David Marshall (academic)

For other people of the same name, see David Marshall (disambiguation).
David Marshall
Born 13 July 1968
London
Education Imperial College London
Occupation Physical oceanographer

David Marshall is Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of Oxford and head of the sub-department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics.[1][2] From 2008 to 2012 he was co-director of the 21st Century Ocean Institute[2][3] within the Oxford Martin School. He was awarded the 2014 Appleton Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics for "fundamental contributions to understanding the fluid dynamics of the global ocean circulation".[4]

Marshall studied at Imperial College London and then spent three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3] He returned to the UK to establish the Physical Oceanography Group at the University of Reading, before moving to the University of Oxford in 2007.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "David Marshall: Professor and Head of AOPP". Department of Physics, University of Oxford. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  2. 1 2 "Professor David Marshall". Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "The 21st Century Ocean Institute". Oxford Martin School. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
  4. ↑ "2014 Appleton medal and prize". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2015-03-20.


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