Career profile
Tertiary and postgraduate education
BSc Honours (Class I and the University Medal), The University of Sydney, 1984-1987:
"Evolution of the near-surface thermal structure in the tropical Pacific Ocean during 1980-1983"
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The University of Sydney, January 1989 - July 1992:
"The global-scale circulation and water-mass formation in World Ocean models."
Appointments
March 2006
ARC Federation Fellow, Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory (CEDL) School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Jan 2006
Professor and Director, Climate and Environmental Dynamics Laboratory (CEDL) School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
June 2004 - Dec 2005
A/Professor and Director, Centre for Environmental Modelling and Prediction (CEMAP) School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Australia
Jan. 2003 - Jun. 2004
Senior Lecturer, CEMAP and Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 2002
QEII Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Modelling and Prediction, School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Mar. 1995 - Dec. 1997
UNSW Vice-Chancellor
Feb. 1994 - Mar. 1995
Research Scientist, Climate Research Programme, CSIRO Oceanography, Hobart, and CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
Aug. 1992 - Jan. 1994
EEC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Groupe de Recherche de Geodesie Spatiale -Centre de la Recherche Scientifique (GRGS/CNRS), Toulouse, France
Jan. 1989 - Jul. 1992
Postgraduate Student, (PhD programme), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
Mar. 1988 - Dec. 1988
Research Associate, including special service at Tohuku University, Japan. Marine Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
July 1986 - Dec. 1987
Casual Lecturer (Level A), School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia
Invited Visiting Scientist
Invited Visiting Professor, University of Louvain (UCL), Unité ASTR, Belgium, October, 2007.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), USA, 2004.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany, 2001.
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse, France, 2001
Invited Visiting Professor, University of Louvain (UCL), Unité ASTR, Belgium, October, 1997.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany (Dr. S. Rahmstorf), June-July, 1996.
Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS), June, 1996.
Laboratoire d'Oceanogra
Invited Visiting Professor, University of Louvain (UCL), Unité ASTR, Belgium, September, 1994.
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. (Professor E. Sarachik), June, 1993.
Institut für Meereskunde, Kiel University, Germany (Professor W. Zenk), October, 1993.
Invited Cruise Participation
Confluence summer cruise (on board Le Suroit), invited participant, South Atlantic Ocean, 1993.
JAPACS cruise N-8901 (on board the Natsushima), invited participant, tropical Pacific Ocean, 1989.
Invited Speaker at International Conferences and Workshops
AMOS 2007 Conference, Indian Ocean links to southwest WA rainfall extremes, Adelaide, 2007.
GREENHOUSE 2007 Conference, Invited keynote presentation on Oceans & Climate, October, 2007.
AMOS 2006 National Conference, The role of the Southern Ocean in global climate, Newcastle, 2006.
International CLIVAR 2005 Ocean Modelling Workshop, Southern Ocean modelling, Hobart, 2005.
AMOS 2005 National Conference, Southern Ocean circulation and global climate, Canberra, 2005.
AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Southern Hemisphere Climate Variability, Hawaii, August, 2004.
European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April, 2003.
34th International Liège Colloquium on Tracers in Ocean Dynamics, Liège, Belgium, 2002.
European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, High Latitude Processes, Nice, France, 2001.
American Geophysical Union, special session on Transient Tracers in GFD, Boston, USA, 2001.
General Assembly of the IUGG, Water-mass analysis, University of Birmingham, UK, July, 1999.
WOCE-AIMS Tracer Workshop, Bremen, Germany, February, 1999.
WOCE Modelling Workshop, Ocean Models for Climate Research, NCAR, Boulder, USA, August, 1998.
IAPSO Workshop, Water Mass Analysis as a Tool for Climate Research, Melbourne, Australia. July, 1997.
Trace Substance Measurements in Oceanography, Biosphere 2, Arizona, USA. October, 1995.
Interbasin Exchanges in the Southern Hemisphere, Cape Town, South Africa. March, 1994.
