Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Earth and Atmospheric Science
INFORMATION ABOUT

Dr. Annalisa Bracco

Assistant Professor

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340

Office: ES&T, Room 3256
Phone: 404-894-1749
Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: annalisa@eas.gatech.edu

Website: http://www.o3d.org/abracco

Education

  • Ph.D., Geophysics and Geology, University of Genova, 2001
  • B.S., Physics and Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Torino, 1995

Awards

  • NSF Student and Young Scientist Award Grant, 2001
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Award at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, 2000

Research Interests

  • Ocean mesoscale dynamics: Coherent structures and their role in setting transport and mixing properties of passive (for example floats) and active (i.e plankton) tracers
  • Climate variability and the role of the oceans at interannual and decadal scales