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• Lecturer School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney

  Feb, 2015 - Present

  EarthByte & Geocoastal Research Groups
  Permanent Academic Staff - 40% Research, 40% Teaching & 20% Administration
  Part of my teaching can be found @ GeosLearn

  • HPC model of coupled sediment-ocean-wave modelling system at geological scale

  • Parallel finite volume model to study landscape dynamics

  • Ecological model of climate change impact on coral reefs evolution (integrated fuzzy logic/finite element method)

  • Open Learning initiative: Data Science - Analysing and plotting data with R & Python

  • Faculty of Science ICT Committee Research Representative

  • Supervision of PhDs, Honours, Research Assistants & Developers

• Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Mineral Resources

  May, 2011 - Feb, 20153 years 9 months

  Technical Algorithms Team
  Project leader for HPC Geosciences projects -
  Software architect in charge of the development of coupled geophysical framework

  • Software architect: implementation of an Advance Earth Dynamic Coalescence Framework using ESMF standard

  • Integrated Stratigraphy/Seismic Probing/Data Assimilation

  • Parallel surface process model: conception & development under CSIRO Science Innovation Fund

• Research Scientist, CSIRO Energy

  Mar, 2008 - May, 20113 years 2 months

  Predictive Geoscience Group
  Worked on the implementation of new parallel algorithms to simulate Earth Surface evolution over millions of years
  Designed workflow to visualise 3D Geological dataset

  • Design and development of a parallel Lagrangian hydrodynamic model

  • Parallel 3D visualisation based on Hdf5, XmF and XdmF formats for geophysical dataset

  • Quantitative estimation of sea-level and halokinetics variations impact on mini-basin filling

• Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Wealth from Ocean Flagship

  Feb, 2007 - Mar, 20081 year 1 month

  Design and development of new capabilities in CSIRO Stratigraphic Forward Modelling software
  Quantitative seabed evolution under climate change and its implications for coastal resources and infrastructure management

  • Development of an aeolian module based on Cellular Automata paradigm

  • Predictive assessment of how climate change influences long-term regional seabed responses

  • Mathematical model of compaction and diagenesis using predictor/corrector implicit finite-difference method

• Internship, EDF R&D LNHE

  Mar, 2002 - Sep, 20026 months

  Laboratory model design and scaling
  Numerical evaluation of wave forcings on offshore wind piles

  • Data processing and upscaling

  • Wave flume tank experimental model

  • Numerical wave modelling

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