Susan Lozier

Summary

Susan Lozier is a physical oceanographer and the dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Sciences.[1] Previously, she was the Ronie-Richelle Garcia-Johnson Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.[2] Her research focuses on large-scale ocean circulation, the ocean's role in climate variability, and the transfer of heat and fresh water from one part of the ocean to another.

M. Susan Lozier
Oceanographer Susan Lozier giving the Sixteenth Annual Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture of the National Academies, at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPurdue University
University of Washington
Known forStudy of large-scale ocean circulation
AwardsAGU Ambassador Award (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsOceanography
InstitutionsGeorgia Institute of Technology
ThesisPotential vorticity dynamics of a quasigeostrophic ocean : a Lagrangian perspective (1989)

Education edit

Lozier received her Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University in 1979, and her Master of Science (1984) and Doctor of Philosophy (1989) degrees from the University of Washington.[3]

Professional work edit

Lozier was a post-doctoral fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before joining the faculty at Duke University.[4] She is a principal investigator for the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP), responsible for coordinating its international and national projects.[5] Lozier was the first woman to graduate from the University of Washington's physical oceanography doctoral program, and is active in the community mentoring program, MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention).[6] In 2020 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]

Lozier was the featured speaker for the 16th Annual Roger Revelle Annual Commemorative Lecture, sponsored by the National Academies and held at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2015, presenting her lecture on Overturning Assumptions: Past, Present, and Future Concerns about the Ocean's Circulation.[8]

Lozier started a two-year term as president of the American Geophysical Union in 2021.[9]

Select publications edit

  • Lozier, M. Susan (15 January 2012). "Overturning in the North Atlantic". Annual Review of Marine Science. 4 (1): 291–315. Bibcode:2012ARMS....4..291L. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-120710-100740. PMID 22457977.
  • Lozier, M. S. (18 June 2010). "Deconstructing the Conveyor Belt". Science. 328 (5985): 1507–1511. Bibcode:2010Sci...328.1507L. doi:10.1126/science.1189250. PMID 20558705. S2CID 5268993.
  • Lozier, Susan (January 2009). "Overturning assumptions". Nature Geoscience. 2 (1): 12–13. doi:10.1038/ngeo402.

Awards edit

  • Rachel Carson Award Lecture, American Geophysical Union (2001)[10]
  • Ambassador Award, American Geophysical Union (2016)[11]
  • Joanne Simpson Mentorship Award, American Meteorological Society (2017)[12][13]
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)[14]

References edit

  1. ^ "Meet Susan Lozier | College of Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA". cos.gatech.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  2. ^ "Susan Lozier Awarded Distinguished Professorship Honoring the Late Ronie Garcia-Johnson". Susan Lozier, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School, Duke University. Duke University. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ "M. Susan Lozier". Duke Environment Faculty Directory. Duke University. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ^ "M. Susan Lozier". Duke Environment Faculty Directory. Duke University. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program". 6 November 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ "M. Susan Lozier". MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women to Increase Retention). 12 August 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  7. ^ "New members". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  8. ^ "Roger Revelle Lecture Series". National Academies. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  9. ^ "President Susan Lozier | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  10. ^ "Rachel Carson Lecture | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  11. ^ "M. Susan Lozier". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  12. ^ Clem, Sarah. "Lozier Wins Mentorship Award from American Meteorological Society – Susan Lozier". Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  13. ^ "2017 Award Winners and Fellows". American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  14. ^ "Susan Lozier". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-05-18.

External links edit

  • Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program
  • Susan Lozier publications indexed by Google Scholar
  • Autobiographical sketch in "Women in Oceanography: a Decade Later," E.S. Kappel. Oceanography: 27 (4), page 161