CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Full name: Jorge Justo Martinez-Pedraja

Telephone: 305 4214739

E-mail: jmartinez@rsmas.miami.edu

 

Studies:

M.Sc. in Metal Physics,  School of Physics,

University of Havana, Cuba, 1978.

 

Other titles:

Assistant Scientist (Cuba, 1989)

Adjunct Instructor, School of Mathematics, University of Havana, 1979.

 

Professional profile:

Physical Oceanography, Marine Pollution, Metal Physics.

 

Present Post:

Research Associate, Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography. Rosenstiel

School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. University of Miami.

 

Employment Record:

2004-present: Research Associate, MPO,RSMAS, University of Miami.

1999-2003: Research Associate, AMP, RSMAS, University of Miami.

1993-1999: Research Assistant, AMP, RSMAS, University of Miami.

1989-1991: Head Integration and Information Treatment Laboratory, Center of Engineering and Environmental Management of Bays and Coastal Zones (CIMAB, former IIT), Havana, Cuba.

1981-1989: Researcher, Marine Pollution Division, Transport Research Institute (IIT), Havana, Cuba.

1978-1981: Researcher, Cuban Institute of Hydrography, Havana, Cuba.

1979-1983: Adjunct Instructor, School of Mathematics, University of Havana, Cuba.

 

 

Post-graduate training:

Oceanographic instrumentation and methods (2 months), Institute of Marine Sciences

and Limnology, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, 1983.

Coastal Lagoon Dynamics (2 months), Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y Educacion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Mexico, 1983.

Mathematical Modeling of Water Quality and Conceptual Design of Submarine Outfall (1 month), Pan-American Center of Sanitary Engineering, PAHO, Peru, 1986.

 

Post-graduate courses:
“General Oceanography”, Cuban Institute of Hydrography, Cuba, 08/78-04/79.
“Computer Programming”, School of Mathematics, University of Havana, Cuba, 01/80-03/80.
“Autonomous Diver”, Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras, Cuba, 03/80-07/80.
“Statistical and Experimental Design”, School of Mathematics, University of Havana, Cuba, 03/81-12/81.
“Hydrodynamics of Estuaries”, University of Havana, Cuba, 09/83-12/83.
“Ways of Confronting Hydrocarbon Spills in the Ocean”, Transport Research Institute, Cuba, 05/84-07/84.
“Marine Pollution”, Transport Research Institute, Cuba, 02/85-05/85.
“Microbiology of the Waters”, Transport Research Institute, Cuba, 07/85-09/85.
“Multivariate Analysis and Main Components”, Transport Research Institute, Cuba, 01/86-04/86.
“Final Disposition of Wastewaters in Coastal Cities”, Transport Research Institute,
 Cuba, 12/86.

“Methods of Mathematical Physics”, School of Mathematics, University of Havana, Cuba, 09/87-12/87.

“Air-Sea Interaction”, MPO, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, spring/2004.

 
Principal Projects and other research works:

. Participation in research on coastal dynamics in Varadero Beach, Mariel, and Nipe        

  Bay, Cuba, 1978-1981.

. Head of hydrological and ocean currents research in Mariel Bay, Cuba, 1980-1981.

. Participation in research on regime of waves, surf and tides in the north coast of

  Havana City, Cuba, 1979-1980.

. Project CUB/80/001 UNDP-UNEP, “Research and Control of the Marine Pollution in

  Havana Bay”, head of result 1.5 “Mixing Process of Pollutants”, worked in currents

  research and mathematical modeling of water quality of Havana Bay, Cuba, 1981-1985.

. Head of the Project “Research of the Marine Pollution in the North Nearshore region

  of Havana City”, Cuba, 1986-1988.

. Regional Project UNEP-UNESCO, “Environmental Management in Bays and Coastal

  Zones of the Wider Caribbean”, worked in the research design and explanation of

  results, Cuba, 1988-1990.

. Head of the research “Studies on Dilution in Limited Coastal Zones with Sewage

  Discharges”, Cuba, 1987-1989.

. Head of the research “Studies on Wastewater Disposal to the Coastal Zone of

 the Cienfuegos City”, Cuba, 1989.

. Project, “Control of the Marine Pollution in the Coastal Zone of Cardenas-Varadero”,

  head of result 1 “Physical Oceanography”, Cuba, 1990-1991.

. Marine Pollution Research and Environmental Management in Cuban Bays and Coastal

  Zones: Cienfuegos Bay, 1988-1991; Santiago de Cuba Bay, 1983-1990; Matanzas Bay,

 1985-1987; Santa Cruz del Norte, 1987. Hydrodynamics characteristics of these

  ecosystems, participation in the research design and analysis of the results.

. Project SFOSRC/SEFCAR Pilot Field Study, “Observation of Ocean Surface Currents

  off the South Florida Keys using an HF Doppler Radar”, participated in the field

  measurements and data processing, USA, 1993-1994.

. Participation in the full operation of the Ocean Surface Current Radar (OSCR); data

  collection, diagnosis of problem in the computer software, hardware and logistic, post-

  experimental data processing and analysis in the following projects:

 . Experiment “DUCK94”-“Ocean  Surface Current Observations with HF Doppler

   Radar Over the Inner Continental Shelf”, USA, ONR, 1994.        

