Sebastian Essink
Ocean Scientist | Measurements, Sensors and Data | Ocean Modeling | Venturing into Ocean-based Climate Solutions
- Role
- Climate Team Member at Climate Drift
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sebastian Essink
Ocean scientist with 15 years of experience measuring physical and biological ocean processes, analyzing complex datasets, developing numerical ocean simulations, and communicating scientific findings. secured ~$3M in research funding from NSF and ONR participated and/or lead 10+ research cruises on national/international ships authored 5+ peer-reviewed publications and presented 50+ talks/lectures at conferences/meetings lead teams of 2-5 people in research and engineering taught college-level oceanography and guest grad school lectures, mentored 5 undergraduate and graduate students Venturing into marine decarbonization and ocean-based solutions, marine CDR and marine renewable energy. Research Focus: mixed layer dynamics, material transport and dispersion, biological patchiness, internal waves, flow-topography interactions, turbulence and mixing.
Experience
Climate Team Member
Jun 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Deep-dive into Ocean-based Climate SolutionsResearch focus: marine CDR, ocean power incl. offshore wind and solar, ocean cleanup, decarbonizing shippingLearning and networking with investors and operators in climate solutions such as circular economy, transportation, energy, industry, food and agriculture, carbon removal, built environment
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2013 — 2019
University of Hamburg
Bachelor of Science - BS
2009 — 2012
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