Kay McMonigal
They/them/their
Assistant Professor
Physical Oceanography
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2150 Koyukuk Drive
Suite 129 O'Neill Bldg.
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
ktmcmonigal@alaska.edu
Ph.D. Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
2020
Northwestern University
B.A. Math and Earth and Planetary Sciences
2015
PUBLICATIONS LIST HERE
- Large scale physical oceanography
- Indian Ocean
- Climate change
- Ocean heat transport
- Climate variability
My research focuses on the ways in which ocean currents have changed and are expected to change due to climate change, as well as the effects of changing ocean currents. A combination of in situ observations and climate models are used to address these questions. By redistributing heat and freshwater, changing ocean currents can feed back onto local, regional, and global climate impacts. Improving our quantifications and projections of such processes is essential for climate change mitigation.
- Mary Roche Scholarship, University of Miami, 2019
- Seymour Schlanger Undergraduate Earth Science Award, Northwestern University, 2015
- Academic All-Big Ten Student Athlete, Northwestern University, 2012
- The Oceanography Society
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
- UNOLS
- US GO-SHIP