OI Members Meeting
Carlos M. Duarte
Director, The UWA Oceans Institute
Carlos M. Duarte
Providing Ocean Solutions
Director,
for Humanity’s Grand
Challenges The UWA Oceans Institute
November 4, 2011
OI Members Meeting
• Every first Friday of the month, followed by
drinks.
• introduce new members & visitors, celebrate
achievements, present news, discuss new
programs, etc.
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New Staff
• Tracy Parker, New OI General Manager, M.Com.,
B.Com (Strategic Value Management) - Strategic
Analyst w. UWA Business School, before General
Manager UNSW Global Pty Ltd. - started Monday
Oct. 17.
• Tom Lessetier, ANNiMS, PostDoc, w. Jessica
Meewig
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Visitors
• Maria Isabel (Maribel) Cerezo, Ph.D. student, Spain, “The role
of pollutants as a new evolutionary force in the ocean”,
supervisors Susana Agustí and Carlos M. Duarte.
• Johnna Holding, Ph.D. student, Spain (US citizen), “Impacts
of climate change on Arctic marine communities”, supervisor
Carlos M. Duarte.
• Brezo Martínez, Ph.D. student, Rey Juan Carlos I (Spain).
Macrogalgal Ecology, w. Thomas Wernberg
• Jakob Thyrring, Ph.D. student, Denmark, w. Thomas
Wernberg
• Ulrich Flashsenberg. Rostok Univ., Germany, w. Chari
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Awards
• Dan Smale received a $1,000 Young Investigators
Award.
• WA Science Awards
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ARC Results
ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Facilities. COFS’s Geotechnical beam centrifuge. PI Professor Christophe Gaudin. Total cost will be $1.58
million in total of which UWA co-funds $880k and $ 700 will be provided by ARC.
ARC Discovery Project Title: DP120103036 Coupled physical and biogeochemical dynamics on the Australian North West Shelf
Investigators: Gregory Ivey (UWA), Ryan Lowe (UWA), Peter Strutton (UTas), Nicole Jones (UWA), Miles Furnas (AIMS), Richard Brinkman (AIMS)
Amount: $520,000
ARC Discovery Quantitative measures of brain evolution in early vertebrates. Collin, Prof Shaun P; Northcutt, Prof R. GTotal $360,000.00
ARC Discovery A new framework for flow and mixing at the sediment-water interfaceGhisalberti, Asst Prof Marco; Hondzo, Prof Miki. Total
$153,000.00
ARC Discovery Maritime legal practice and policy in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf: synergies and challenges for Australian trade and security.
Kaye, Prof Stuart B; Schofield, Prof Clive . Total $180,000.00
ARC Discovery. Dynamic evolution of submarine slides and consequences for offshore developments. Randolph, Prof Mark F; Puzrin, Prof Dr
Alexander M; Wang, Asst Prof Dong. Total $640,000.00
ARC Discovery. Building an Indian Ocean region. Doyle, Prof Timothy J; Jayasuriya, Prof Kanishka; Rumley, Prof Dennis; Schofield, Prof Clive H;
Chaturvedi, Prof Sanjay; Salih, Prof Mohamed. Total $378,000.00
ARC LinkageLong-term changes in the phenology of Australia's temperate marine macroalgae: has climate change impacted the world's most diverse
algal flora? Wernberg, Dr Thomas; Gurgel, Dr Carlos F. Total $240,000.00. Partner Organisation(s): Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium of
SA, SA Department of Environment And Natural Resources
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Other Grants
Office of Naval Research NICOP program
Title: The connectivity of the Australian North West Shelf with the Leeuwin Current
Investigators: Gregory Ivey (UWA), Nicole Jones (UWA),Ryan Lowe (UWA), Samuel Kelly (UWA), Richard Brinkman (AIMS), Craig
Steinberg (AIMS), Jeffrey Book (NRL), Derek Burrage (NRL)
Amount: $442,700
UWA Research Development Award
The Influence of Nonlinear Internal Waves on Mixing and Transport in the Ocean
Investigators: Nicole Jones
Amount: $20,943
UWA Research Development Award
Internal Tides in the Timor Sea and Bonaparte Basin
Investigators: Samuel Kelly
Amount: $29,414
UWA Research Collaboration Award
Structure and Propagation of an Internal Tide Beam in the Tasman Sea
Investigators: Samuel Kelly, Nicole Jones, Greg Ivey, Harper Simmons (University of Alaska), Jody Klymak (University of
Victoria), Jonathan Nash
Amount: $15,000 (Oregon State University)
Two papers in high-profile
journals
Today!
Current
Biology
Communication
• OI Webpage: redesigned and updated.
• OI Facebook
• Google Docs (Pubs, Grants, Ph.D. students, Patents, Visitors).
• Blogs: Ocean Solutions Blog (Carlos, screen shot), Boating
and Diving Blog, Program Leaders Blogs.
• Oceans Institute YouTube Channel (linked to Facebook and
web page).
• New OI Banner, New Oceans Institute Flyer, Ocean Solutions
Flyer, Opportunities on Marine Education at UWA).
• Tony’s workshop.
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Facebook Stats
Web Page Stats
Ocean Solutions Blo
Communication (2)
• Communication CHOGM: IOMRC Presentation produced and
delivered to CHOGM visitor (Commonwelath Common
Fisheries Policy)
• Presentation to be posted and made available through the
web
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OI Benefits Survey
• A survey completed (> 50% response from staff).
• Report to be distributed.
• Basis for report at forthcoming meeting of OI
Board and to be shared within OI and Heads of
Schools.
• Food for thought, particularly were caveats were
raised on how we can improve service to
members.
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Membership confirmation
• Letter and membership form submitted (confirm
interest and opportunity to invite new members).
• Membership must be fluid with entry and exit
doors.
• FAQs document
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• Buildings
• Watermans: plans consolidated and moved to
Document stage (tender), issues with water
effluent/pipes pending.
• IOMRC: On going discussions - advanced - to
expand and improve previous plans.
Shaun Collin leads Users group with participation from various
members and assistance from Christine Shervington.
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Ocean Solution Dialogues
• Workshops with industry and government on:
• Spatial planning.
• Marine Food.
• Water (w. Water Corporation) – Dec 2011
• Marine Energy
• Carbon offsets.
• The role of science in managing marine disaster – March 2011
• goal: to better aligned our Ocean Solutions research and
training w. government and industry needs. To find partners to
deliber ocean solutions to society.
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Program leaders
(OI Management Committee)
• Members representing OI at different programs/forums.
• Blog to be initiated to maintain communication.
• Effective Management Group/Scientific Com of the OI.
• Membership: Shaun C.(IOMRC Buildings and NCB proposal:
Gary K. (ANNiMS & WAMSI), Greg I. (WAMSI), Chari P.
(WAIMOS & ANNiMS), Anya W. (WUN), Jessica M. (NERP), E.
Harvey (new DoF fish enhancement structures program),
Malcolm M. (NERP). + Director, Deputy Director, General
Manager.
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2011 Annual Report
• Process initiated.
• Tracy, Lauren and Beau collecting materials.
Please Cooperate!
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