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September 2009) and SAFARI'10 workshop and conference(Kochi, Feb. 2010)SmatiHossemEdineAyala Campos ReneJoshiMatiasNimitkumarDilipbhaiCatia IsabelPereiraLartey-Antwi Lailah GiftyAkinnigbagbe AkintoyeEdwardAttended the AGU Ocean Sciences meeting and presented hisPOGO researchFormulating PhD research project ideas based on models ofzooplankton population dynamics in the economic zone of NewCaledonia based on a 12 year time series of acoustic dataFinished graduate degreeCreated a civil association to protect the environmentIn late stages of finishing PhDCurrently working with an NGO with a mandate of coastalbiodiversity surveys and pollution monitoring. Recentlypromoted to position of ecologist within the NGO.Nominated as a trustees in another NGO focused onenvironmental issues such as whale sharks and turtle rescues.-- did you get a promotionAttended SAFARI symposium at Cochi and connected with TiagoQueiroz, Drs. Platt and SathyendranathFinished MSc degreeo Used POGO project as MSc thesis researchCurrently working on fellowship at home university on researchproject related to interannual variability in seasonalphytoplankton biomass in southern Portugal as determined byremote sensingParticipated in OTN (Ocean Tracking Network) workshop, whosegoal is to place acoustic receivers in several key places in theglobal ocean to track different speciesSpeaker at the conference on Biogeochemical Impacts of Climateand Land-use Changes on Marine Ecosytems, Trieste, Itlalyo Research topic was based on the oyster project researchconducted at BIOSOfficially finished graduate schoolVisited NF on 26 April 2010o Thanks to help of Mr. Makoto WadaPresentation at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technologyon 30 April 2010o Topic: Solid Waste (garbage, dumping sites, leachate and e-waste) in Ghanao Funds provided by Scientist Emeritus Dr. John Farrington(WHOI) who arranged contribution from Prof. TAKADA topartially cover travel expensesMarried on June 12Represents Department at home Institute when visitors are presentAttended or invited to attend workshops outside Nigeria,o Attended one in Australiao Attended one in Belgium based on an invitation from20
PalermoJosephDominicHerbanoUNESCO/ IOC on the Ocean Teacher Academy trainingcourse on Oceanographic Data Managemento Invited to attend the workshop of the National PlanningCommission, The Presidency, Abuja, Nigeria through myinstitute to represent Nigeria in a course on OceanObservation and Hydrographic Survey in Korea starting from30th September to 23rdOctober, 2010.Submitted two papers for publicationAttended a workshop on West African Paleoecological andPaleoclimateAbstract accepted at the Science Association of NigeriaTitle: " Organic contaminants/ Pollutants in Nigeria CoastalWaters: Effects of Oil Pollution and Human Activities".Registered for MPhil programme which is likely to commencearound December this yearCurrently working at the Biological Oceanography and Modelingof Ecosystem Lab with a project on harmful algal blooms (HABs)in the tropicsConducting field experiments on zooplankton grazing,toxicology, hydrographic surveys, remote sensing and moreWill soon start java programming for agent based modelingPromoted to senior research associateAccepted to PhD program, but deferred to work on HAB projectAttended a local conference and presented a paper aboutzooplankton grazing during a Pyrodinium bloom.Two manuscripts in preparationMentor at National Science Camp for high school students –several now inspired to pursue degree in marine sciencesServed as volunteer in flood relief program.Kreiger Sebastian Abstract accepted at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2010o Work based on POGO project conducted at BIOSCurrently enrolled in the PhD programme of the OceanographicInstitute of the University of São Pauloo Providing lectures to undergraduate students at the University.o Involved in a project that tries to bring oceanography tosecondary school students through short eye-catchingworkshops. It has been great to try to explain to teen agestudent concepts like ocean circulation, greenhouse effect,CO 2 , global climate change, and what to do to help withoutusing a single equation!Visited WHOI and met with Drs. M. Conte, J Farrington and K.Brink to share some of the work I did and some experiences inBermuda.Gave an informal talk at the University of Rhode Island, GraduateSchool of Oceanography, on the research conducted at BIOSAttended the Austral Summer Institute X at the University ofConcepción in Chile,21
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