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Luke Colosi
Young, enthusiastic ocean scientist
8840 Flanders Drive, San Diego CA, 92126 95076
lcolosi@ucsd.edu | Google Scholar
Research Interests
Air-sea Interactions, Submesoscale Currents, Surface Gravity Waves, Remote Sensing.
Education
2021-Present | Ph.D. Student in Applied Ocean Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
2016-2020 | BSc., Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, San Diego.
2016-2020 | Minor, Mathematics, University of California, San Diego.
Felllowships and Awards
2019 | Summer URS Hiestand Scholarship for cross-disciplinary Engineering and SIO projects.
2017-2020 | Provost Honors at University of California, San Diego.
Research Experience
2021-Present | Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).
Graduate Student Researcher
2021 | Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, SIO.
Staff Research Associate 1 (2021)
2017-2021 | Professor Sarah T. Gille Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Teaching Experience
2020-Present | Software Carpentry Instructor, San Diego, CA.
2019-2020 | Software Carpentry Workshop Assistant, San Diego, CA.
2019 | Intermediate Algebra Tutor, Gompers Preparatory Academy San Diego, CA.
2015-2018 | Junior Lifeguard Instructor, California State Parks Santa Cruz, CA.
Work Experience
2018 | Coordinator for the Sandman Triathlon, California State Parks Santa Cruz, CA.
2015-2018 | Ocean Lifeguard, California State Parks Santa Cruz, CA.
Service
2022-Present | SIO Graduate Student Council Member - I serve as a co-representative for the applied ocean science circular group in graduate student council. My focus is on improving the transportation safety on campus.
2020 | Moderator for SIO undergraduate majors’ quarterly meeting on “How to get into a Summer REU”. I led group discussions guiding students interested in beginning ocean and atmospheric sciences research.
2017-2019 | Student Minister - Served and supported the student community at the UCSD Newman Center through leading community building events, coordinating off campus retreats, and participating in social justice activities such as feeding the homeless and food/clothing drives.
2013 | Exhibit Guide, Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Santa Cruz, CA - Educated the public about exhibits involving marine organisms in their ocean environment.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2 | Luke V. Colosi, Luc Lenain, Nick Pizzo, and Laurent Grare. Observations of surface gravity wave spectra from moving platforms. J. Atmos. Ocean. Techn., in preparation, 2023.
1 | Luke V. Colosi, Ana B. Villas Bôas, and Sarah T. Gille. The seasonal cycle of significant wave height in the ocean: Local versus remote forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (8):e2021JC017198. doi:10.1029/2021JC017198.
Data and Software
2 | Luke V. Colosi. Source code for: “Observations of surface gravity wave spectra from moving platforms”. https://github.com/lcolosi/WaveSpectrum, 2023.
1 | Luke V. Colosi. Source code for: “The seasonal cycle of significant wave height in the ocean: Local vs remote forcing”. https://github.com/lcolosi/WaveClimatology, 2021.
Selected Conference Presentations
4 | Luke V. Colosi, Luc Lenain, Nick Pizzo, and Laurent Grare. Observations of surface gravity wave spectra from moving platforms (talk). Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment Science Team Meeting, virtual, 2022.
3 | Luke V. Colosi, Luc Lenain, Nick Pizzo, and Laurent Grare. The seasonal cycle of significant wave height: Local vs. remote forcing (talk). Ocean Sciences Meeting, virtual, 2022.
2 | Luke V. Colosi, Ana B. Villas Bôas, and Sarah T. Gille. The seasonal cycle of significant wave height: Local vs. remote forcing (talk). International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team Meeting, virtual, 2021.
1 | Luke V. Colosi, Ana B. Villas Bôas, and Sarah T. Gille. The seasonal cycle of significant wave height: Local vs. remote forcing (poster). Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, 2020.
Computational skills
Operating Systems | Unix-based operating systems.
Programming Languages | Python, Bash, Shell-Script and MatLab.
Tools and Software | Jupyter notebooks, LaTeX, and version control systems (Git).
References
Dr. Sarah Gille:
sgille@ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive #0230
La Jolla, CA 92093
+1 858–822–4425
Dr. Luc Lenain:
llenain@ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
9500 Gilman Drive #0213
La Jolla, CA 92093
+1 858–366–8798
Dr. Bia Villas Bôas:
villasboas@mines.edu
Colorado School of Mines
500 Illinois St.,
Golden, CO 80401
+1 858–848–9283