Alexander Soloviev

Affiliation

Nova Southeastern University's Dept. of Marine and Environmental Sciecnes

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Biography

Alexander V. Soloviev, PhD, D.Sc., MBA Dr. Alex Soloviev is a Professor at Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Center and the Lead of the Physical Oceanography Laboratory. He teaches graduate courses and conducts research at NSU since 1996. He was previously a Visiting Scientist at the University of Hawaii and the University of Hamburg and a Scientist in the two leading institutions of the former Soviet Academy of Sciences: P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology and A.M. Oboukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Alex has participated in major oceanographic experiments (POLYMODE, JASIN, FGGE, TOGA COARE, GASEX, CARTHE) and is currently involved in the study of air-sea interactions under tropical cyclone conditions. He periodically presents his work at national and international conferences. Alex is the author and co-author of more than 75 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals and 4 patented inventions. In co-authorship with Prof. Roger Lukas from the University of Hawaii, he wrote a monograph The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean: Structure, Dynamics, and Applications, published by Springer in two editions, in 2006 and 2014. Alex is a naturalized US citizen. He received his Engineering Degree in Thermodynamics and Hydromechanics of the Ocean from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1976 and the Ph.D. and (D.Sc.) Habilitation in Physics and Mathematics from the former Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1979 and 1992, respectively. In 2010, he received an Executive MBA degree from the University of Florida. Dr. Soloviev has been PI and co-PI on research projects funded by the US Federal Government, US Navy, the State of Florida, and private industries.