Halmos Professor Wins Provost Research/Scholarship Award

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Executive Vice President and Provost Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D., recently presented Alexander Soloviev, Ph.D., professor in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, with the 11th Annual Provost’s Research and Scholarship Award.

The purpose of the award is to recognize a faculty member who has demonstrated significant achievement in support of NSU’s mission to foster scholarship, intellectual inquiry, and academic excellence. Research and scholarship are two of NSU’s eight core values, and excellence in these areas enhances education, patient care, and public service, and develops superior scholarship.

‘We are proud of Dr. Soloviev for exemplifying NSU’s Core Values through his groundbreaking research on the physics of the near-surface layer of the ocean, air-sea and bio-physical interactions, uptake of CO2 by the ocean, and hurricane physics,” said Chenail.

The award is recognized on the Provost’s website in a special video presentation.

Soloviev had a strong nomination submitted by his colleague Bernhard Reigl, Ph.D. The nomination describes Soloviev as a pioneer in studying the near-surface layer of the ocean microstructure and turbulence. These results are important for the ocean surveillance from space, the uptake of the anthropogenic CO2 by the oceans, and oil spill mitigation.

Soloviev oversees NSU’s Physical Oceanography Laboratory, and shares his knowledge, experience, and love of the ocean with students of all ages.  He has brought more than $11 million dollars in external grant funding to NSU. He has also developed a number of several model components for simulating environmental conditions and applying these models to problems that had no previous known solution.

Posted 11/14/21