Dr. Alexey Fedorov

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Biography

Alexey Fedorov is a professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Yale University, where he leads the Ocean, Atmosphere Climate Modeling group. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. His research focuses on understanding the effects of climate change on ocean and atmospheric dynamics, particularly in relation to El Niño and other significant climate phenomena. He has held a postdoctoral researcher role at Princeton University's GFDL and has been a senior visiting scientist at Sorbonne University. Fedorov has received multiple fellowships, such as the Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (2007-2014) and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018. His work has been instrumental in advancing knowledge about climate variability, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and the historical context of climate dynamics. He is also involved in several significant research projects related to the impacts of climate change on ocean circulation and has published extensively in prestigious journals.

Research Interests

Courses

EPS 522/322 Physics Weather Climate EPS 523/323 Climate Dynamics EPS 535/335 Physical Oceanography EPS 602/402 Introduction Paleoclimates EPS 521/421 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics EPS 670 Tropical Oceanography Meteorology EPS 671 Advanced Tropical Oceanography Meteorology EPS 710 Ethics Scientific Research EPS 715 Seminar Tropical Climate Dynamics EPS 820 Tutorial Oceanography, Meteorology Fluid Dynamics

Requirements for Yale University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
GRE General
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Speaking
Required:7.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, or Mathematics
Application Checklist
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  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Application fee ($105)
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.