the stratified and deeply convecting Labrador Sea, as observed by Seagliders.

M.Sc. Applied Mathematics, University of Washington (2009).

M.Sc. Oceanography, University of Washington (2005). Advisor: Eric Kunze. Topic: Bispectral analysis of internal waves.

A.B. Applied Math with honors, Harvard University (2002).

Awards and Honors

Outstanding student talk award, AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences (2008)
Huckabay Teaching Fellowship (2008)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2004-2007)
Woods Hole Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship (summer 2004)
NDSEG Graduate Research Fellowship (2002-2004)
UW Program on Climate Change fellowship (summer 2002)

Teaching Experience

PhD supervision: Primary advisor for Louis Clement on "Impact of waves and eddies on the ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26N" (Univ of Southampton, Oct 2010 - present)

Graduate supervision: Primary advisor for Natalia Castro (Univ of Southampton, MSc 2011), Elaine Dickins (Univ of Southampton, MSc 2011); Louis Clement (Univ of Southampton, MSc 2010), Chris Hughes (Univ of Southampton, MSc 2010)

Summer student supervision: Primary advisor for Luke Sheldon (Oxford University, summer 2010)

Instructor, University of Washington, Oceanography 506c. Communicating with Figures: Principles and Practice. A graduate course in scientific communication. I proposed, designed, and taught a workshop-style course based loosely on Tufte's books on statistical graphic design. Course participants continued to meet twice monthly for 5 months following the course. (spring 2008)

Teaching assistant, University of Washington, Applied Math/Atmospheric Sciences 505/Oceanography 512: Intro to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. A graduate course in fluid dynamics. I designed and led biweekly experimental fluids laboratories, gave section lectures, and graded weekly assignments for 24 graduate students. (fall 2003)

Course assistant, Harvard University, Math 1b: Calculus. An undergraduate course in calculus, series and differential equations. I led weekly problem sessions, held weekly office hours and graded triweekly assignments for 21 undergraduate students. Received a "Certificate of Distinction" for teaching. (spring 2000)

Cruise experience

• R/V Knorr, RAPID western boundary moorings recovery and redeploy. UK PSO: Responsible for UK moorings recovery and redeploy. CS: Bill Johns, RSMAS, Miami, FL. (3 weeks, April--May 2011)
• RRS Discovery, RAPID eastern boundary and mid-Atlantic ridge moorings recovery and redeploy. Responsible for moored instrument setup, download, distribution in array. PSO: Stuart Cunningham, NOCS, Southampton, UK. (4 weeks, December 2010--January 2011)
• R/V Wecoma, Internal Waves and Mixing on the Near-Critical Oregon Continental Slope. CTDs and XCP deployment; CTD processing. PIs: Jonathan Nash, Eric Kunze and Matthew Alford, OSU, Corvallis, OR and APL, Seattle, WA. (2 weeks, September 2005)
• R/V Wecoma, Hawaiian Ocean Mixing Experiment. AVP deployment and recovery, XCP deployment. PIs: Tom Sanford, Eric Kunze and Craig Lee, APL, Seattle, WA, USA. (3 weeks, August 2002)
• R/V Revelle, Juan de Fuca Ridge. CTD watch, radiosonde balloons. PI: Fred Speiss, Scripps, La Jolla, CA. (2 weeks, July 2000)

Service

• Reviewer for: Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research, Deep Sea Research, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Geophysical Research Letters
• Co-Organizer of the Physical Oceanography and Climate Seminar (NOC) (2010--2011)
• Organized StuPOR (Student Physical Oceanography educational Retreat) twice, Friday Harbor, WA (2003, 2009)
• Organizing committee for GCCC (Graduate Climate Change Conference), Pack Forest, WA (2008)
• Student Faculty representative, College of Ocean and Fisheries Science, University of Washington (2008)

Seminars and Invited Talks

• 2011: Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie seminar, Hamburg, Germany.
• 2010: Imperial College London; University of Liverpool; POETS seminar, NOCS, UK.
• 2009: Physical Oceanography and Climate Seminar, NOCS; Physical Oceanography seminar, University of Washington; ESSAS 2009 Annual Science meeting, (invited talk); Physical Oceanography Seminar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA.

Refereed Publications

1. Frajka-Williams, E., Eriksen, C. C., Rhines, P. B., Harcourt, R. R. (2011). Determining Vertical Water Velocities from Seaglider*. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol 28(12):1641--1656. doi: 10.1175/2011JTECHO830.1.
2. Frajka-Williams, E., Cunningham, S. A., Bryden, H. L., King, B. A. (2011). Variability of Antarctic Bottom Water at 24.5 deg N in the Atlantic*. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Vol 116, C11026, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007168.
3. Rayner, D., Hirschi, J. J.-M., Kanzow, T., Johns, W. E., Wright, P. G., Frajka-Williams, E., Bryden, H. L., Meinen, C. M., Baringer, M. O., Marotzke, J., Beal, L. M., Cunningham, S. A. (2011). Monitoring the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation*. Deep-Sea Research II, Vol 58, 1744--1753. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.056.
4. Frajka-Williams, E., Rhines, P. B. (2010). Physical controls and interannual variability of the Labrador Sea spring phytoplankton bloom in distinct regions* [or preprint (1.5MB)]. Deep Sea Research I, Vol 57:4, 541--552. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.01.003.
5. Frajka-Williams, E., Rhines, P. B., Eriksen, C. (2009). Physical controls and mesoscale variability in the Labrador Sea spring phytoplankton bloom observed by Seaglider* [or preprint (2.9MB)]. Deep Sea Research I, Vol 56:12, 2144--2161. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.008.
6. Barros, A. P., Kim, G., Williams, E., and Nesbitt, S. W. (2004). Probing Orographic Controls in the Himalayas during the Monsoon using Satellite Imagery (7 MB). Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences, Vol 4, 29--51.

