Tarmo Soomere is Leading Research Scientist, Head of Wave Engineering Laboratory,
Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) and Head of Division of
Informatics and Engineering, Estonian Academy of Sciences
Tarmo Soomere (b. 1957) graduated in 1980 from Lomonossov Moscow State University as mathematician and received a PhD in oceanology from the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,
Moscow in 1984, and the degree of Doctor of Mathematics in 1992 from Tartu University,
Estonia.
His scientific interests have been mostly concentrated in wave matters, with applications of various mathematical methods in Rossby wave, internal and surface wave theory and modelling, and specific focus on processes in the nearshore such as nonlinear effects in wave dynamics, wave-induced hazards to the coastal zone, wave-driven sediment transport, coastal engineering and coastal zone management.
He received the Estonian State Research Award in 2002 and in 2013, was declared the Person of the Year in Estonia 2005 by daily newspaper Postimees (The Postman) for his contribution to the forecast of a devastating storm, received the Baltic Assembly Prize for science in 2007, was elected to Estonian Academy of Sciences in 2007 and to Academia Europaea in 2009, was nominated as Honorary Professor of the James Cook University (Australia) for July–
November 2010, received the Estonian Science Communication Award in 2011 and was selected as Scientist of the Year 2011 in Tallinn University of Technology.
He has published >120 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and books, >100 conference papers and technical reports, and dozens of popular papers.