Cynthia N. Cudaback
Assistant Professor

I have moved to North Carolina, but am still working with the PISCO project.

Department of Marine Earth and Atmospheric Science
P.O. Box 8208
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8208

cynthia_cudaback@ncsu.edu
919-515-8705

Resume and Publications




Research Interests

My primary goal is the preservation of our estuaries and coastal waters through a combination of research and education. The health of these systems is strongly affected by transport of water, salt, nutrients, and planktonic larvae. I have conducted physical oceanographic research in the areas listed below, using a wide variety of observational and theoretical methods. My career is moving more into interdisciplinary research with marine biologists and ecologists, and I've been called an honorary biologist. Education and outreach are also very important to me, because environmental preservation can only be achieved by informed and involved citizens.

Pamlico Sound

Point Conception

"Point Conception? God walks on the water below that point, and the waters above it, He left to the devil"
Phillip Vella, whose 68 years fishing on the CA coast gave him a clear understanding of biogeographic boundaries.

North Carolina Coast

"They have done it! Damned if they ain't flew!"
anonymous witness to the Wright Brothers' first flight, Dec 17, 1903

The Columbia River Bar

"Great joy in camp. We are in view of the ocean, this great Pacific Ocean, which we have been so long anxious to see."
Captain William Clark, November 7, 1805

Puget Sound

"The Land in the Southern Inlets of these straits is most grateful to the Eye"
Peter Puget, 1972

Personal History

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August, 2004 / cynthia_cudaback@ncsu.edu