Source: # Curriculum vitae Nimrod Gavriel · Atmospheric dynamics & planetary science [nimrod.gavriel@berkeley.edu]() [ORCID]() [Google Scholar]() [Download CV (PDF) ]() ## Appointments 2026–present ### Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Berkeley Earth and Planetary Science · Host: [William R. Boos]() 2025 ### Postdoctoral Fellow Weizmann Institute of Science Earth and Planetary Science · Host: [Yohai Kaspi]() ## Education 2020–2024 ### PhD, Atmospheric Dynamics Weizmann Institute of Science Advisor: [Yohai Kaspi]() 2017–2019 ### MSc, Energy Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology **Summa cum laude** · Advisor: [Guy Ramon]() 2013–2017 ### BSc, Civil and Environmental Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology **Summa cum laude** ## Publications ### Under review - Manuscript in review Planetary-Scale Convective Columns Detected on Jupiter **Gavriel, N.**; Duer-Milner, K.; Galanti, E.; Oyafuso, F. A.; Li, C.; Levin, S. M.; Bolton, S. J.; Kaspi, Y. 2026 · In review ### Published - [Dynamical constraints on the vertical structure of Jupiter’s polar cyclones]() **Gavriel, N.**; Kaspi, Y. 2025 · *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*, 122 (44), e2503737122 [Published version ↗]() [arXiv preprint ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{gavriel2025depth, author = {Gavriel, Nimrod and Kaspi, Yohai}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.2503737122}, number = {44}, year = {2025}, pages = {e2503737122}, title = {Dynamical constraints on the vertical structure of {Jupiter}\textquoteright{}s polar cyclones}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12789}, howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12789}, volume = {122}, } ``` - [From gas to ice giants: A unified mechanism for equatorial jets]() Duer-Milner, K.; **Gavriel, N.**; Galanti, E.; Tziperman, E.; Kaspi, Y. 2025 · *Science Advances*, 11 (41), eads8899 [Published version ↗]() [arXiv preprint ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{duer2025jets, author = {Duer-Milner, Keren and Gavriel, Nimrod and Galanti, Eli and Tziperman, Eli and Kaspi, Yohai}, journal = {Science Advances}, doi = {10.1126/sciadv.ads8899}, number = {41}, year = {2025}, pages = {eads8899}, title = {From gas to ice giants: A unified mechanism for equatorial jets}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08020}, howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08020}, volume = {11}, } ``` - [Observational evidence for cylindrically oriented zonal flows on Jupiter]() Kaspi, Y.; Galanti, E.; Park, R. S.; Duer, K.; **Gavriel, N.**; Durante, D.; Iess, L.; Parisi, M.; Buccino, D. R.; Guillot, T.; Stevenson, D. J.; Bolton, S. J. 2023 · *Nature Astronomy*, 7 (12), 1463-1472 [Published version ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{kaspi2023flows, author = {Kaspi, Y. and Galanti, E. and Park, R. S. and Duer, K. and Gavriel, N. and Durante, D. and Iess, L. and Parisi, M. and Buccino, D. R. and Guillot, T. and Stevenson, D. J. and Bolton, S. J.}, journal = {Nature Astronomy}, doi = {10.1038/s41550-023-02077-8}, number = {12}, year = {2023}, pages = {1463--1472}, title = {Observational evidence for cylindrically oriented zonal flows on {Jupiter}}, volume = {7}, } ``` - [The Westward Drift of Jupiter's Polar Cyclones Explained by a Center‐of‐Mass Approach]() **Gavriel, N.**; Kaspi, Y. 2023 · *Geophysical Research Letters*, 50 (19), e2023GL103635 [Published version ↗]() [arXiv preprint ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{gavriel2023drift, author = {Gavriel, Nimrod and Kaspi, Yohai}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, doi = {10.1029/2023GL103635}, number = {19}, year = {2023}, pages = {e2023GL103635}, title = {The {Westward} {Drift} of {Jupiter}'s {Polar} {Cyclones} {Explained} by a {CenterofMass} {Approach}}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11917}, howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11917}, volume = {50}, } ``` - [The Oscillatory Motion of Jupiter's Polar Cyclones Results From Vorticity Dynamics]() **Gavriel, N.**; Kaspi, Y. 2022 · *Geophysical Research Letters*, 49 (15), e2022GL098708 [Published version ↗]() [arXiv preprint ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{gavriel2022oscillations, author = {Gavriel, Nimrod and Kaspi, Yohai}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, doi = {10.1029/2022GL098708}, number = {15}, year = {2022}, pages = {e2022GL098708}, title = {The {Oscillatory} {Motion} of {Jupiter}'s {Polar} {Cyclones} {Results} {From} {Vorticity} {Dynamics}}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.00309}, howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.00309}, volume = {49}, } ``` - [Evidence for Multiple Ferrel‐Like Cells on Jupiter]() Duer, K.†; **Gavriel, N.