Highest Degree
Master of Science in Physical Oceanography
Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Natural Resource Management
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Climatology, Meteorology
Fisheries, Aquaculture
Marine Geology, Geophysics
Physical Oceanography
Activities
Teaching Marine Ecology, Fishing Gear Technology and Coastal Management
Sea regions of study
Solomon Sea
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Skills
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Climate
and Ocean data analysis:
Typical climate data used:
Era5 dataset (Copernicus), NOAA OISSTv2 & SLA, Pacific Tidal Calendar &
Real-time data, and BoM ACCESS-S2 data, GEBCO, Marine Data from Copernicus, SPC
Portal and NOAA Coral Reef Watch.
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Computational
and programming skills: MATLAB,
Python, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, FORTRAN, git bash, SWAN wave modelling, Supercomputer
(HPC), Word Doc, PowerPoint, Excel.
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Colloquial
skills: Lecturing and
Teaching, Public presentation in English, and Mandarin (good spoken and basic
command).
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Writing
skills: Report Writing,
Environment Impact Statement witing, research paper writing, project planning
and Budgeting, Proposal Writing for funding.
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Interpersonal
Skills: Team player,
excellent communication skills, ability to work in multi-racial environment.
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Practical
Skills: Boat experience,
ADCP deployment, CTD casting, Numerical modelling of tidal energy and stream,
develop surface ocean current tracking device and Spotter Buoy deployment.