• 1971-1976, oceanology at Leningrad Hydrometeorological Institute (now Russian State Hydrometeorological University). M.S. degree in Oceanology (engineer-oceanographer), June 1976. Thesis: "Paleoestimates of the parameters of ocean and atmosphere circulation in the Carbon period". Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S.S. Zilitinkevich.
• 1976-1979, Ph.D. student at Leningrad Branch, Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. Thesis: "Numerical Modelling of Wind Waves". Advisor: Prof. Dr. D.V. Chalikov. Ph.D. degree in Oceanology (in Russian: Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in Oceanology), April 1980.
• Senior Doctorate degree in Oceanology (in Russian: Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in Oceanology), December 1989 at Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Thesis: "The Dynamics and Structure of the Boundary Layer Above Sea". Experts on the thesis: Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dr. N.N. Moiseev, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Prof. Dr. V.Ye. Zakharov, Prof. Dr. Ye.N. Pelinovskiy.

• 1980-1981, researcher at Leningrad Branch, State Oceanographic Institute, Leningrad, USSR. Tenure position.
• 1981-1991, researcher, senior researcher, leading researcher at Leningrad Branch, Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad. Tenure position.
• 1990-1991, guest researcher at Oceanographic Research Division, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands.
• 1991-present, senior researcher at Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands. Tenure position.

• Physics of microscale air-sea interaction.
  Fluxes of momentum, energy, heat, etc.
  Role of wind waves and swell in exchange processes.
  Role of the sea spray in exchange processes.
• Physics of wind waves.
  Physical models of short wind waves.
  Interaction of waves with the atmosphere.
  Interaction of waves with the sea surface phenomena such as current of different origin, slick, rain, etc.
  Modulation Transfer Function.
• Wind-Over-Waves Coupling (WOWC) theory.
• Turbulence above waves.
  Numerical modelling.
  High and low Reynolds number flows.
  Above monochromatic waves, spectrum of waves, breaking waves.
• Wave field modelling.
  Wind input and dissipation source functions.
  Wind wave forecast.
  Assimilation of data in wave models.
• Atmospheric boundary layer.
  Structure of the marine atmospheric boundary layer.
  Transformation across a coastline.
  Mesoscale circulation.
• Remote sensing.

• Adjunct Professor at the Division of Applied Marine Physics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, USA, 1998 - present.
• European Geophysical Society 2000 General Assembly, OA20 "Surface fluxes over land and ocean: Wind waves and the atmosphere" session convener.
• European Geophysical Society 2001 General Assembly, OA14 "Surface fluxes over land and ocean: Wind waves and the atmosphere" session convener.
• European Geophysical Society 2002 General Assembly, OA12 "Air-sea interaction" session convener.
• EGS-AGU-EUG 2003 Joint Assembly, AS3 "Air-sea interaction" session convener.
• European Geosciences Union 2004 1st General Assembly, AS2.02 "Air-sea interaction" session convener.
• European Geosciences Union 2005 General Assembly, AS2.02 "Air-sea interaction" session convener.
• Dutch official representative of the EU COST-714 "Directional spectra of ocean waves" action, 1996-2001.
• A member of the editorial board of The Global Atmosphere and Ocean System Journal. From 2004: Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Science.
• Reviewing to Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, Boundary -Layer Meteorology, and others.
• Expertise/lecturing at University of California, University of Miami, University of Karlsruhe, University of Heidelberg, University of Marseille, University of Uppsala, and others.
• Invited expert on "The Marine Boundary Layer Experiment Review", Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA, October 28-30, 1996.
• Invited speaker at the "Wind-Over-Waves Coupling" Conference, University of Salford, UK, April 1997.
• Invited speaker at the "Wind-Over-Waves Coupling" Conference, Cambridge University, UK, September 2001.
• Contributor to the SCOR WG-101 "Wind Stress over the Ocean " monograph (eds: I.S.F. Jones and Y. Toba).
• Contributor to the "Air-Sea Exchange: Physics, Chemistry and Dynamics" monograph (ed. G.L. Geernaert), 1999.
• Contributor to the "Wind-over-Waves Coupling" monograph (eds. S.G. Sajjadi, N.H. Thomas, and J.C.R. Hunt), 1999.
• Contributor to the "Wind Over Waves II" monograph (eds. S.G. Sajjadi and J.C.R. Hunt), 2003.
• Participant of numerous international scientific meetings, conferences, and symposiums.

• Coordinator: EU INTAS-96-1817 "A sea coastal zone: radar study of wind fields, surface waves and pollution", 1997-1999.
• Coordinator: EU INTAS-CNES-97-0222 "Radar cross-section modulation by long surface waves", 1999-2001.
• Coordinator: the Dutch-Russian Scientific Co-operation Programme 2001 "Improved wind forcing in sea-state models in coastal zones", No. 047.014.009, 2002-2004.
• KNMI project manager: NATO "Wave-generation/attenuation by wind", No. CRG 930213, 1993-1995.
• KNMI project manager: EU ASPEN "Air-Sea wave processes in climate change models", No. ENV4-CT97-0460, 1998-2000.
• KNMI project manager: EU COST-714 "Directional spectra of ocean waves" action, 1996-2001.
• KNMI project manager: Office of Naval Research "The responds of wind ripples to long surface waves", PR NO. 98PR05889-00, 1998-2000.
• KNMI project manager: Office of Naval Research "Small-scale wind waves and exchange processes at the sea surface", PR NO. 04PR15567-00 , 2003-2005.
• KNMI project manager: EU INTAS-01-2132 "Representation of lakes in numerical models for environmental applications", 2002-2004.
• KNMI project manager: EU PBL-TMRES "Planetary boundary layers - theory, modelling and role in Earth systems", 2004-2007.
• Project manager, Ph.D. student daily work supervisor: Ph.D. research "The influence of waves on air-sea interaction", 750.650.42, 1993-1995.
• Project manager, Ph.D. student daily work supervisor: Ph.D. research "Role of spray droplets in air-sea exchange of heat and moisture over the North Sea", 800.03.040, 1997-2001.

• Daily supervision of a Ph.D. student C. Mastenbroek. Thesis: "Wind-Wave Interaction". Promotion at University of Delft, 1996.
• Daily supervision of a Ph.D. student J.F. Meirink. Thesis: "The role of wind waves and sea spray in air-sea interaction". Promotion at University of Delft, 2002.
• Daily co-supervision of a Ph.D. student A. Voorrips. Thesis: "Sequential data assimilation methods for ocean wave models". Promotion at University of Delft, 1998.

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