Short Bio

Steingrímur earned a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the University of Bergen, Norway in 1990. He also has a cand. scient degree in geophysics from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He studied physics and mathematics at the State University of New York at Binghampton.

He has worked as a physical oceanographic scientist at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute since 1990 and as a Professor at the University of Akureyri since 1991 where he teaches oceanography and related subjects.

Steingrímur Jónsson's research centers around issues related to general oceanography of the seas around Iceland -- including the effect of oceanic conditions on biological resources, climate variability and their effects ocean currents around Iceland and their variability and oceanography of Icelandic fjords.

He has been active in issues regarding the Arctic as well as climate change.