The Physical-Biological Interactions Laboratory focuses on investigating coupled biophysical processes during the early pelagic larval phase of marine species, which are the very foundation of marine populations and ecosystems. Led by Prof. Paris, a team of Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students is taking a dual theoretical and empirical approach to understand the dispersion and fate of biotic (larvae) and abiotic (pollutants) particles in the ocean, largely through projects that have applications in marine conservation.
Our lab research contributes to advances in the fields of movement ecology and ocean technology through the development of novel Lagrangian instruments designed to observe larval navigation (U-DISC) and open-source softwares designed to examine transport and population connectivity (CMS).
