Research Interests
High-resolution ocean-biogeochemical modeling.
Ocean Acidification progression.
Seasonal to decadal variability of large marine ecosystems.
River runoff impact on coastal ecosystems.
Fabian A. Gomez, Ph.D.
Research Scientist (Northern Gulf Institute), Physical Oceanography Division
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
“High-resolution ocean-biogeochemical models simulate the spatiotemporal variability of important ecological and marine chemistry processes, providing a conceptual framework to better understand observed ocean patterns, as well as to foresee ecosystem responses to anthropogenic disturbances and climate variability.”
Dr. Fabian Gomez is a Research Scientist at the Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) and the Physical Oceanography Division at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Dr. Gomez’s research focuses on examining plankton and marine chemistry variability using three-dimensional high-resolution ocean-biogeochemical (BGC) models. He has expertise configuring ocean-BGC models in the Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) and NOAA’s Global Fluid Dynamics Laboratory’s (GFDL) Modular Ocean Model (MOM). He is particularly interested in understanding how large-scale climate variability modes (such as ENSO, MJO, and AMO) impact regional marine ecosystems, and examining past and future changes in marine productivity and carbonate chemistry associated with anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification.
Current Work
Dr. Fabian Gomez is involved in multidisciplinary projects to examine ocean acidification in the Gulf of America (GoM) and US East Coast, as well as to investigate potential impacts of climate variability on the recent declines of coastal pelagic species in the GoM and South Atlantic Bight.
2003, B.S. Fisheries, Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile
2008, M.S. Fisheries, University of Concepcion, Chile
2015, Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, Oregon State University, OR
- Gomez, F. A., Ross, A., Lee, S. K., Volkov, D. L., Kim, D., John, J. G., & Stock, C. A. Wind control of the interannual ocean-biogeochemical variability in the South Atlantic Bight Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131, e2025JC023322, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC023322 2026
Ref. 4565 - Kim, D., Ross, A. C., Shin, S.-I., Gomez, F. A., John, J. G., Volkov, D. L., Lee, S.-K., Alexander, M. A., and Stock, C. A. Dynamically downscaled future projections of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean across low to high emissions scenarios Ocean Science, 22(3), 1987-2009, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1987-2026 2026
Ref. 4590 - Lee, S. K., Kim, D., Lopez, H., & Gomez, F. A. Future shoaling of the AMOC and its impact on oceanic heat transport to the subpolar North Atlantic Geophysical Research Letters, 53(2), e2025GL119487, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119487 2026
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