Cynthia N. Cudaback
Assistant Professor

Marine Earth and Atmospheric Science
P.O. Box 8208,
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8208

cynthia_cudaback@ncsu.edu
919-515-8705

Curriculum Vitae


Until I saw the sea
I did not know
that wind
could wrinkle water so

I never knew
that sun
could splinter a whole sea of blue

nor
did I know before,
a sea breathes in and out
upon a shore

Until I Saw the Sea,
by Lilian Moore


Mission Statement

My primary goal is the preservation of our estuaries and coastal waters through a combination of research and education. The health of these systems is strongly affected by transport of water, salt, nutrients, and planktonic larvae. I have conducted physical oceanographic research in the areas listed below, using a wide variety of observational and theoretical methods. My career is moving more into interdisciplinary research with marine biologists and ecologists, and I've been called an honorary biologist. Education and outreach are also very important to me, because environmental preservation can only be achieved by informed and involved citizens.

Introductory Oceanography
Education: The Landscape of the Mind
"Teach your children well" Crosby Stills and Nash

Pamlico Sound: Larval Transport
"Which way did he go? Which waaaay did he go?"

Point Conception: Inner Shelf Circulation
"Point Conception? God walks on the water below that point,
and the waters above it, He left to the devil"
Phillip Vella, after 68 years fishing on the CA coast.

North Carolina Coast: Wind Driven Circulation
"They have done it! Damned if they ain't flew!"
anonymous witness to the Wright Brothers' first flight, Dec 17, 1903
The Columbia River Bar: Collision of Salt and Fresh Water
"Great joy in camp. We are in view of the ocean, this great Pacific Ocean,
which we have been so long anxious to see."
Captain William Clark, November 7, 1805
Puget Sound: Tidal Currents
"The Land in the Southern Inlets of these straits is most grateful to the Eye"
Peter Puget, 1792


Personal History

October, 2006 / cynthia_cudaback@ncsu.edu