Arthur Mariano's impressions
by Arthur Mariano, on
I would like to thank the Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer for providing me a stimulating research and teaching environment during my November visit. The help, the good energy, and the hospitality of Jean-Olivier Irisson is very much appreciated. I really enjoyed my lunchtime conversations about research, oceanographic courses, and the skill set required of students to do cutting edge research. Your modular teaching approach containing both theoretical and practical components, such as research projects, requiring coding and numerical computations, is very effective. I think that it is a great idea that more physical oceanography is being introduced into your curriculum.
The best part of being a professor is interacting with the best students and the students in the program are excellent. I hope I conveyed to the students the importance of using the Lagrangian viewpoint for exploring the ocean and its biology, as well as, the importance of mathematics for analysis and modeling. Please email me any questions about my lectures or about your research. In particular, I enjoyed my conversations with Robin Faillettaz about his research and for the opportunities to get out on the water and sample the bay.
Besides all of the exciting science going on, the local region is beautiful and every meal was superb. I look forward to future collaborations with the Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, its faculty, and the students. Cheers,