michael.cox [at] uni-hamburg.de
I am a postdoc in the Institute of Oceanography at the University of Hamburg. I work with Carsten Eden as a member of the theoretical oceanography group and TRR 181. Previously, I was a postdoc working with Hossein Kafiabad at Durham University. My doctoral studies were supervised by Hossein and Jacques Vanneste at the University of Edinburgh.
Motivated by a concern for the changing climate, my research focuses on internal waves in the atmosphere and ocean. Throughout my PhD, I looked at how internal waves interact with inhomogeneities such as eddies and topography. The key results of this work can be found in the papers below, the first of which is summarised in my talk as part of the TRR 181 seminar series.
Cox, M., Kafiabad, H., & Vanneste, J. (2023). Inertia-gravity-wave diffusion by geostrophic turbulence: the impact of flow time dependence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 958, A21. doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.83
Cox, M., Kafiabad, H., & Vanneste, J. (2025). Inhomogeneity-induced wavenumber diffusion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1007, A15. doi:10.1017/jfm.2025.23
To complement my ocean studies, I like to swim in the sea.
