Prof. Dr. Laurent M Chérubin is a physical oceanographer who specializes in the understanding of ocean dynamics, which is the study of why the water moves the way it moves. It establishes the connection between forces that act on the ocean, such as gravity, the earth’s rotation, the wind, the moon, the heat from the sun, and the water motions. He is currently a Research Professor working at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University. He holds a PhD in Physical Oceanography at the Université de la Méditerranée, France. His research has focused on the dynamics of motions associated with instabilities in coastal currents and eddies, using both analytical and numerical models in the quasi-geostrophic, shallow-water formalisms, and realistic models.