Ben Storer

About

I am a research associate at the University of Rochester in the complex flow group studying multi-scale physics in oceanographic processes and the mechanisms by which energy is transferred across scales in the world’s oceans. I earned a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where I studied geophysical fluid dynamics under Francis Poulin, with a focus on model development and application to stratified quasi-geostrophic systems. I then joined the University of Rochester as Postdoctoral Research Associate from 2019 until 2022, when I was promoted to Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. My work is primarily in computational fluid dynamics, with a focus on geophysical and oceanographic applications.

I am the lead developer of FlowSieve, an open-source tool to help enable the scientific community to easily and efficiently apply multi-scale decompositions in spherical / Earth-like settings.

In my spare time, I like reading, cycling, running, yoga, and am a devout Star Trek fan.