Dr Alice Ren is a physical oceanographer specialising in the use of autonomous underwater vehicles to observe and understand ocean dynamics. She joined the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences as an Assistant Professor in January 2026 as part of BIOS–Arizona State University.
Alice earned her B.S. from Duke University in 2010 and completed her M.S. at the University of Maine, Orono, in 2016. She received her Ph.D. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, in 2022. Her doctoral research focused on analysing large ocean datasets collected by autonomous underwater gliders to investigate ocean circulation and variability.
Prior to joining BIOS, Alice worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where she continued to develop and apply glider-based observing systems in the Gulf Stream. Her research integrates high-resolution measurements from autonomous platforms to examine ocean circulation, water mass transformation and the role of dissolved oxygen in marine systems.
At BIOS, Alice works with data from autonomous vehicles to study ocean dynamics and biogeochemical variability in the North Atlantic. Her research contributes to sustained ocean observations and advances understanding of how physical processes shape marine ecosystems and influence climate-relevant ocean processes.