Assistant Professor
Tel. (919) 515-8705
E-mail: cynthia_cudaback@ncsu.edu
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Curriculum Vitae

B.A., 1986 Physics, with honors, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Ph.D. ,1998 Geophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

My primary goal is the preservation of our estuaries and coastal waters through a combination of research and education. The health of these systems is strongly affected by transport of water, salt, nutrients, and planktonic larvae. I have conducted physical oceanographic research in several coastal regions, using a wide variety of observational and theoretical methods. My career is moving more into interdisciplinary research with marine biologists and ecologists, and I've been called an honorary biologist. Education and outreach are also very important to me, because environmental preservation can only be achieved by informed and involved citizens.

Cudaback, C.N., L. Washburn and E. Dever, 2004, Inner-Shelf Circulation near Point Conception, California, submitted to Continental Shelf Research.

Cudaback, C.N. and D. A. Jay, 2004, Lateral variation and forcing in the Columbia River entrance channel, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research

Cudaback, C. N. and J. L. Largier, 2001, The cross-shelf structure of wind- and buoyancy-driven circulation over the North Carolina inner shelf, Continental Shelf Research, 21(15), pp 1649--1668.

Cudaback, C. N. and D. A. Jay, 2000, Tidal asymmetry in an estuarine pycnocline, 1, Depth and thickness, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(C11), pp 2639--2652.

Cudaback, C. N. and D. A. Jay, 2001, Tidal asymmetry in an estuarine pycnocline, 2, Transport, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(C2), pp 23,237--26,257.

Cudaback, C. N, 1998, The effect of vertical mixing on along-channel transport in a layered flow, Ph. D. Thesis, University of Washington.

Cudaback, C. N. and D. A. Jay, 1996, Formation of the Columbia River plume -- hydraulic control in action?, in: D. Aubrey(ed), Buoyancy effects on Coastal Dynamics, An AGU Coastal and Estuarine Sciences Monograph, pp 139--154.

Cudaback, C. N., A. J. Paulson and J. W. Lavelle, 1991, A modeling study of the vertical distribution and transport of manganese in Puget Sound, NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL PMEL-93.

Lavelle, J. W., C. N. Cudaback, A. J. Paulson and J. A. Murray, 1991, A rate for the scavenging of fine particles by macroaggregates in a deep estuary Journal of Geophysical Research, 96(C1), pp 783--790.