*requires journal subscription

In preparation

1. Frajka-Williams, E., Rhines, P. B., Kunze, E., Eriksen, C. C., Critical Layers in a Stratified Eddy surrounded by Deep Convection.
2. Frajka-Williams, E., Rhines, P. B., Eriksen, C., High-resolution observations of deep convection by Seaglider: Hydrography and Vertical velocity.
3. Frajka-Williams, E., MacKinnon, J., Kunze, E., Bispectral identification of energy transfer by internal wave-wave interactions.

Non-refereed Publications

1. Frajka-Williams, E. (2011). RAPID: Monitoring the meridional overturning circulation at 26 deg N (1.4 MB). Ocean Challenge, Vol 18, 14--18.
2. Baringer, M. O., Kanzow, T. O., Meinen, C. S., Cunningham, S. A., Rayner, D., Johns, W. E., Bryden, H. L., Frajka-Williams, E., Hirschi, J. J-M., Chidichimo, M. P., Beal, L. M. and Marotzke, J. (2011). Meridional Overturning Circulation Observations in the Subtropical North Atlantic (1.5 MB), in State of the Climate in 2010, Blunden, J., D. S. Arndt, M. O. Baringer (eds.), Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 92, S95--S98. doi: 10.1175/1520-0477-92.6.S1.
3. Frajka-Williams, E. (2009). The spring phytoplankton bloom and vertical velocities in the stratified and deeply convecting Labrador Sea, as observed by Seagliders. Ph. D. dissertation. University of Washington, Seattle.
4. Martini, K., Frajka-Williams, E., Mouw, C. (2009). Conference Report| The Pattullo Conference: Building Community through Mentoring (0.1 MB). Oceanography Magazine, Vol 22, 226--227.
5. Frajka Williams, E. (2004). Convection in a Fluid Loop (3 MB). 2004 Proceedings of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, with Raffaele Ferrari.

Selected Conference Abstracts

1. E. Frajka-Williams, S. Cunningham, H. Bryden, W. Johns, M. Baringer, J. Hirschi, C. Meinen, D. Rayner (2011). Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Towards a decade-long time series of observations at RAPID-MOCHA 26N. WCRP Open Science Conference in Denver, CO, USA. [poster (2.9 MB)]
2. E. Frajka-Williams, S. Cunningham, J. Hirsci, H. Bryden, T. Kanzow (2011). Covariability of the Gulf Stream with return flow at 26N in the RAPID moored array. IUGG in Melbourne, Australia.
3. E. Frajka-Williams, S. A. Cunningham, J. Hirschi, Harry Bryden (2010). Variability of Antarctic Bottom Water at 26N in the Atlantic. Challenger Society Biennial Conference for Marine Science, Southampton, UK.
4. E. Frajka Williams, P. B. Rhines, C. Eriksen, R. R. Harcourt (2010). A climatology of vertical velocities in the Labrador Sea, from Seaglider. ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences, Portland, Oregon.
5. E. Frajka Williams, P. B. Rhines, C. Eriksen (2008). The role of freshwater advection, subpolar circulation and ice in the spring phytoplankton blooms in the Labrador Sea. ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences, Orlando, Florida. *Outstanding Student Talk award
6. E. Frajka Williams, E. L. Kunze, J. A. MacKinnon, K. B. Winters (2006). Bispectra of Internal Tides. AGU Ocean Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii.
7. J. D. Nash, M. H. Alford, E. Kunze, K. Martini, S. Kelly, E. Frajka Williams (2006). Hotspots of Deep Mixing on the Oregon Continental Slope. AGU Ocean Sciences, Honlulu, Hawaii.
8. E. Frajka Williams, J. MacKinnon, E. Kunze (2005). Parametric Subharmonic Instability and Bispectra of Internal Tides. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
9. E. Frajka Williams, R.Ferrari (2004). Convection in a Fluid Loop: Sensitive to Boundary Conditions. American Physical Society, Seattle.
10. E. Frajka Williams, E. Kunze, J. MacKinnon (2004). Bispectral Techniques to Identify Parametric Subharmonic Instability in Oceanic Internal Waves. SCOR IAPSO conference on Mixing, Victoria, BC, Canada.
11. E. Williams, E. Kunze (2003). Instability at HOME. Hawaiian Ocean Mixing Experiment workshop, Mt. Hood, OR, USA.
12. E. Williams, Ana Barros (2002). Temporal and Spatial Variability of Cloud Formation over the Himalayas. European Geophysical Sciences Meeting, Nice, France.

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union
Challenger Society for Marine Science
American Physical Society