Prof. Lisa Beal

Dr. Lisa Beal is Professor of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, a member of the International CLIVAR Indian Ocean Panel, and serves as Oceans Editor for Geophysical Research Letters. She is a lead expert on the Agulhas System off South Africa and has helped bring recognition to the key role this System may play in a warming climate. Lisa has participated in 14 scientific voyages to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, totalling 307 days at sea, leading eight field programs as Chief or co-Chief Scientist. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has raised more than $7M in research funding. Lisa received her PhD from the National Oceanography Centre at the University of Southampton, UK, moving to the United States as a postdoctoral scientist at Columbia University and then at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 2003, where her research focuses on ocean circulation and heat transport, as well as the ocean's role in the coupled climate system. In addition to her research, Lisa is involved in community work to increase the recruitment and retention of minorities in oceanography, and to advance resources and capacity building towards sustained observations of the southwest Indian Ocean and Agulhas system.