After spending two years at WHOI as a post-doc, he took a position as Research Associate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, and now holds the position of Research Scientist. Dr. Goff's research interests include various topics in seafloor mapping and characterization, and the statistical characterization of geophysical fields, including, as well as the seafloor, sea ice drafts and crustal heterogeneity.
Sand ridges, the largest bedforms on the shelf, are of particular interest.
In deeper waters, ridges appear to be moribund, frozen in place by a minnowed lag at the seafloor, but are being excavated by large swales oriented in the primary current direction.