Laurent Cherubin received the B.S. degree in fluid mechanics from the University of Bordeaux—I, France, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physical and coastal oceanography from the University of Méditerranée, Marseille, France. He is currently an Associate Research Professor at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University. He is a physical oceanographer specialized in the understanding of ocean dynamics, which is the study of why the water moves the way it moves. His research interests include dynamics of motions associated with instabilities in coastal currents and eddies, using both analytical and numerical models in the quasi-geostrophic, shallow-water formalisms, and in realistic models. This research provides a deep understanding of the environmental forces that affect ocean ecosystems at multiples levels of the trophic chain. Both observational analysis and numerical modeling involving hydrodynamic (the Regional Oceanic Modeling System (ROMS)) and biophysical models (Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) and Ichthyop) are used to study how environmental drivers shape the oceanic ecosystems.