Hyodae Seo

Hyodae Seo

Associate Professor

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Dr. Hyodae Seo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oceanography and an Associate Director of the Uehiro Center for the Advancement of Oceanography. He is a physical oceanographer and climate scientist with a broad range of research and teaching interests in ocean and atmospheric processes and their coupled interactions relating to weather and climate. He combines high-resolution coupled modeling with theories of geophysical fluid dynamics and analyses of in situ and satellite observations to better understand the ocean-atmosphere coupled boundary layer processes, improve their representation in numerical models, and evaluate their influence on ocean, weather, and climate. Dr. Seo actively contributes to developing sustaining and sustainable ocean observing strategies and strives to engage the public around the issues related to ocean, extreme weather, climate, and ocean-based renewable energy research. The latest CV can be found here.

Interests
  • Air-Sea Interaction
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Synoptic Meteorology
  • Tropical Meteorology
  • Micrometeorology
  • Ocean Dynamics
  • Ocean Mesoscale Processes
  • Surface Waves
  • Air-Sea Fluxes
  • Regional Coupled Modeling
  • Numerical Methods
  • Offshore Wind Energy
Education
  • Associate Professor (Tenured), 2024-

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

  • Tenure-track, Tenured, and Senior Scientist, 2010-2024

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • NOAA C&GC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and UCLA

  • PhD in Oceanography, 2002-2007

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

  • BS in Atmospheric Sciences, 2002

    Yonsei University, South Korea