**†; Galanti, E.; Kaspi, Y.; Fletcher, L. N.; Guillot, T.; Bolton, S. J.; Levin, S. M.; Atreya, S. K.; Grassi, D.; Ingersoll, A. P.; Li, C.; Li, L.; Lunine, J. I.; Orton, G. S.; Oyafuso, F. A.; Waite, J. H. 2021 · *Geophysical Research Letters*, 48 (23), e2021GL095651 † Equal contribution [Published version ↗]() [arXiv preprint ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{duer2021cells, author = {Duer, Keren and Gavriel, Nimrod and Galanti, Eli and Kaspi, Yohai and Fletcher, Leigh N. and Guillot, Tristan and Bolton, Scott J. and Levin, Steven M. and Atreya, Sushil K. and Grassi, Davide and Ingersoll, Andrew P. and Li, Cheng and Li, Liming and Lunine, Jonathan I. and Orton, Glenn S. and Oyafuso, Fabiano A. and Waite, J. Hunter}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, doi = {10.1029/2021GL095651}, number = {23}, year = {2021}, note = {First two authors contributed equally}, pages = {e2021GL095651}, title = {Evidence for {Multiple} {FerrelLike} {Cells} on {Jupiter}}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07255}, howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07255}, volume = {48}, } ``` - [The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics]() **Gavriel, N.**; Kaspi, Y. 2021 · *Nature Geoscience*, 14 (8), 559-563 [Nature Geoscience cover · August 2021 ↗]() [Published version ↗]() [arXiv preprint ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{gavriel2021cyclones, author = {Gavriel, Nimrod and Kaspi, Yohai}, journal = {Nature Geoscience}, doi = {10.1038/s41561-021-00781-6}, number = {8}, year = {2021}, pages = {559--563}, title = {The number and location of {Jupiter}\textquoteright{}s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.09422}, howpublished = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.09422}, volume = {14}, } ``` - [Phase-dependence of sorption-induced mass streaming in an acoustic field]() Blayer, Y.†; **Elkayam, N.**†; Ramon, G. Z. 2019 · *Applied Physics Letters*, 115 (3), 033703 † Equal contribution [Published version ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{blayer2019streaming, author = {Blayer, Yuval and Elkayam, Nimrod and Ramon, Guy Z.}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, doi = {10.1063/1.5110601}, number = {3}, year = {2019}, note = {First two authors contributed equally}, pages = {033703}, title = {Phase-dependence of sorption-induced mass streaming in an acoustic field}, volume = {115}, } ``` - [Acoustic oscillations driven by boundary mass exchange]() Offner, A.; Yang, R.; Felman, D.; **Elkayam, N.**; Agnon, Y.; Ramon, G. Z. 2019 · *Journal of Fluid Mechanics*, 866, 316-349 [Published version ↗]() BibTeX ``` @article{offner2019acoustics, author = {Offner, Avshalom and Yang, Rui and Felman, Daniel and Elkayam, Nimrod and Agnon, Yehuda and Ramon, Guy Z.}, journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, doi = {10.1017/jfm.2019.87}, year = {2019}, pages = {316--349}, title = {Acoustic oscillations driven by boundary mass exchange}, volume = {866}, } ``` ## Fellowships and awards 2025 ### CHE/PBC fellowship for postdoctoral training abroad in Climate and Energy Sciences Planning and Budgeting Committee, Council for Higher Education (Israel) 2025 ### Rothschild Fellowship Yad Hanadiv [Award information from Yad Hanadiv]() 2025 ### Next-Generation Environmental Sustainability Postdoctoral Award Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Weizmann Institute of Science [Award information from Institute for Environmental Sustainability, Weizmann Institute of Science]() 2024 ### Prof. Israel Dostrovsky Memorial Prize of Excellence Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Atomic Energy Commission [Award information from Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Atomic Energy Commission]() 2023 ### GFD Fellow Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution [Award information from Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]() 2021 ### Pearlman Grant for Student-Initiated Research Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science 2017–2019 ### Scholarship for excellence Israel Ministry of Energy [Award information from Israel Ministry of Energy]() ## Teaching experience 2022–2023 ### Weizmann Institute of Science Teaching assistant - Planetary Atmospheres - Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics 2016–2019 ### Technion Teaching assistant Structural Analysis (2017–2019); Quantitative Thinking and Statistics (2018–2019); Introduction to Environmental Engineering (2017–2018); Introduction to Engineering Mechanics (2016–2017) ## Peer review Reviewer since 2022 for Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, PNAS, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Icarus. ## Seminars Feb 2026 ### Center for Integrative Planetary Science seminar, UC Berkeley Berkeley, California Talk: Jupiter’s planetary-scale atmospheric circulations exposed by Juno · [Program]() Nov 2025 ### Physics