Felix Jose is a Professor of Marine Science and currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Marine and Earth Science at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has also been Program Coordinator for the Marine Science Undergraduate program for nearly a decade. Felix obtained his Master’s and Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from Cochin University of Science and Technology in India. His doctoral research received funding from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), based on a national eligibility examination. He has postdoctoral experience from three institutions: the Nansen Centre in India, the University of Azores in Horta, Portugal, and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Joining the FGCU Marine Science faculty in the Fall of 2011, Felix has gained extensive research experience through various federally, state-funded, and locally funded projects focusing on issues such as coastal erosion, estuarine circulation, hurricane-induced storm surges, and barrier island erosion/overwash along the coasts of Louisiana and Florida. He has collaborated with researchers both within Florida and internationally. Additionally, he was awarded a summer faculty scholarship to work at the Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center. In 2021, Felix was selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster as a coastal ocean modeler and completed two visits to India and Mongolia.