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Personal bio
Leif Thomas received his Bachelors degree in Physics from University of California Santa Barbara in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Washington in 2003. Before joining the Stanford faculty in 2008, Leif held a joint appointment at the Applied Physics Laboratory and the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington (2004-2005) as a Research Associate, and in 2005 joined the Department of Physical Oceanography of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts as an Assistant Scientist. A native of California, Leif has been an avid bodyboarder since childhood and has a passion for all things Physics and for the ocean. Currently teaching
ESS 65N: How to make a tornado (and other flows in the atmosphere and ocean)
(Winter)
EARTHSYS 297: Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) EARTHSYS 199: Honors Program in Earth Systems (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) EARTHSYS 250: Directed Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) EARTHSYS 299: M.S. Thesis (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) ENVRES 398: Directed Reading in Environment and Resources (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) ENVRES 399: Directed Research in Environment and Resources (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) ESS 400: Graduate Research (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) |