Ashley Lobao

Name and pronouns:
Ashley Lobao (she/her)

Senior thesis title and brief description:
Potential Vorticity and its Effects on the Spatial Pattern of Intermittent Thermohaline Intrusions in an Agulhas Ring. This thesis explores a mixing phenomenon between water masses of varying spice relative to the vorticity of the ring.

What was your best memory from the school of Oceanography?
I have enjoyed many moments during these past four years, from first fridays to lab work to field trips with classmates. However some of my best memories are from the senior cruise. Specifically the last few days of the cruise, when most of the science was completed and we were waiting to return to Seattle. All the students banded together to watch movies and play games while we waited for something that was out of our control it was frustrating yet bonding moment.

What was your favorite oceanography class and why?
My favorite oceanography class would have to be Ocean 310. It was the class in which my classmates and I truly established our friendships and became more than just class friends. I also really enjoyed the material and the way in which we were learning it. 

What has been your go to way to connect to your classmates remotely?
Mainly through slack however, I have  few private group chats on my phone.

Favorite non-ocean body of water?
Waterfalls, any size and anywhere