Education

  • 2012–2016, Ph. D., Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
  • 2010–2012, M. Sc. A, Numerical Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
  • 2007–2008, B. Ing, Industrial Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid
  • 2005–2009, B. Ing., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

Employment

  • 2023–Now, Senior Scientific Engineer, DTN
  • 2022–2022, Data Scientist Intern, NewSci

Academic Employment

  • 2023–Now, Adjunct Faculty, Physical Oceanography, Florida State University (COAPS)
  • 2021–2023, Assistant Research Faculty, Physical Oceanography, Florida State University (COAPS)
  • 2020–2021, Assistant Scientist, Physical Oceanography, University of Miami (Rosenstiel School)
  • 2016–2020, Postdoctoral Associate, Physical Oceanography, University of Miami (Rosenstiel School)

Fundings

  • NSF Earthcube 2126413, S. Elipot (PI, UM), P. Miron (Sub PI, FSU), and B. Dano (Member), EarthCube Capabilities: CloudDrift: a platform for accelerating research with Lagrangian climate data, $476,876, 2021/09/01–2024/08/31, link
  • NSF OCE 1851097, F.J. Beron-Vera (PI), M.J. Olascoaga (Co-PI) and P. Miron (Co-PI), Collaborative Research: Enhancing our Understanding of North Atlantic Deep Water Pathways using Nonlinear Dynamics Techniques, $399,576, 2019/07/15–2022/06/30, link

Preprint Articles

  • S. Elipot, P. Miron, M. Curcic, K. Santana, and R. Lumpkin, Clouddrift: a Python package to accelerate the use of Lagrangian data for atmospheric, oceanic, and climate sciences, Journal of Open Source Software, 2024, link
  • P. Miron, Loop Current influences on the connectivity of the West Florida Shelf and impacts on red tide events, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, link
  • P. Miron, X. Xu, O. Zavala-Romero, D. Dukhovskoy and E. Chassignet, How we almost won the DARPA challenge, Preprint, 2022

Peer-reviewed Articles

  • X. Xu, E.P. Chassignet, P. Miron and O. Zavala-Romero, Seasonality of Marine Litter Hotspots in the Wider Caribbean Region, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2024, link
  • F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, L. Helfmann and P. Miron, Sampling-Dependent Transition Paths of Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2022, link
  • L. Hiron, P. Miron, L.K. Shay, W. Johns, E.P Chassignet and A. Bozec, Lagrangian coherence and source of water of Loop Current Frontal Eddies in the Gulf of Mexico, Progress in Oceanography, 2022, link
  • P. Miron, F.J. Beron-Vera and M.J. Olascoaga, Transition paths of North Atlantic Deep Water, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2022, link
  • R. Chaput, P. Sochala, P. Miron, V.H. Kourafalou and M. Iskandarani, Quantitative uncertainty estimation in biophysical models of fish larval connectivity in the Florida Keys, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2022, link
  • K.L. Drouin, M.S. Lozier, F.J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron and M.J. Olascoaga, Surface pathways connecting the South and North Atlantic Oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, link
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, L. Helfmann and P. Koltai, Transition paths of marine debris and the stability of the garbage patches, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2021, link
  • A. Cresci, A. Sandvik, P. Sævik, B. Ådlandsvik, M.J. Olascoaga, P. Miron, C. Durif, A.B. Skiftesvik, H. Browman and F. Vikebø, The lunar compass of European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) increases the probability that they recruit to North Sea coasts, Fisheries Oceanography, 2020, link
  • F.J. Beron-Vera and P. Miron, A minimal Maxey–Riley model for the drift of Sargassum rafts, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020, link
  • P. Miron, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, N.F. Putman, J. Triñanes, R. Lumpkin and G.J. Goni, Clustering of marine-debris- and Sargassum-like drifters explained by inertial particle dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, link
  • P. Miron, S. Medina, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, Laboratory verification of the buoyancy dependence of the carrying flow in a Maxey–Riley theory for inertial ocean dynamics, Physics of Fluid, 2020, link
  • M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, and P. Miron, Observation and quantification of inertial effects on the drift of floating objects at the ocean surface, Physics of Fluid, 2020, link
  • J.C. Compaire, P. Pérez-Brunius, J.R. Outerelo, S.Z. Herzka, M.J. Olascoaga, P. Miron and F.J. Beron-Vera, Posibles rutas de transporte larval entre regiones de la plataforma continental del golfo de México, Efectos de derrames de petróleo en la región de Perdido sobre la conectividad biológica del golfo de México, 2020
  • C.B Paris, S.A. Murawski, M.J. Olascoaga, A.C. Vaz, I. Berenshtein, P. Miron and F.J. Beron-Vera, Connectivity of the Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Fish Populations and Implications of Simulated Oil Spills, Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills, 2019, link
  • F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga and P. Miron, Building a Maxey–Riley framework for surface ocean inertial, Physics of Fluids, 2019, link
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga and P. Koltai, Markov-chain-inspired search for MH370, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2019, link
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga and G. Froyland, Lagrangian geography of the deep Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2018, link
  • M. J. Olascoaga, P. Miron, C. Paris, P. Pérez-Brunius, R. Pérez-Portela, R. H. Smith and A. Vaz, Connectivity of Pulley Ridge with remote locations as inferred from satellite-tracked drifter trajectories, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2018, link
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, P. Pérez-Brunius, J. Sheinbaum and G. Froyland, Lagrangian dynamical geography of the Gulf of Mexico, Scientific Reports, 2017, link
  • P. Miron and J. Vétel, Toward the detection of moving separation in unsteady flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015, link
  • P. Miron, J. Vétel and A. Garon, On the flow separation in the wake of a fixed and a rotating cylinder, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2015, link
  • P. Miron, J. Vétel and A. Garon, On the use of the finite-time Lyapunov exponent to reveal complex flow physics in the wake of a mechanical valve, Experiments in Fluids, 2014, link
  • P. Miron, J. Vétel, A. Garon, M. Delfour and M. El Hassan, Anisotropic mesh adaptation on Lagrangian Coherent Structures, Journal of Computational Physics, 2012, link

