Hi, I’m James Vincent Brice —
I’m a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) studying the interaction between physical, biogeochemical and climactic processes in the coastal ocean. Before joining the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, I was an MIT Morningside Design Academy Fellow where I investigated oyster reef hydrodynamics and the design of nature-based coastal adaptation, receiving both an S.M. in Civil and Environmental Engineering and an M.Arch. I’ve worked professionally in coastal resilience consulting and aquatic animal husbandry, and have a B.S. in Applied Physics from RPI.
As researcher, I combine my multidisciplinary perspective with methods in computational and observational oceanography to explore complex relationships between our oceans, climate, and the aquatic biosphere. As an educator, I strive to communicate these relationships through engaging scientific illustration and interactive media.
Bird-watching, physics, coffee with dessert; catch me crouched on the sidewalk taking pictures of weeds or poking around in tidepools.
Graduate Student; MIT-WHOI Joint Program
Research; Ocean and Environmental Processes Lab
email. cv.
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