Professional Background:

Johanna completed undergraduate degrees in Physics and Environmental Engineering at the University of Western Australia then moved to the US to pursue graduate studies in Environmental Fluid Mechanics at Stanford University. She joined IMS in 2009. Her research is on small-scale, shallow water physical oceanography. She is primarily interested in fluid mechanics as it affects chemical and biological processes in estuaries, bays, and the coastal ocean. She combines measurements, modeling and theory to improve understanding of the interactions between complex biological structures (e.g., reefs, vegetation) and the surrounding fluid environment and to improve predictions of dispersion and mixing in the water column.