Yvette Spitz

College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Oregon State University

yvette.spitz@oregonstate.edu

Corvallis , Oregon 97331

Dr. Yvette Spitz is a professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. Her research interests include ecosystem dynamics and physical/biological interactions. In the last decade, her research has focused on the development of ecosystem models that can be applied to the world ocean, spanning tropical microbes to ice algae. Her past and present regions of interest include the eastern boundary upwelling region off Oregon, the North Pacific basin and the Arctic ocean. She is also an expert in data assimilation applied to coupled circulation and ecosystem models.