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

Cycling the North Coast 500 on a Budget

Emma and I with the famous Kylesku bridge. In September 2025, Emma and I cycled the North Coast 500 loop around the Highlands of Scotland over the course of about two weeks.  I found in researching for this trip there was a lot of information on the route and...

COSSMoSS Research Cruise and Blog

In January 2025, I was fortunate enough to join the science team working on Capturing Oceanic Submesoscales, Stirring, and Mixing with Sound and Simulations (COSSMoSS). This was a fantastic experience working in the field off the coast of Uruguay for four weeks aboard...

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