Affiliate Professor of Oceanography University of Washington
Previous positions:
Postdoctoral Investigator Department of Physical Oceanography Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1989-1991
Postdoctoral Associate Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean University of Washington 1989
Research Associate School of Oceanography University of Washington 1983-1989
Fellowships:
Egdvedt Fellowship University of Washington 1982-83
Frohlich Fellowship CSIRO Marine Laboratory Hobart, Australia 2001
Post Rouge IRD Centre de Noumea Noumea, New Caledonia 2004
Post Rouge Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées Toulouse, France 2010
Committee memberships and service
Editor, Journal of Physical Oceanography (2011-)
International CLIVAR Pacific Panel (2002-2007) and (2013-)
U.S. CLIVAR Scientific Steering Committee (1998-2003)
International CLIVAR Upper Ocean Panel (1995-2002)
U.S. CLIVAR Pacific Implementation Panel (1998-2004)
TAO Implementation Panel (1992-1998)
Un-Professional Experience
Juggler and Acrobat
The Pickle Family Circus
San Francisco, 1978-82
Co-founder and performer
The Bay City Reds Juggling Troupe
San Francisco, 1973-78
Juggler
Circo America
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1972-73
Various other jobs I've held, 1965-74 (Partial list)
Surveying instrument repairman, San Francisco
Longshoreman, San Francisco
Cemetery stoneworker, New Haven
Gas station attendant, New Haven
Delivery truck driver, San Francisco
Security guard, San Francisco
Street performer, San Francisco
Bicycle repairman, New York
Grocery clerk, New York
Taxi driver, Boston
Elevator operator, Chicago
Description of me in 1969 (From "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"):
He's about 20 years old: Long hair, Levi jacket, knapsack —
an out-front drifter, a straight Road Person. Totally harmless,
he just wanders around the country looking for whatever it was
that we all thought we'd nailed down in the Sixties —
sort of an early Bob Zimmerman trip.
Dr. William S. Kessler
NOAA / PMEL / OCRD
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115 USA
