A Massachusetts native, Chris is currently a Research Associate in the MSEAS group. He received his Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences 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 is especially handy! He is currently working on:

• Coherent Lagrangian Pathways from the Surface Ocean to Interior (CALYPSO)
• Understanding and Predicting the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current
• Compression and Assimilation for Resource-Limited Operations
• K2D: Knowledge and Data from the Deep to Space
• Intelligent Observing and Multiscale Modeling for Ocean Exploration and Sustainable Utilization
• The Potential Effects of Deep Sea Mining on Deep Midwater Communities in the CCZ: Constructing Ecosystem Baselines and Modeling Effects on Ecosystem Services
• Deep Sea Mining: Modeling, Observing and Quantifying Risks
• Bayesian Intelligent Ocean Modeling and Acidification Prediction Systems (BIOMAPS)
• Advanced Lagrangian Predictions for Hazards Assessments (NSF-ALPHA)

His publications so far include:

• Ryu, T., P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, A. Charous, J. Metzger, G. Jacobs, J. Fabre, C. Trott, and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2022. Incremental Low-Rank Dynamic Mode Decomposition Model for Efficient Dynamic Forecast Dissemination and Onboard Forecasting. In: OCEANS ’22 IEEE/MTS Hampton Roads, 17-21 October 2022, sub-judice. 
• Ali, W.H., Y. Gao, C. Foucart, M. Doshi, C. Mirabito, P.J. Haley, and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2022. Effective Visualization for Oceanographic Data. In: OCEANS ’22 IEEE/MTS Hampton Roads, 17-21 October 2022, sub-judice. 
• Ryu, T., J.P. Heuss, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, E. Coelho, P. Hursky, M.C. Schönau, K. Heaney, and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2021. Adaptive Stochastic Reduced Order Modeling for Ocean Autonomous Platforms. In: OCEANS ’21 IEEE/MTS San Diego, 20-23 September 2021, pp. 1-9. doi:10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021.9705790 
• Foucart, C., C. Mirabito, P.J. Haley, Jr., and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2021. High-order Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Nonhydrostatic Ocean Processes with a Free Surface. In: OCEANS ’21 IEEE/MTS San Diego, 20-23 September 2021, pp. 1-9. doi:10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021.9705767 
• Muñoz-Royo, C., T. Peacock, M.H. Alford, J. Smith, A. Le Boyer, C.S. Kulkarni, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, D. Wang, E. Eric Adams, R. Ouillon, A. Breugem, B. Decrop, T. Lanckriet, R.B. Supekar, A.J. Rzeznik, A. Gartman, and S.-J. Ju, 2021. Extent of Impact of Deep-Sea Nodule Mining Midwater Plumes Is Influenced by Sediment Loading, Turbulence and Thresholds. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 2(148), pp. 1-16. doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00213-8 
• Lermusiaux, P.F.J., C. Mirabito, P.J. Haley, Jr., W.H. Ali, A. Gupta, S. Jana, E. Dorfman, A. Laferriere, A. Kofford, G. Shepard, M. Goldsmith, K. Heaney, E. Coelho, J. Boyle, J. Murray, L. Freitag, and A. Morozov, 2020. Real-time Probabilistic Coupled Ocean Physics-Acoustics Forecasting and Data Assimilation for Underwater GPS. In: OCEANS ’20 IEEE/MTS, 5-30 October 2020, pp. 1-9. doi:10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389003 
• Lermusiaux, P.F.J., P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, W.H. Ali, M. Bhabra, P. Abbot, C.-S. Chiu, and C. Emerson, 2020. Multi-resolution Probabilistic Ocean Physics-Acoustic Modeling: Validation in the New Jersey Continental Shelf. In: OCEANS ’20 IEEE/MTS, 5-30 October 2020, pp. 1-9. doi:10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389193 
• Haley, Jr., P.J., A. Gupta, C. Mirabito, and P. F. J. Lermusiaux, 2020. Towards Bayesian Ocean Physical-Biogeochemical-Acidification Prediction and Learning Systems for Massachusetts Bay. In: OCEANS ’20 IEEE/MTS, 5-30 October 2020, pp. 1-9, doi:10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389210 
• Bhabra, M.S., M.M. Doshi, B.C. Koenig, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, C.A. Goudey, J. Curcio, D. Manganelli, and H. Goudey, 2020. Optimal Harvesting with Autonomous Tow Vessels for Offshore Macroalgae Farming. In: OCEANS ’20 IEEE/MTS, 5-30 October 2020, pp. 1-10. doi:10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389474 
• Heuss, J.P., P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, E. Coelho, M.C. Schönau, K. Heaney, and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2020. Reduced Order Modeling for Stochastic Prediction Onboard Autonomous Platforms at Sea. In: OCEANS ’20 IEEE/MTS, 5-30 October 2020, pp. 1-10, doi:10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9389149 
• Lermusiaux, P.F.J., M. Doshi, C.S. Kulkarni, A. Gupta, P.J. Haley, Jr., C. Mirabito, F. Trotta, S.J. Levang, G.R. Flierl, J. Marshall, T. Peacock, and C. Noble, 2019. Plastic Pollution in the Coastal Oceans: Characterization and Modeling. In: OCEANS ’19 MTS/IEEE Seattle, 27-31 October 2019, doi: 10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962786 
• Ali, W.H., M.H. Mirhi, A. Gupta, C.S. Kulkarni, C. Foucart, M.M. Doshi, D.N. Subramani, C. Mirabito, P.J. Haley, Jr., and P.F.J. Lermusiaux, 2019. SeaVizKit: Interactive Maps for Ocean Visualization. In: OCEANS ’19 MTS/IEEE Seattle, 27-31 October 2019, doi:10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962794 
• Johnston, T.M.S., J.A. MacKinnon, P.L. Colin, P.J. Haley, Jr., P.F.J. Lermusiaux, A.J. Lucas, M.A. Merrifield, S.T. Merrifield, C. Mirabito, J.D. Nash, C.Y. Ou, M. Siegelman, E.J. Terrill, A.F. Waterhouse, 2019. Energy and Momentum Lost to Wake Eddies and Lee Waves Generated by the North Equatorial Current and Tidal Flows at Peleliu, Palau, Oceanography 32(4), 110–125. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2019.417 
• 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.