Christina Lynn Holland
3616 Far West Blvd #117-145
Austin, TX 78731
cholland@oceansci.net
www.oceansci.net/cholland
Education
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL – B.S. Physics, B.S. Mathematics with High Honors, 1993
University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI – M.S. Physical Oceanography, 1996
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL – Ph.D. Marine Science, 2003
Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, 2004 - present. Climate dynamics research with Rob Scott and Charles Jackson. Research includes: working with large databases, manipulation of satellite data, use of climate proxy records, and programming in the Matlab programming environment and in Fortran and C languages. Thoroughly familiar with unix, PC, and Macintosh operating systems and a variety of software applications.
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of South Florida, 2003 - 2004. Physical oceanography research with Professor Gary Mitchum.
GK-12 OCEANS Fellow, University of South Florida, 2003 - 2004. Working with fifth grade teachers to bring hands-on, inquiry based marine science learning into their classrooms.
Author, “Propagating Decadal SST Signal Identified in Modern Proxy Records of the Tropical Pacific” (with Rob Scott, Soon-Il An, and Fred Taylor), Submitted to Climate Dyn., October, 2005.
Author, “Interannual Temperature Variability in the Tropical Pacific and Lagrangian Heat Transport Pathways” (with Gary Mitchum), Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. March, 2005.
Author, “Interannual Volume Variability in the Tropical Pacific” (with Gary Mitchum), Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. November 2003.
Research Assistant, University of South Florida, 1996 - 2003. Physical oceanography research under Professor Gary Mitchum.
Author, “Propagation of Big Island Eddies” (with Gary Mitchum), Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. January 2001.
Guest Lecturer, University of South Florida, 1999 - 2001. “Accessing and using TOPEX/Poseidon Altimetry Data” for Remote Sensing class under Professor Frank Muller-Karger.
Instructor, University of South Florida Oceanography Camp for Girls. 1997 - 1999. Assisted with field trips and coordinated lab instruction in ocean physics to 13 - 14 year-old girls in summer program.
Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida. 1998. Lectures and individual instruction of students for Introduction to Physical Oceanography under Professor Gary Mitchum.
Author, “Beaches Under Assault: Storms and Sea-Level Rise” (with Rich Young). Interactive Teacher magazine. March/April 1999.
Author, “The Oceans in Motion: El Niño and its Effects” (with Jyotika Virmani). Interactive Teacher magazine. September/October 1998.
Research Assistant, University of Hawaii, 1993 - 1996. Physical oceanography research under Associate Professor Gary Mitchum.
Teaching Assistant, Eckerd College, 1992 - 1993. Fundamental Physics I and II under Assistant Professor Laurie Kovalenko.
Research Assistant, Eckerd College, 1990 - 1993. Marine geophysics research under Assistant Professor Sarah Kruse.
Honors
Ford Foundation Scholars Program, 1991 - 1993
Barry Goldwater Scholarship, 1991 - 1993
Eckerd College Natural Sciences Collegium Award, 1993
University of South Florida University Graduate Fellowship, 1996 - 1998
NASA Earth System Science Fellowship, 1998 - 2001.
Gulf Oceanographic Charitable Trust Fellowship, 2001 - 2002.
References
Available upon request
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