PUBLICATIONS
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel_Horwitz2/publications
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=gOiT5vQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and 2006-2012
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA
Ph.D. 2012 in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Dept. of Physical Oceanography. Thesis titled: The effect of stratification on wind-driven, cross-shelf circulation and transport on the inner continental shelf. Advised by Dr. Steven Lentz.
Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA Summer 2009
Coastal and Estuarine Fluid Dynamics summer class. Research project on internal hydraulic control.
Williams College, BA in Mathematics, cum laude, Williamstown, MA 1999 – 2003
EXPERIENCE
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fishers and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS 2018 - present
Research Scientist in the Ocean and Ecosystem Sciences Division, supervised by Dr. Youyu Lu.
Dalhousie University, Dept. of Oceanography, Halifax, NS 2015 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Alex Hay: Turbulence and dissipation rates in very fast tidal flows in the Bay of Fundy; with Helmuth Thomas: daily, tidal, and seasonal pCO2 variability in the Bay of Fundy.
University of Connecticut, Dept. of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT 2013 - 2014
Postdoctoral Investigator with Dr. James O’Donnell. Combining observations and models of Long Island Sound for water quality and sediment transport applications.
MIT, Cambridge, MA Fall 2009
Teaching Assistant for graduate level Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 2004 - 2006
Geologist assisting with coastal marine research by collecting, processing, analyzing and writing reports on sediment transport and circulation data from continental shelves. Developed data quality control techniques, such as work on a software package for SonTek Hydra data.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA 2003 - 2004
Student fellow on the Nearshore Canyon Experiment at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, working with team of 25 scientists, engineers, and technicians on four-month field program in the surfzone and swashzone followed by research project on swashzone circulation.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachel_Horwitz2/publications
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=gOiT5vQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA and 2006-2012
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA
Ph.D. 2012 in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Dept. of Physical Oceanography. Thesis titled: The effect of stratification on wind-driven, cross-shelf circulation and transport on the inner continental shelf. Advised by Dr. Steven Lentz.
Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA Summer 2009
Coastal and Estuarine Fluid Dynamics summer class. Research project on internal hydraulic control.
Williams College, BA in Mathematics, cum laude, Williamstown, MA 1999 – 2003
EXPERIENCE
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fishers and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS 2018 - present
Research Scientist in the Ocean and Ecosystem Sciences Division, supervised by Dr. Youyu Lu.
Dalhousie University, Dept. of Oceanography, Halifax, NS 2015 - 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Alex Hay: Turbulence and dissipation rates in very fast tidal flows in the Bay of Fundy; with Helmuth Thomas: daily, tidal, and seasonal pCO2 variability in the Bay of Fundy.
University of Connecticut, Dept. of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT 2013 - 2014
Postdoctoral Investigator with Dr. James O’Donnell. Combining observations and models of Long Island Sound for water quality and sediment transport applications.
MIT, Cambridge, MA Fall 2009
Teaching Assistant for graduate level Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA 2004 - 2006
Geologist assisting with coastal marine research by collecting, processing, analyzing and writing reports on sediment transport and circulation data from continental shelves. Developed data quality control techniques, such as work on a software package for SonTek Hydra data.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA 2003 - 2004
Student fellow on the Nearshore Canyon Experiment at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, working with team of 25 scientists, engineers, and technicians on four-month field program in the surfzone and swashzone followed by research project on swashzone circulation.