About Me

I am a PhD candidate in the Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science (CAOS), housed within NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

I am interested in ocean dynamics and the ocean’s role in climate, and seek to build physical understanding through theory and computational modelling of varying complexity. I am particularly motivated by how ocean processes can be better represented in global climate models.

Publications

3. Pudig, M. P., Zhang, W., Smith, K. S., Zanna, L. Parameterizing isopycnal mixing via kinetic energy backscatter in an eddy-permitting ocean model. Submitted to Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
4. Pudig, M. P., & Smith, K. S. (2025). Baroclinic turbulence above rough topography: The vortex gas and topographic turbulence regimes. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 55(5), 611-630.
5. Pudig, M. P., Yung, C. K., Zika, J. D., & Holmes, R. M. (2023). Rectified ocean heat uptake from oscillatory surface forcing. Journal of Climate, 36(8), 2663-2680.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Atmosphere Ocean Science and Mathematics; New York University (2022-present)
• Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours), Mathematics and Physics, Hons. Class 1 in Applied Mathematics; University of New South Wales (2017-2021)