 . Project “Chesapeake Bay Outflow Plume Experiment (COPE-1) and COPE-3, USA,

   ONR, 1996-1997.

 . Research “Study of the Circulation over the Southeast Florida Shelf”, USA, 1998.  

 . Project “Current, Tide and Wave Observations with HF Radar in Lower New York

  and Raritan Bays”, USA, CHL, 1997.

 . Research “Four-Dimensional Ocean Current Experiment” in the South Florida Ocean

  Measurement Center (SFOMC), USA, ONR, 1999.

 . Experiment  “Ocean Surface Current Observation with OSCR during SHOWEX-99”,

   USA, 1999.

 . Participation in the experiments “AWE-2000” and “NRL-2001” in the SFOMC, USA,

   NRL/ONR, 2000-2001.

 . Project “Upstream Larval Supply to Florida Bay – the Dry Tortugas connection”, USA,

   NOAA-SEFSC 2000-2002.

. Participation in the installation and operation of the WERA HF Radar system, post-

experiment data processing and analysis of the information in the following projects:

 . Experiment “West Florida Shelf”, USA, summer/2003.

 . Project “SEACOOS-East Florida Shelf”, 2004-present.

 

Teaching:

University level in Cuba (1978-1983). Calculus and Linear Algebra. Post-graduate level

courses and trainings in: Colombia (1988), Cuba (1986, 1988, 1990) and USA(2001) covering different subjects: Hydrodynamics of Coastal Zones,  Information Treatment in Marine Pollution in Coastal Zones, Environmental Management in Coastal Zones, Physical Process in Coastal Zones.

 

Congress:

More than 30 communications in more than 25 events. The principal conferences:

. Symposium on Research and Control of Marine Pollution, Cuba, 1981, 1982, 1983,

  1984.

. Marine Sciences Congress, Cuba, 1985, 1987, 1990.

. National  Conference on Hydrography, Cuba, 1989.

. Eleventh Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operation Research

  Societies, Argentina, 1987.

. Regional Committee for Evaluation and Control of Toxic Discharges in Surface

  Waters, Peru, 1985.

. Regional Conference “Environmental Management of Bays and Coastal Zones in the

  Wider Caribbean”, Colombia, 1988.

 

Publications:

More than thirty papers published about dynamics of coastal zones and marine pollution.

 

 

 

Recent Publications

Martinez-Pedraja, J. J., L. K. Shay, T. M. Cook  and  B. K. Haus. Frontal Instabilities in the form of spin-off eddies detected along the shelf off Southeast Florida. (in preparation for  Journal of Geophysical Research).

 

Shay, L. K., J. Martinez-Pedraja, T. M. Cook, B. K. Haus, and R. Weisberg. High Frequency Radar Mapping of Surface Currents Using WERA.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology-Oceans, (submitted)

 

Martinez-Pedraja, J. J., L. K. Shay, T. M. Cook and B. K. Haus. 2004.Very-High Frequency Radar Measurements of Surface Currents Along the Inshore Boundary of the Florida Current during NRL-2001. RSMAS Technical Report 04-03. University of Miami. Miami, FL.

 

Haus, B. K., J. D. Wang, J. Martinez-Pedraja and N. Smith. 2004. Southeast Florida Shelf

Circulation and Volume Exchange, Observations of km-scale variability. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sciences, 59 (2), 277-294.

 

Haus, B. K., H. C. Graber, J. D. Wang and J. Martinez-Pedraja. 2001. A new look at eddies using wavelet techniques. Proceedings of the 1st Radiowave Oceanography Workshop. University of Miami, Miami, FL., 106-111.

 

Shay, L. K., T. M. Cook, B. K. Haus, H. C. Graber, J. Martinez and Z. R. Hallock. 2001. The strength of the M2 tide at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 427-449.

 

Shay, L. K., T. M. Cook, B. K. Haus, H. C. Graber, J. Martinez and Z. R. Hallock. 2001.

Observed Surface Currents During the Chesapeake Bay Outflow Plume Experiments. University of Miami, Miami, FL, 137-145.

 

Haus, B. K., J. D. Wang, J. Rivera, N. Smith and J. Martinez-Pedraja. 2000. Remote Radar Measurement of Shelf Currents off Key Largo, Florida. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences, 51, 553-569.

 

Haus, B. K., J. D. Wang and J. Martinez-Pedraja. 2000. Southeast Florida Shelf Circulation. Observations of  Km-scale variability. 10th International Biennial Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Extended Abstracts Proceedings Volume, SRAMSOE Report No. 366, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, USA. Pgs. 53-56.

 

Shay, L. K., T. M. Cook, B. K. Haus, J. Martinez, H. Peters, A. J. Mariano, J. Vanleer, P. Edgar An, S. Smith, A. Soloviev, R. Weisburg and M. Luther. 2000. VHF Radar Detects Oceanic Submesoscale Vortex along Florida Coast. EOS, Transactions 81:19.