Jack Paton

PhD Oceanographer

My Experience

I studied Physics and Astrophysics as my undergraduate at the University of York. I completed my Masters project at the York Plasma Institute studying gas heating in a plasma micro thruster. During this period, I completed a summer Research Experience Placement with the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey. This was my first experience of physical oceanography working on data from the DynOPO project.

This led me to join the COSSMoSS project, first as part of the fieldwork campaign in January 2025 and then starting my PhD in physical oceanography in March 2026. My research now focusses on ocean mixing close to topographic slopes, in particular using observations from the AutoSub Long Range AUV.

Photography

 

Latest From Me

Dientes de Navarino Circuit

In November 2025, Emma and I completed the Dientes de Navarino walking circuit in Southern Chile over five days. It's a great route with the real 'end-of-the-world' feel, though it is certainly becoming more popular. I have a few notes here for anyone considering the...

Radio Imaging of SN1993J with APSYNTRU

This is a short report I completed as part of my final year exams in Astrophysics at the University of York. It discusses the production of an image of supernovae SN1993J via aperture synthesis radio astronomy. Here, I employ the APSYNTRU programme to produce my image...

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