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| Ocean and Islands Programme - Staff |
 | Dr. Arthur Webb Manager, Ocean & Islands Programme and Coastal Processes Adviser Arthur is English / Australian and has spent the larger part of his working life in the South Pacific region. Originally from an agro-forestry background where he worked throughout the atolls of Kiribati for some 10 years. Since the early 1990’s he has been predominantly involved in coastal processes, analysis and research in sub tropical east Australia and the South Pacific. He holds a bachelor’s degree with a first class research honours in Coastal Management and Processes and a PhD in Coastal biogeochemistry and ecological processes from the School of Resource Science & Management, Southern Cross University, Australia.
| | Prior to starting with SOPAC in 2004 he worked in full time research with the Centre for Coastal Processes & Biogeochemistry at Southern Cross Uni., Australia. Arthur’s main areas of responsibility within SOPAC has been the assessment and analysis of shoreline erosion, marine water quality issues, assessment of the impacts of dredging and a diverse range of other coastal resource use problems throughout the region. |
 | Robert Smith Marine Geophysicist Robert joined SOPAC in 1998. Prior to starting with SOPAC he worked as Senior Scientific Officer Marine Geology/Geophysics for Mineral Resources Department, Fiji Government.He holds a BSc degree in Geophysics, West Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), Western Australia. |
 | Paula Holland Senior Advisor, Natural Resources Governance Paula has been involved in natural resource management for 15 years. Originally trained as a natural resource economist, she has extensive experience in researching and developing natural resource policy in the Pacific, Australia and northern Europe. Paula’s experience includes policy research and development with governments as well as academic institutions. Her expertise in natural resources governance covers a number of sectors including fisheries, waste management, water and conservation. Before joining SOPAC, Paula was a natural resource economist with South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) based in Samoa (2002-2005). Paula has a Masters in Rural Resources and Environmental Policy as well as an honours degree in Economics and Geography. |
 | Akuila Tawake Aggregates Geologist After spending more than 6 years in the mineral exploration and mining industry, Akuila joined SOPAC in October 2003 as the Aggregates Geologist for the SOPAC-EU Project. In the past two years he had been visiting several Pacific Island Countries on fact-finding missions and the actual implementation of identified aggregates-related tasks in each of those countries. Akuila also assists Pacific communities toward optimising their opportunities and to meeting their objectives for achieving sustainable development. |
 | Jens Kruger Physical Oceanographer Jens Kruger is the Physical Oceanographer, a position he has held since 2004. Prior to joining SOPAC he worked several years with Gardline Geosurvey, U.K., as a Marine Geophysicist in the offshore oil and gas survey industry. He has also worked as a Coastal Geologist in New Zealand. |
 | Peni Musunamasi Senior Project Officer –Technical Peni joined SOPAC in the UN ESCAP days in 1989 as the Electronic Technician. Graduated from Fiji Institute of Technology with an Electronic Trade Certificate in 1983 and has worked in Industrial Electronics areas such as Fiji Sugar Corporation where he did his apprentice, with AWA (NZ) ltd and also on a Salvage Pacific (Australia) Ltd working on Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVS) and underwater electronically operated Crane. Has had training with the Bureau of Meteorology in Adelaide, Australia on the Calibration and Maintenance of the Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Sea Frames installed on 14 PIC.
| | He also holds a Level 2 Team management Certificate from the NZ Rugby League. |
 | Andrick Lal Senior Project Officer [Surveying] Andrick joined SOPAC in Sept 2001 and is responsible for the technical support for outputs under the AusAID South Pacific Sea Level & Climate Monitoring Project (SPSLCMP). He plays an important role to support pacific island coastal states, determine their maritime boundaries, as well as other activities requiring surveying skills and expertise to other members of the programme. Develop, plan and implement programmes of work having relevance and significance to the peoples and governments of SOPAC member countries.. |
 | Emily Artack Maritime Boundaries Project Officer Emily Artack holds a Bachelor Degree with First class Honours in Multimedia Cartography from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Australia.She joined SOPAC in April 2003 as Materials Development Specialist under the Pacific Disaster Training Programme (PDTP), a programme funded by The Asia Foundation & Office of the U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance based in SOPAC.
