Education

• 1987 - Ph.D. (Physical Oceanography), P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
  Thesis title: "Water transport and mixing by mesoscale eddies."
• 1983 - M.Sc. (Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics), Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology

Research Interests

• Mesoscale and large-scale ocean currents
• Ekman dynamics and air-sea interaction
• Alternating zonal jets and multiple mechanisms of their formation
• Processes at oceanic fronts
• Advection of passive and bio-chemical tracers

Scientific Work Experience

• Associate Researcher: International Pacific Research Center, 1999–present
• Senior Research Scientist: Oceanic Currents Laboratory, Large-scale Air-Sea Interaction Division, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1991–present
• Scientific Secretary of Russian National IAPSO Committee, 1998–present
• Research Scientist: Hydrophysical Fields Variability Laboratory, Large-scale Air-Sea Interaction Division, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1988–1991
• Junior Research Scientist: Hydrophysical Fields Variability Laboratory, Large-scale Air-Sea Interaction Division, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1987–1988
• Engineering Staff (temporary position): Synoptic Processes Laboratory, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1985
• Laboratory Assistant (temporary position): Synoptic Processes Laboratory, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1982–1983

Recent Professional Visits

• 1999: Visiting Scientist: International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, USA
• 1998: Visiting Scientist: Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo, Japan
• 1998: Visiting Scientist: Japan Marine Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
• 1998: Visiting Scientist: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
• 1997: Visiting Scientist: Japan Marine Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
• 1995: Visiting Scientist: Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
• 1993–1994: Postdoc Fellow: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
• 1991: Visiting Scientist: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Sea Expeditions

• Eastern Black Sea (09/1990–10/1990), Head of Expedition, R/V “Rift”
• Atlantic Ocean (03/1990–07/1990), Member of Data Processing Team, 51th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Kurchatov”
• North Western Pacific (07/1987–12/1987),  Member of Data Processing Team, 47th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Kurchatov”
• Tropical North Atlantic (03/1985–07/1985), Member of Data Processing Team, 41th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Kurchatov”
• Southern Ocean, south of Africa (11/1982–03/1983), Member of Data Processing Team, 5th cruise of the R/V “Akademik Keldysh”

Recent Research Grants and Projects

• RUSSIAN FOUNDATION FOR BASIC RESEARCH, RUSSIA, “North Pacific intermediate water formation” (Principal Investigator). 1995–1997
• INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, USA, “Convection in the North Pacific Subarctic Front” (Principal Investigator). 1992–1995
• MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, RUSSIA, “Oceanic currents study with surface drifters” (Principal Investigator). 1990–1995

