Education:

Ph.D., Marine Sciences with emphasis in Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1997
Dissertation - "Cyclogenesis in the Deep Ocean Associated with Gulf Stream Trough Formation"

M.S., Geophysics with emphasis in Physical Oceanography, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1989
Thesis - "Evidence of Gulf Stream Bimodality on a Several Month Timescale"

B.A., Physics, Mathematics minor, Hanover College, Hanover, 1982
Senior Project - "Applications of Fourier Transforms to Optical Imaging"

Active Projects:

NSF Polar Programs OPP-0230082, "Shelf-Edge Circulation on the West Antarctic Peninsula: An Analysis Utilizing Existing Data and Regional Model Output", PI: D.K. Savidge.
Duration: March 2003 through February 2006.

NSF Physical Oceanography OCE-0326684, "Collaborative Research: Cross-shelf Transport and Alongshelf Exchange Processes in Regions of Multiple Mesoscale Fronts", PI: D.K. Savidge (lead PI) with J.A. Austin (ODU), G. Gawarkiewicz (WHOI lead) and J. Churchill (WHOI).
Duration: September 2003 through August 2006.

http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/hatterasfronts/

Teaching Experience:

• Graduate Level Introductory Physical Oceanography, UNC-CH, Fall Term 1997.
• One third term of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, UNC-CH, Spring Term 1994.
• Biological Oceanography section of Introductory Oceanography, UNC-CH, Spring Term 1993.

Selected Publications:

2007	Savidge, D. K. and J. A. Austin. 2007. The Hatteras Front: August 2004 velocity and density structure ,  J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 112 (C07006), doi:10.1029/2006JC003933.
2007	Savidge, D. K. C. R. Edwards and M. Santana.  2007.  Baroclinic effects and tides on the Cape Hatteras Continental Shelf ,  J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 112, (C09016), doi:10.1029/ 2006JC003832, pp. 1-16.
2004	Savidge, D. K. 2004. Gulf Stream meander propagation past Cape Hatteras , J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34(9), 2073-2085.
2002	Savidge, D. K.  2002. Wintertime shoreward near-surface currents south of Cape Hatteras , J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 107 (C11), doi 10.1029/2001JC001193, pp 26: 1-18.
2001	Savidge, D. K. and J. M. Bane, Jr.  2001. Wind and Gulf Stream influences on alongshelf transport and off-shelf export at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina , J. Geophys. Res. -- Oceans, 106, 11,505-11,527.
1999	Savidge, D. K. and J. M. Bane, Jr.  1999. Cyclogenesis in the deep Atlantic associated with Gulf Stream trough formation, 1) Description , J. Geophys. Res. -- Oceans, 104, 18,111-18,126.
1999	Savidge, D. K. and J. M. Bane, Jr.  1999.  Cyclogenesis in the deep Atlantic associated with Gulf Stream trough formation, 2) Dynamics , J. Geophys. Res. -- Oceans, 104, 18,127-18,140.
1994	Blanton, J., F. Werner, C. Kim, L. Atkinson, T. Lee, and D. Savidge.  1994. Transport and fate of low-density water in a coastal frontal zone, Cont. Shelf Res., 14(4), 401-427.
1993	Werner, F. E., J. O. Blanton, D. R. Lynch, and D. K. Savidge.  1993. A numerical study of the continental shelf circulation of the U.S. South Atlantic Bight during the autumn of 1987, Cont. Shelf Res., 13(8/9), 971-997
1992	Savidge, D. K., J. O. Blanton, T. N. Lee, and R. H. Evans. 1992. Influence of an offshore shift in Gulf Stream position on waters of the South Carolina continental shelf , J. Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 1085-1094.
1989	Blanton, J. O., J. A. Amft, D. K. Lee, and A. Riordan.  1989. Wind stress and heat fluxes observed during Winter and Spring 1986, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 10686-10698. (D. K. Lee => D. K. Savidge)