Department, Midreshet Ben-Gurion Sde Boker, Israel Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Oct 2025 ### Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv, Israel Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Sep 2025 ### Environmental Engineering, Technion Haifa, Israel Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Jun 2025 ### Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Sep 2024 ### PhD Defense Seminar, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Jun 2024 ### Scripps Institution of Oceanography San Diego, California Talk: Jupiter’s Circumpolar and Polar Cyclones: Understanding Their Static and Transient Properties Through Vorticity Dynamics Jun 2024 ### Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech Pasadena, California Talk: Jupiter’s Circumpolar and Polar Cyclones: Understanding Their Static and Transient Properties Through Vorticity Dynamics Jun 2024 ### University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California Talk: Jupiter’s Circumpolar and Polar Cyclones: Understanding Their Static and Transient Properties Through Vorticity Dynamics Jun 2024 ### University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Talk: Jupiter’s Circumpolar and Polar Cyclones: Understanding Their Static and Transient Properties Through Vorticity Dynamics Aug 2023 ### GFD Program, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, Massachusetts Talk: Can AI-based climate models learn rare, extreme weather events? ## Conference and other presentations Sep 2026 ### Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC 2026) The Hague, Netherlands · Oral presentation Talk: Evidence for Tilted Columnar Cells Driving Jupiter’s Equatorial Jets · [Abstract]() Jan 2026 ### Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (AOFD 2026) Houston, Texas Talk: Dynamical Constraints on the Vertical Structure of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Jan 2026 ### Juno Atmospheric Working Group monthly meeting Talk: Evidence for Tilted Columnar Cells Driving Jupiter’s Equatorial Jets Sep 2025 ### Europlanet Science Congress / Division for Planetary Sciences Joint Meeting (EPSC-DPS 2025) Helsinki, Finland Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones · [Abstract]() Jul 2025 ### Israel Physical Society annual meeting (IPS 2025) Haifa, Israel Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Mar 2025 ### Parameterizations for Global Dynamical Models in Climatology, Astrophysics and Planetology Les Houches, France Talk: The Dynamics of Jupiter’s Polar Cyclones Jan 2025 ### International Space Science Conference Tel Aviv, Israel Poster: Cyclone dynamics in an ideal environment: the motion and stability of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones Oct 2024 ### Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS 2024) Meeting Virtual presentation Talk: The mechanisms controlling the temporal motion, evolution and stability of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones Jun 2024 ### Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (AOFD 2024) Burlington, Vermont Talk: The motion of Jupiter’s polar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics and a center-of-mass approach Apr 2024 ### European Geosciences Union (EGU 2024) General Assembly Vienna, Austria Talk: Vorticity-gradient forces and a center-of-mass approach explain the mean and oscillatory motion of Jupiter's polar cyclones · [Abstract]() Sep 2022 ### Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC 2022) Granada, Spain Talk: The oscillatory motion of the polar cyclones of Jupiter results from vorticity dynamics · [Abstract]() Jun 2022 ### Juno’s Prime Mission workshop Pasadena, California Jun 2022 ### Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (AOFD 2022) Breckenridge, Colorado Talk: The number, location, and oscillation of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics May 2022 ### European Geosciences Union (EGU 2022) General Assembly Vienna, Austria Talk: The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics Apr 2022 ### Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD 2022) Days Sde Boker, Israel Talk: The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics Jan 2022 ### Juno Atmospheric Working Group monthly meeting Oct 2021 ### Moscow Solar System Symposium Talk: The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics Oct 2021 ### Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS 2021) Meeting Talk: The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics Sep 2021 ### Juno Atmospheric Working Group monthly meeting Sep 2021 ### NASA Headquarters Monthly Science Report Invited short talk Talk: The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics ## Skills and interests **Languages:** Hebrew, English, Spanish **Programming:** Python, Matlab, Shell **Other interests:** Music, climbing, painting