| | Emily joined Ocean and Islands Programme in May 2004 as Project Officer and provides technical support and assistance to the project member countries in their maritime boundaries initiatives. Part of her duties also include providing support for those countries with extended Continental Shelf (eCS) issues, and the maintenance of the Marine Scientific Research Cruise database within the Ocean & Islands Programme. |
 | Paul Eastwood Pacific Islands GOOS Coordinator Paul joined SOPAC in 2007 as Coordinator of the Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System (PI-GOOS), a programme designed to help improve access to marine data and information from coastal and open ocean observing programmes in the Pacific. Paul has over 15 years of experience as a marine scientist, both in the Pacific region and Europe, most recently as a marine ecosystem scientist and GIS specialist. Paul’s qualifications include a PhD in marine ecological modelling, a Master's in Marine Environmental Protection, and a Bachelor's in Oceanography. |
 | Herve Damlamian SOPAC Intern Herve joined SOPAC as a student doing six (6) months intenship. He recently graduated in Coastal Engineering and currently responsible for the hydrodynamic model for the EU Project. |
 | Ashishika Sharma Technical Officer EU EDF Project Prior to working here in SOPAC, she was employed at the Mineral Resources Department as Scientific Officer in the Offshore Geology Section. Ashishika graduated from the University of the South Pacific with a bachelor’s degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Science, an recently submitted her MSc. thesis in Marine Geology. Her position as a Technical Officer concentrates on bathymetric survey of Pacific ACP countries, carrying out surveys and post processing data in the office from previous and current surveys. |
 | Salesh Kumar Technical Officer EU EDF Project Previous employment was with the Mineral Resources Department as Mapping Geologist. Salesh graduated from University of the South Pacific with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Earth Science and Chemistry. His work with the SOPAC/EU EDF Project involves carrying out bathymetric surveys in Pacific ACP countries and post processing data obtained from surveys. |
 | Allison Woodruff Resource Economist Allison joined SOPAC in 2005, as a Fellow from the Overseas Development Institute, after completing masters’ degrees in environment and development from the London School of Economics and development economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She works across all three SOPAC programme areas, including Oceans and Islands, as a resource economist. |
 | Maleli Turagabeci Assistant Electronic Technician Maleli joined SOPAC in 2006. He received a Diploma in Electronic Engineering study from the Fiji Institute of Technology and also a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (Physics Emphasis) from the University of the South Pacific 2001. His interest embedded in the application of electronic engineering technology into the state-of-the-art environmental-friendly instruments. |
 | Angela Ambroz Resource Economist Angela joined SOPAC in 2007 as a Fellow with the Overseas Development Institute. She received her Bachelor’s in Economics from the American University (Washington DC, USA) and her Master’s in Economics from the University of Oxford (Oxford, UK). Previously, she worked with the Environmental Change Institute in Oxford, and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC. Her research interests include sustainable development and environmental economics. |
 | Dr. Yosup Park Technical Advisor Yosup joined SOPAC in 2007 as a volunteer under the Techno Peace Corp (TPC) program of the Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology (KICOS). He has worked in geo-physical research areas, specifically in backscatter image processing of Multibeam swath sonar system. As part of the Korean Scientific Community he joined the long-term projects of Korean Deep Sea Resources Survey Program(KORDI) and Geo-morphological & seabed texture analysis at Gas-Hydrate? abundance area of East Sea of Korea(KIGAM). Yosup holds a Ph.D in Automation Engineering (Backscatter Image Processing) from INHA University, Inchon, Korea. |
 | Mrs Juhwan Woo Technical Advisor Juhwan, like Yosup, joined SOPAC is 2007 as a volunteer under the Techno Peace Corp (TPC) program of the Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology (KICOS).She worked as a marine geologist in KIGAM whilst doing her masters degree in earth and environmental science. Juwhan specialises in sequence stratigrapher. |
 | Amrit Raj Intern - Technical Assistant Amrit has been employed as an Intern Technical Assistant since April 2007. He received his Diploma in Environmental Science and Certificate in Industrial Laboratory Technology from Fiji Institute of Technology (FIT) in the year 2006 respectively. Currently he is pursuing to further his education by undertaking a Diploma in GIS from University of the South Pacific. Upon undertaking the position as Intern Technical Assistant, Amrit has been involved in analysis of marine sediment samples and creating summary sheets. He is also responsible for uploading relevant data into GIS format using MapInfo? software and Geo referencing and rectification of aerial Photos. |
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