Paul S. Schopf
Professor of Oceanography
Associate Dean for Research and Computing
Professor Paul Schopf is the Associate Dean for Research and Computing of the College of Science. He holds Sc.B and Sc.M. degrees in engineering from Brown University and Ph.D. in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics from Princeton. Professor Schopf is well known for his work on computer modeling of the ocean and climate, particularly his pioneering work on the theoretical basis for the climate variability known as El Nino. He was appointed Associate Dean upon the creation of the College of Science in 2006, following 4 years as Assistant Dean for Research in the School for Computational Sciences. He spent nearly 20 years at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center before joining the George Mason in 1997. He serves as a Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Climate Dynamics.
Professor Schopf has served on several national and international scientific committees, advisory boards and panels related to Climate Variability and Change, High Performance Computing and Communication, and Oceanography. He has over 60 publications and conference proceedings, and his work has been cited over 1250 times in the scientific literature.