Dr. François W. Primeau Associate Professor of Earth System Science Room 240J Rowland Hall University of California Irvine, CA 92697-3100 Phone: (949) 824-9435 Fax: (949) 824-3874 Email: fprimeau@uci.edu

We are interested in the ocean's role in the climate of the Earth. The ocean plays a determining role in the variability of the climate system on inter-annual to millennial timescales. We use global observations and a hierarchy of ocean models together with advanced computational and mathematical techniques to study the ocean. Our current research is directed in three broad areas: (1) the surface-to-surface transport and ventilation of ocean water masses (2) inter-annual to decadal variability of the ocean's wind-driven circulation (3) global ocean biogeochemical cycles.