2022 Early Career Visiting Professionals Announced
We are pleased to announce our 2022 round of early career visiting professionals. They will join the IORA Blue Carbon Hub to conduct collaborative projects from July. We look forward to welcoming our visitors to the Hub office in Perth.
Below are some details about the successful applicants and their projects they will undertake at the Hub.
Mir Kashem
- Mir Kashem is a scientific officer at the Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute (BORI), Ministry of Science and Technology, in Bangladesh. He obtained his Master of Science in Oceanography from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. His research in the last year has concentrated on assessing the carbon sequestration capacity of saltmarsh and mangrove soils in Bangladesh and their response to climate change. He is also interested in modelling future sea level rise impacts on Bangladesh’s tidal marshes and mangrove.
- Project: Investigating the carbon sequestration capacity of saltmarsh and mangrove soils and their response to climate change in the Eastern Coast of Bangladesh.
Tainã G. Loureiro
- Tai is a biologist with experience in aquatic ecology, biological invasion and climate change. Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Oceans at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Cape Town, South Africa) and a research associate at the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership. Her research focuses on smart solutions for managing and measuring sustainable and inclusive ocean development, bridging environmental, social, and economic aspects.
- Project: Reviewing the literature on ecosystem characteristics and indicators used to assess blue carbon ecosystem condition.
Mussa Josiah Ngosha
- Mussa is a junior researcher holding M.Sc. in Data Science from the University of Dar es Salaam and a B.Sc. in Informatics from Sokoine University of Agriculture. He has professional experience in research and consultancy in the fields of Earth Observation (EO) in marine and coastal ecosystems using remote sensing and GIS. Mussa uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop predictive models for marine and land applications. Mussa is currently working as a Data Scientist at the Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute. His work involves identifying the potential fishing zones in the West Indian Ocean, which aims to support small-scale fishers in and along the coastal regions of Tanzania. Mussa has also been involved in conducting research on ocean acidification to investigate the variability of carbonate systems on mangroves, seagrass, and coral reefs along the coastal waters of the Western Indian Ocean in Tanzania.
- Project: Predicting seagrass distribution, biomass and species composition using satellite imagery in the West Indian Ocean, Tanzania.
Upal Mahamud
- Upal is currently working as a senior specialist at the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), in Bangladesh. Prior to joining IWM, he earned a PhD in coastal engineering from Tsukuba University, Japan. Upal possesses about 15 years’ experience within local government, consulting, and research projects with a particular focus on hydrologic and hydraulic modelling and investigation. He is currently involved on a collaborative project looking at the long-term monitoring, research, and analysis of the Bangladesh coastal zone.
- Project: Investigating the impact of sea level rise on Sundarban mangrove species in Bangladesh using remote sensing and modelling their estimated salinity tolerance ranges.
Karizki Hadyanafi
- Kariz is a planner at the Directorate for Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas). After completing his Master of Environmental Management and Development program from the Australian National University in 2018, he joined the Ministry where he was involved in developing the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024. This plan is focused at the marine and fisheries sector, and the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (Coremap-CTI). He hopes that through this program he can gain substantial experience in blue carbon research, increase his networks and provide inputs to the development of Indonesia’s Blue Carbon Strategy Framework.
- Project: Identifying the challenges and opportunities in financing mangrove conservation in Indonesia through a blue carbon offset.
