Job Type
Research
Data Management
Natural Resource Management
Decision Making & Policy
Technical Advice & Consulting
Subject Area
Climatology, Meteorology
Deepsea
Physical Oceanography
Activities
Responsibilities at current position:
1. Spatial analysis and map-making for reports or publications
2. Remotely-sensed atmospheric and ocean climate data provider (MERCATOR, COPERNICUS, ECMWF ERA-5)
3. BIG data, time series analysis and management (MATLAB - fluent)
4. Report writing - ecological and socio-economic assessments, research, and monitoring to inform environmental management and policy
4. Scuba Equipment Technician & Maintenance (Aqualung, ScubaPro, Poseidon)
5. Remote Sensor Deployment & Servicing (SeaBird/ RBR/ AquaTroll CTDs, Sonardyne LRT, Nortek ADCP)
6. Commercial Scientific Diver/ Technical Diver - South African Class IV Scientific Diver
7. South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) Category B Skipper with Diving Endorsement, day/night operations of vessel 9m/30ft up to 40 nautical miles offshore
8. Maintenance of commercial vessel (5m/16ft Modified Sachal Fishing Boat), weekly towing for transport, launching from slipway, or for service
Skills
Commercial Scientific Scuba Diving
Ecosystem Sciences
Physical Oceanography
Remote Sensing
MATLAB
ArcGIS, QGIS
Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)
Watershed Delineation
Hydrologic Modelling
Simulation, Validation, and Calibration of modeling software using remotely sensed climatic input
LandUse - Land Change Analysis
Satellite Imagery Analysis
Google Earth Engine
Unsupervised and Supervised Image Classification
Spectral Reflectance Analysis
Comment(s)
I have been actively incorporating satellite-derived data “on the ground”; performing validation and extrapolation tasks to broaden the spatial and temporal coverages of atmospheric, land and oceanographic variable datasets. With my expertise in querying global repositories, I can provide my peers and clients holistic and globally unique data inputs for impact assessments, variability studies and computational fluid dynamic models. I intend to use these remotely sensed environmental variables, satellite imagery, and machine learning to bridge the gap between ecology and oceanography and to increase the efficacy of ecological surveying techniques and the strategic implementation of conservation management strategies.
