A Massachusetts native, Chris is currently a Research Associate in the MSEAS group. He received his Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from ICES at the University of Texas at Austin in August 2011 and joined the MSEAS group in October 2011. His research interests include ocean modelling and finite element methods. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, cribbage, and, occasionally, fishing around Cape Cod, where knowledge of ocean dynamics comes in handy!

He is currently working on:

• Coherent Lagrangian Pathways from the Surface Ocean to Interior (CALYPSO)
• Surface Dynamic Uncertainty Characterization and Transfer (S-DUCT)
• Precision Ocean Interrogation, Navigation, and Timing (POINT) POSYDON-MIT
• Red Sea Initiative
• Advanced Lagrangian Predictions for Hazards Assessments (NSF-ALPHA)
• Seamless Multiscale Forecasting: Hybridizable Unstructured-mesh Modeling and Conservative Two-way Nesting
• High-Order Multi-Resolution Multi-Dynamics Modeling for the Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (FLEAT) Initiative
• Northern Arabian Sea Circulation – autonomous research: Optimal Planning Systems (NASCar-OPS)
• Autonomy for Surface Ship Interception and Engagement (AforSSIE)
• Integrated Ocean Dynamics and Acoustics (IODA)
• Collaborative Research: Causes and Effects of Shelf-edge Internal Tide Variability

His publications so far include:

• Foucart, C., C. Mirabito, P. J. Haley, Jr., and P. F. J. Lermusiaux, 2018. Distributed Implementation and Verification of Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Nonhydrostatic Ocean Processes. In: Oceans ’18 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 22-25 October 2018.
• Deluca, S., B. Rocchio, C. Foucart, C. Mirabito, S. Zanforlin, P. J. Haley, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux, 2018. Scalable Coupled Ocean and Water Turbine Modeling for Assessing Ocean Energy Extraction. In: Oceans ’18 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 22-25 October 2018.
• Kulkarni, C.S., P.J. Haley, Jr., P. F. J. Lermusiaux, A. Dutt, A. Gupta, C. Mirabito, D.N. Subramani, S. Jana, W.H. Ali, T. Peacock, C.M. Royo, A. Rzeznik, and R. Supekar, 2018. Real-Time Sediment Plume Modeling in the Southern California Bight. In: Oceans ’18 MTS/IEEE Charleston, 22-25 October 2018.
• Lermusiaux, P.F.J., D.N. Subramani, J. Lin, C.S. Kulkarni, A. Gupta, A. Dutt, T. Lolla, P.J. Haley Jr., W.H. Ali, C. Mirabito, and S. Jana, 2017. A Future for Intelligent Autonomous Ocean Observing Systems. The Sea. Volume 17, The Science of Ocean Prediction, Part 2, J. Marine Res. 75(6), pp. 765–813. https://doi.org/10.1357/002224017823524035
• Lermusiaux, P.F.J., P.J. Haley Jr., S. Jana, A. Gupta, C.S. Kulkarni, C. Mirabito, W.H. Ali, D.N. Subramani, A. Dutt, J. Lin, A. Y. Shcherbina, C. M. Lee, and A. Gangopadhyay, 2017. Optimal Planning and Sampling Predictions for Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors in the Northern Arabian Sea. Oceanography 30(2):172–185, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.242.
• Mirabito, C., D.N. Subramani, T. Lolla, P.J. Haley, Jr., A. Jain, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, C. Li, D.K.P. Yue, Y. Liu, F.S. Hover, N. Pulsone, J. Edwards, K.E. Railey, and G. Shaw, 2017. Autonomy for Surface Ship Interception. In: Oceans ’17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen, 1-10, 19-22 June 2017, DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084817
• Edwards, J., J. Smith, A. Girard, D. Wickman, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, D.N. Subramani, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, C.S. Kulkarni, and, S. Jana, 2017. Data-driven Learning and Modeling of AUV Operational Characteristics for Optimal Path Planning. In: Oceans ’17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen, 1-5, 19-22 June 2017, DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084779
• Subramani, D. N., P. F. J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, S. Jana, C. S. Kulkarni, A. Girard, D. Wickman, J. Edwards, J. Smith, 2017. Time-Optimal Path Planning: Real-Time Sea Exercises. In: Oceans ’17 MTS/IEEE Aberdeen, 1-10, 19-22 June 2017, DOI: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084776
• Colin, M.E.G.D., T.F. Duda, L.A. te Raa, T. van Zon, P.J. Haley, Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux, W.G. Leslie, C. Mirabito, F.P.A. Lam, A.E. Newhall, Y.-T. Lin, J.F. Lynch, 2013. Time-Evolving Acoustic Propagation Modeling in a Complex Ocean Environment, Proceedings of OCEANS – Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE , vol., no., pp.1,9, 10-14 June 2013, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6608051.
• Mirabito, C., P.J. Haley, Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux and W.G. Leslie, 2012. A River Discharge Model for Coastal Taiwan during Typhoon Morakot. MSEAS Report-13, August 2012.