Michael C. Gregg is an Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at the University of Washington. He is a leading expert on small-scale mixing processes and turbulence in the ocean, and has devoted his career to understanding these processes and how they impact larger-scale ocean dynamics. He was awarded the Henry Stommel Research Medal by the American Meteorological Society for his work on mixing and turbulence and is a fellow of the AGU, AMS and the AAAS.