Talks

  • S. Elipot, M. Curcic and P. Miron, A Lagrangian analysis workflow using the open source Python library clouddrift, ISI workshop 2023, Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles), 2023-06-27
  • M. Curcic, S. Elipot and P. Miron, Challenges and Solutions Toward Efficient Lagrangian Data Analysis for Earth Sciences, ISI workshop 2023, Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles), 2023-06-27
  • E. Chassignet, P. Miron, O. Zavala Romero and X. Xu, Identification of marine litter hotspots in the Wider Caribbean Sea, 7th International Marine Debris Conference (7IMDC), Busan, Korea, 2022-09-18
  • P. Miron, S. Elipot, R. Lumpkin and B. Dano, Accelerating Lagrangian analyses of oceanic data: benchmarking typical workflows, 2022 EarthCube Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, 2022-06-14, link, pdf
  • K. L. Drouin, M. S. Lozier, F. J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron and M. J. Olascoaga, Exploring the Surface Pathways between the North Brazil Current (2°N) and the RAPID Line (26°N), AGU Fall Meeting, Online, 2021-12-13
  • P. Miron, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, K.L. Drouin and M.S. Lozier, Identification and quantification of North Atlantic Deep Water pathways, EGU, Online, 2021-04-19, pdf
  • K. L. Drouin, M. S. Lozier, F. J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron and M. J. Olascoaga, Pathways connecting the North Brazil Current and the RAPID line, EGU, Online, 2021-04-19
  • K. L. Drouin, M. S. Lozier, F. J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron and M. J. Olascoaga, Pathways of the Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic, AGU Fall Meeting, Online, 2020-12-14
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera and M. J. Olascoaga, Loop Current influence on the connectivity of the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL, USA, 2020-02-03, pdf
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, P. Perez-Brunius, J. Sheinbaum and Gary Froyland, Lagrangian geographies of the Gulf of Mexico, Lapcod, Venice, Italy, 2019-06-17, pdf
  • J.R. Outerelo, P. Perez-Brunius, M.J. Olascoaga, P. Miron, F.J. Beron-Vera, P. García-Carrillo, J. Sheinbaum, J.M. Azevedo Correia de Souza, J. Jouanno, S.N. Estrada-Allis and J. Zavala-Hidalgo, Coastal Surface Connectivity Of The Gulf Of Mexico From Transition Matrices., Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 2018-02-12
  • P. Perez-Brunius, J. Sheinbaum, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron, K. Kotzakoulakis, J.A. Lara, J.R. Outerelo, P. García-Carrillo, J. Zavala-Hidalgo, S.N. Estrada-Allis, J.M. Azevedo Correia de Souza, J. Jouanno and A. Maslo, Oil spill scenarios in the western gulf of Mexico, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 2018-02-12
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera and M. J. Olascoaga, Abyssal Lagrangian Dynamical Geography of the Gulf of Mexico, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 2018-02-12, pdf
  • M. J. Olascoaga, P. Miron, C. B. Paris, P. Perez-Brunius, R. Perez-Portela, R. H. Smith and A. Vaz, Connectivity of Pulley Ridge with Remote Locations as Inferred by Satellite-Tracked Drifter Trajectories, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, 2018-02-12
  • S. A. Murawski, M. J. Olascoaga, C. Paris, P. Miron, I. Bernstein, F. Beron-Vera and E. Chancellor, Factors Determining Observed Patterns of Continental Shelf Fish Species Distribution and Apparent Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2018-02-05
  • M. J. Olascoaga, S. Muraswki, C. Paris, F. J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron, E. Chancellor and I. Berenshtein, Physical Constraints on Biological Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2018-02-05
  • C. B. Paris, S. A. Murawski, M. J. Olascoaga, I. Berenshtein, E. Chancellor, P. Miron and F. Beron-Vera, Asymmetric Larval Connectivity between Oceanographic Provinces of the Gulf of Mexico and Resilience of Fish Communities to Disturbances, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2018-02-05
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga and G. Froyland, A Lagrangian geography of the deep Gulf of Mexico, RAUGM 2017, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México, 2017-10-22, pdf
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, P. Pérez-Brunius, J. Sheinbaum and G. Froyland, Dynamical geography of the Gulf of Mexico using the transfer operator, Transport in Unsteady Flows: from Deterministic Structures to Stochastic Models and Back Again, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada, 2017-01-15, pdf
  • A. Garon, A. Fortin, T. Briffard, J. Vétel and P. Miron, Anisotropic mesh adaptation for the computation of Lagrangian coherent structures, Coupled problems, Venice, Italy, 2015
  • P. Miron, A. Garon and J. Vétel, Efficient computation of the finite-time Lyapunov exponent, 43rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, USA, 2013
  • M.-I. Farinas, S. Bélanger, P. Miron, M. Dufour, A. Garon, D. Pelletier and M. Delfour, Grid independent hemolysis computation: contribution to the FDA critical path initiative for standardization of CFD techniques, IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, 2010