Modelling Oceanic Climate Interactions, Les Houches, France, February, 1992.
Committees and Affiliations
Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) Working Group "Opportuni
Member, International CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development, 2004-2008.
Oceans Node Leader, ARC Earth System Science Network, since 2004.
Editorial Board (Associate Editor), Reviews of Geophysics, since 2004.
Nominated as Lead Author, "Climate Change 2007: The Science of Climate Change (Working Group I; Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernment
Editorial Board, The Journal of Marine Systems, since 1998.
Convenor, Ocean Tracers workshop, 2003 Joint European Geophysical Society-America
Scientific Steering Committee, Ocean Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP), since 2000.
Scientific Steering Committee for the Australian Community Ocean Model (ACOM), 1999 - 2003.
Contributing author, "Climate Change 2001: The Science of Climate Change (Working Group I; Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernment
Scientific organising committee for the WOCE Tracer Workshop, Bremen, February, 1999.
Co-convenor, IAPSO Global Water Mass Analysis Workshop, Birmingham, July, 1999.
Scientific Steering Committee for the WOCE/CLIVAR Ocean Modelling Workshop, Boulder, 1998; Chair, Southern Ocean Working Group.
Australian Academy of Science Travel Award (to facilitate collaboration with Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in a study of Antarctic Bottom Water formation and stability), 1997.
Honorary Research Affiliate, The Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre, 1997 - 2003.
Reviewer of and contributor to the 1995 IPCC report: "Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change (Working Group I; Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernment
Honorary Research Associate, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, since 1995.
Awards & citations (not inclusive)
ARC Federation Fellowship, 2006-2010
Sherman Eureka Prize for Environmental Research, 2006
Finalist, Land & Water Australia Eureka Prize for Water Research, 2006
CSIRO Flagship Fellowship, July-December, 2005
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Priestley Medal 2005
Australian Academy of Science Frederick White Prize, 2004.
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society RH Clarke Lecture 2004.
Short-listed for the British Council's 2004 "Young Scientist of the Year Award"
ARC Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Fellowship, 1998-2002.
Fulbright Scholarship, 1991/1992.
University Medal, University of Sydney, 1987
UNSW Vice-Chancellor
University of Sydney R. and M. Bentwich Scholarship, 1991.
Grant-in-Aid (Lightoller) for travel to GFDL, Princeton, 1990.
Australian Postgraduate Research Award, 1990-1992.
CSIRO Postgraduate Scholarship, 1990-1992.
CSIRO Institute of Natural Resources and the Environment, Project Award, 1991-1992.
Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholarship, 1989.
Summer Vacation Scholar, CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart, Tasmania, 1986-1987, 1987-1988.
The University of Sydney Marine Sciences Prize, (High Distinction and Prize) 1986.
Tim Brown Prize in Mathematical Statistics, (High Distinction and Prize) 1985, 1986.
Professional memberships
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS), since 1995.American Geophysical Union (AGU)
CSIRO Alumni Association
Australian Mathematical Society (AMS)
Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA)
PACON International
Scientific Organising Committees for Conferences and Workshops
Member, International CLIVAR Working Group on Ocean Model Development, 2004-2008.
Convenor, Ocean Tracers Workshop, EGS-AGU-EUG joint meeting, Nice, France, 2003.
Scientific Steering Committee, 34th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics, Belgium, 2002.
Scientific Steering Committee, National AMOS Annual Conference, Hobart, 2001.
AMSA Board Member, Physical Oceanography representative, 2000-2002.
Scientific Steering Committee, National AMSA Annual Conference, UNSW, Sydney, 2000.
Scientific Steering Committee, WOCE/CLIVAR Tracer Workshop, Bremen, Germany, 1999
Co-Convenor, IAPSO Global Water Mass Analysis Workshop, Birmingham, UK, 1999
Scientific Steering Committee, WOCE/CLIVAR Ocean Modelling Workshop, Boulder, USA, 1998
Scientific Organising Committee, AMOS Annual Conference, Lorne, Victoria, 1995.