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Charles FlaggResearch ProfessorSchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Biography
Charles Flagg’s research is focused on the kinematics and dynamics of the world’s coastal ocean, including the processes at the edge of the broad continental shelf of the Middle Atlantic Bight and the Gulf of Maine that control the exchange of mass and material between the deep ocean and shelf. His studies include the coastal lagoons of southern Long Island and the impact of breaches in Fire Island.
Education
- PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Holes Oceanographic Institution
- MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BS, Cornell University
News Highlights
July 21, 2022Old Inlet breach that was created by Superstorm Sandy and flushed out pollution in
Great South Bay is closingWCBS-TVRead ArticleJanuary 9, 2022Breach near Smith Point created during 2012 storm continues to closeNewsdayRead ArticleOctober 26, 2020New inlet proposed in state park to revitalize Great South BayNewsdayRead ArticleJune 2, 2018Scientist: Fire Island breach could be aiding algae bloomNewsdayRead ArticleOctober 24, 2017On LI’s southern coastline, Sandy’s impact is still in evidenceNewsdayRead Article