Posters

  • P. Miron, Sampling-Dependent Transition Paths of Iceland–Scotland OverflowWater, Transport and Scale Interactions in Geophysical Flows at Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO), Hausach, Germany, 2023-07-16, pdf
  • L. Hiron, O. Zavala-Romero, P. Miron, Identifying ocean Lagrangian coherent vortices using machine learning and altimetry sea surface height, MLx23, Tallahassee, USA, 2023-04-22, pdf
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, L. Helfmann, P. Koltai and S. Lozier, Unveiling North Atlantic Deep Water pathways using nonlinear dynamics techniques, Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, USA, 2020-02-16, pdf
  • P. Miron, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, P. Pérez-Brunius, J. Sheinbaum and G. Froyland, A Dynamical Geography of the Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, USA, 2017-02-05, pdf

Teaching experiences

  • Fluid dynamics (5 semesters)
  • Finite element in Thermofluids (4 semesters)
  • Introduction to MATLAB programming (1 semesters)
  • Design and manufacture assisted by computer

Research Committee

  • 2022, Jeanne Maingot-Lépée, Influence of ENSO on larvae recruitment in French Polynesia, Master studies project, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
  • 2020, Samantha Medina, Influence of buoyancy on the velocity of floating objects affected by wind and current, Undergraduate thesis, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, & Earth Sciences, Miami, USA

Fieldworks

Outreach

  • 2017–2021 Canes on Canes, bring awareness to the South Florida community about hurricanes and the impacts of climate change.
  • 2018–2019 Ocean Kids, sharing love for science and ocean conservation with children from underserved Greater Miami communities.

Skills

  • Programming
    • Python (torch, numpy, pandas)
    • C/C++
    • Arduino
  • DevOps
    • AWS
    • Gitlab CI/CD
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • Terraform
    • Helm
  • Scientific communication
    • Conferences
    • Data visualization and presentation (LaTeX, Matplotlib, TikZ, Tecplot, Paraview)
  • Computational
    • Finite Element Method
    • Lagrangian Analysis
    • Post-processing techniques
  • Experimental
    • Particle image velocimetry
    • Laser doppler velocimetry
    • Hot wire anemometer
    • Polarographic method
  • Technical softwares
    • Catia/Solidworks

Languages

  • French (native)
  • English (excellent knowledge)
  • Portuguese (good knowledge)
  • Spanish (good knowledge)