Alexander Soloviev

Alex Soloviev is a Professor at the Nova Southeastern University Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Dania Beach, FL. He teaches graduate courses, including Concepts of Physical Oceanography, Fluid Mechanics, and Biophysical Interactions in the Ocean. Dr. Soloviev is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a Fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS). He was previously a Visiting Scientist at the University of Hawaii and University of Hamburg and a Scientist in the two leading institutions of the former Soviet Academy of Sciences, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology and A.M. Oboukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics.

Dr. Soloviev participated in several major oceanographic and air-sea interaction experiments (POLYMODE, JASIN, FGGE, TOGA COARE, GASEX) and is the author and co-author of more than 70 research articles published in peer-reviewed journals. In co-authorship with Prof. Roger Lukas from the University of Hawaii, he wrote a monograph "The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean: Structure, Dynamics, and Applications", published by Springer.

Alex Soloviev is a naturalized US citizen. He received his Diploma of Engineer from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1976 and the Ph.D. and Habilitation (Dr. Sci.) degrees from the former Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1979 and 1992, respectively. In 2010, he received his MBA degree from the University of Florida.

Dr. Soloviev has been PI and co-PI on a number of research projects funded by the US Federal Government and private industries.