Karl Helfrich

Karl R. Helfrich is an American physical oceanographer.

Helfrich earned his bachelor's of science degree in engineering from Duke University in 1979. He completed a master's of science degree and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1985, respectively. He is a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, serving as J. S. Johnson Chair as Education Coordinator from 2001 to 2006, and was H. B. Bigelow Chair for Excellence in Oceanography between 2014 and 2017.[1] In 2001, Helfrich was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society "[f]or laboratory, analytical, numerical, and observational contributions to understanding waves, hydraulic control, abyssal ocean circulation, thermals, plumes, viscous fingering and other areas of geophysical fluid dynamics."[2]

References
  1. "Dr. Karl R. Helfrich". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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