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Member Since 2013
Robert J. Chant
Professor, Rutgers University New Brunswick
Professional Experience
Rutgers University New Brunswick
Professor
2022 - Present
Institute of Marine and Coastal Science
2013 - Present
Rutgers University Newark
2012 - Present
Institute of Marine and Coastal Science
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Education
Doctorate
1995
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - JGR-Oceans
Received December 2014
Current Roles
Secretary
Ocean Sciences Executive Committee
Member
Ocean Sciences Fall Meeting Program Committee
Publications
Circulation and Retention of River Plumes Around Capes

River plumes often interact with capes in the coastal ocean, impacting local hydrodynamics and the transport of scalars. However, our current knowl...

April 09, 2024
AGU Abstracts
The Role of Capes on River Plume Mixing, Retention, and Transport in the Coastal Ocean: Idealized Modeling
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 22 february 2024
Luis F. Pareja-Roman, Robert J. Chant, Piero F. M...
The interaction between river plumes and capes in the coastal ocean can affect scalar transport and regional hydrodynamics. However, our understanding...
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High-resolution observations of a river plume interacting with a cape: impacts on hydrography and along-shelf transport
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 22 february 2024
Piero F. Mazzini, Luis F. Pareja-Roman, Kelly L. ...
Coastal promontories, such as capes and headlands, are present along coastal regions worldwide, and play an important role in local hydrodynamics, con...
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Tidally driven Stokes circulation in multiple inlet lagoons
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 22 february 2024
Robert J. Chant, Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert, James A. L...
Barrier island systems comprise 10% of the worlds coastlines and nearly the entirety of the United States East, Gulf and US Pacific North West coastli...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - Present
Member
Ocean Sciences Fall Meeting Program Committee
2023 - Present
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
2023 - 2024
Member
Ocean Sciences Section Honors and Recognition Committee
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