Dara D.H. Cadden

Office: EWS 508

Education:

• 1994 B.A. International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• 2002 B.S. Marine Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• 2005 M.S. Marine Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Research Interests:

• Determination of ocean circulation using a combination of satellite altimetry data from TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 and geoid data from the GRACE mission
• Sub-surface current mapping using temperature and salinity profiles from Argo floats
• Heat transport especially by western boundary currents
• Gulf Stream geostrophic transport
• Science education for K-12 and at the university level

Current Research:

Field Experience:

• Participated in the 2003 Charleston Bump Research Cruise aboard the R.V. Seaward Johnson which included 2 submersible dives to depths of over 500 m.

Related Job Experience:

• May 2002 – Aug 2003: Lab technician for Richard Styles
• Fall 2003: MSCI 101 Teaching Assistant
• Spring 2004: MSCI 102 Teaching Assistant
• Fall 2004: MSCI 101 Curator and Teaching Assistant
• Fall 2005: MSCI 101 Teaching Assistant and MSCI 210 Teaching Assistant
• Spring 2006: MSCI 312 Curator and Teaching Assistant (Physical Oceanography
• Springg 2007: MSCI 312 Curator and Teaching Assistant

Conference Presentations:

• Styles, R., D. Hooker, G. Voulgaris, Y.H. Kim, M. Goni and M. Cathey, 2003
• Topographically-induced lateral variations in the salinity and current structure in Winyah Bay, SC, Southeast Coastal Ocean Science Conference and Workshop, Charleston, SC.
  
• Hooker, D., R. Styles, S. Stancyk, L. Sautter and B. Helmuth, 2004. A comparison of the geostrophic balance and current measurements in the Gulf Stream. Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  
• Hooker, D., R. Styles, S. Stancyk, L. Sautter and B. Helmuth, 2004: Estimatesof geostrophic transport in the Gulf Stream, Eos Trans. AGU, 85, Fall Meet.
  Suppl., Abstract F1017.
  
• Cadden, D.D.H., 2006: Estimates of geostrophic transport in the South Atlantic Bight (1992-2004), ESA Summer School, Esrin, Frascati, Italy
  
• Cadden, D.D.H. and B. Subrahmanyam, 2006. Heat storage estimates in the Indian Ocean from altimetry and GRACE. AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract OS51D-1077.

Publications:

Awards-Recognition:

• 2004-2005: The Graduate School of USC’s Graduate Research Assistantship
• 2006: USC Marine Science Program’s F. John Vernberg Teaching Assistant Award
• 2006-2007: SC Space Grant Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship

University of South Carolina Service:

•  2003-2005 Supervised undergraduates working in the lab
• 2004 USC Showcase volunteer
• 2005 Timekeeper, National Ocean Sciences Bowl
• 2006 Rules Judge, National Ocean Sciences Bowl
• 2006 Judge, Region II Science & Engineering Fair
• 2007 Rules Judge, National Ocean Sciences Bowl
• 2007 Science Judge, Region II Science & Engineering Fair