Major Publications

• Huang, H.-P., A. Kaplan, E.N. Curchitser, and N.A. Maximenko: The degree of anisotropy for mid-ocean currents from satellite observations and an eddy-resolving model simulation. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, in press.
• Maximenko, N.A., O.V. Melnichenko, P.P. Niiler, and H. Sasaki, 2008: Stationary mesoscale jet-like features in the ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08603, doi:10.1029/2008GL033267.
• Melnichenko, O.V., and N.A. Maximenko: Stationary alternating zonal jets in hydrographic data of the eastern North Pacific. Proceedings of PACON 2007, in press.
• Richards, K.J., N.A. Maximenko, F.O. Bryan, and H. Sasaki: Zonal Jets in the Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.
• Wilson, C., T.A. Villareal, N. Maximenko, S.J. Bograd, J.P. Montoya, and C.A. Schoenbaechler, 2008: Biological and physical forcings of late summer chlorophyll blooms at 30°N in the oligotrophic Pacific. J. Mar. Sys., 69, 164–176.
• Melnichenko, O.V., and N.A. Maximenko, 2007: Stationary alternating zonal jets in hydrographic data of the eastern North Pacific. Proceedings of PACON 2007: Ocean Observing Systems and Marine Environment, 55-63.
• Maximenko, N.A., P. P. Niiler, and O. V. Melnichenko: Global mean dynamic ocean topography reveals new coherent features of surface circulation. Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference "Fluxes and Structures in Fluid", Moscow, Russia.
• Maximenko, N.A., and P.P. Niiler: Mean surface circulation of the global ocean inferred from satellite altimeter and drifter data. In 15 years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, ESA Publication SP-614, July 2006.
• Liu, Q., S.-P. Xie, L. Li, and N.A. Maximenko, 2005: Ocean thermal advective effect on the annual range of sea surface temperature.Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24604, doi:10.1029/2005GL024493.
• Maximenko, N.A., B. Bang, and H. Sasaki, 2005: Observational evidence of alternating zonal jets in the World Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12607, doi:10.1029/2005GL022728.
• Maximenko, N.A., and R.I. Gouskina, 2005: A method for current velocity correction contaminated by wind wave effect on surface float of the mooring. Oceanology, 45 (2), 179–185.
• Maximenko, N.A., and P.P. Niiler, 2005: Hybrid decade-mean global sea level with mesoscale resolution. In N. Saxena (Ed.) Recent Advances in Marine Science and Technology, 2004, pp. 55-59. Honolulu: PACON International.
• Maximenko, N., 2004: Correspondence between Lagrangian and Eulerian velocity statistics at the ASUKA line. J. Oceanogr., 60 (4), 681–687.
• Niiler, P.P., N.A. Maximenko, and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Dynamically balanced absolute sea level of the global ocean derived from near-surface velocity observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (22), 2164, doi:10.1029/2003GRL018628, 2003.
• Niiler, P.P., N.A. Maximenko, G.G. Panteleev, T. Yamagata, and D.B. Olson, 2003: Near-surface dynamical structure of the Kuroshio Extension. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 108 (C6), 3193.
• Yu, Z., N. Maximenko, S.-P. Xie, and M. Nonaka, 2003: On the termination of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (5), 1215, doi:10.1029/2002GL016710.
• Maximenko, N.A., 2002: Index and composites of the Kuroshio meander south of Japan. J. Oceanogr., 58, 639–649.
• Panteleev, G.G., N.A. Maximenko, B. deYoung, C. Reiss, and T. Yamagata, 2002: Variational interpolation of circulation with nonlinear, advective smoothing. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 19 (9),1442–1450.
• Yaremchuk, M., and N. Maximenko, 2002: A dynamically consistent analysis of the mesoscale eddy field at the western North Pacific Subarctic Front. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 107 (C12), 16, doi:10.1029/2002JC001379.
• Maximenko, N.A., M.N. Koshlyakov, Y.A. Ivanov, M.I. Yaremchuk, and G.G. Panteleev, 2001: Hydrophysical experiment "Megapolygon-87" in the northwestern Pacific Subarctic Frontal Zone. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 106, 14,143–14,163.
• Panteleev, G.G., N.A. Maximenko, B. deYoung, C. Reiss, and T. Yamagata, 2000: Anisotropic optimization of the current field with the variational method. Oceanology, 40, 451–457.
• Byshev, V.I., V.D. Yegorihin, N.A. Maximenko, and V.K. Sobol, 1997: Structure and synoptic variability of the North Atlantic Current at the meridional section along 36N in Summer of 1990. Doklady of Russian Academy of Sciences, 355 (3), 397–400.
• Maximenko, N.A., P.P. Niiler, and T. Yamagata, 1997: Mean circulation in the North Western Pacific mixed layer from drifter data. International WOCE Newsletter, No.25, 13–14.
• Maximenko, N.A., G.G. Panteleev, A. Grotov, P.P. Niiler, and T. Yamagata, 1997: Mean circulation in the North Western Pacific mixed layer from TOGA/WOCE Lagrangian drifters. Proceedings of the CREAMS'97 International Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, January 28-30, 1997, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 189–192.
• Maximenko, N.A., A.Yu. Shcherbina, R.I. Gouskina, and A.I. Kharlamov, 1997: Spatial structure and dynamics of the layer of North Pacific intermediate water. Oceanology, 37 (6), 798–805.
• Maximenko, N.A., T. Yamagata, and K. Okuda, 1997: Frontal convection in the Kuroshio and at the Subarctic Front. Oceanology, 37 (3), 295–300.
• Maximenko, N.A., and A.G. Zatsepin, 1997: On regularities of dense water sinking downslope the shelf. Oceanology, 37 (4), 513–516.
• Yu.A. Gol'din, and N.A. Maksimenko, 1996: Application of a mathematical model of an automatic buoy station to the analysis of measured temperature distortion.Oceanology, 36, No.6, 885–890.
• Maximenko, N.A., and T. Yamagata, 1995: Submesoscale anomalies in the North Pacific Subarctic Front. J.Geophys.Res., 100, No.C9, 18,459–18,469.
• Maximenko, N.A., 1993: Intrathermocline lens in the Northwestern Pacific ocean. Oceanology, 33, No.3, 287–292.
• Maximenko, N.A. and N.M. Mardashkina, 1993: Advective mixing by eddies, particle dispersion. Oceanology, 33 (4), 507–512.
• Maximenko, N.A., P.P. Niiler, A.L. Sybrandy, and A.I.  Kharlamov, 1993: Drifter experiment in Black Sea. Oceanology, 33 (3), 379–383.
• Maximenko, N.A., 1992: Effect of surface waves on current meter velocity measurements. Experiment Megapolygon (ed.: Yu A. Ivanov), 304–318.
• Maximenko, N.A., 1990: Comparative analysis of Lagrangian statistical characteristics for synoptic-scale currents in hydrophysical study areas. Oceanology, 30 (1), 5–9.
• Maximenko, N.A., 1986: Transport and mixing in the ocean in a field of synoptic eddies according to POLYMODE data. Oceanology, 26 (2), 140–144.