Job Type
Teaching/Education
Data Management
Technical Advice & Consulting
Subject Area
Emergency Management
Physical Oceanography
Activities
Head of the Coastal Dynamics Division at the Hydrographic
and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA), with professional
activities focused on physical oceanography, coastal dynamics, tides and
currents, sea-level observations, ocean observation systems and operational
oceanography. Responsible for the coordination and development of oceanographic
products and technical documents, including tide and tidal current tables,
sea-level and current data analysis, hydrodynamic modelling, and digital
hydrographic products within the IHO S-100 framework, particularly S-104 and
S-111.
Since 2010, I have also participated in Chile’s National
Tsunami Warning System through operational emergency-duty roles, with
experience in tsunami monitoring, assessment and warning procedures. My
activities include oceanographic field campaigns, data management and analysis,
scientific and technical project development, methodological development,
scientific and technical publications, and national and international
cooperation in ocean observing initiatives.
I also have experience in scientific leadership
of oceanographic expeditions, including serving as Cruise Leader of CIMAR 30,
as well as teaching Oceanography to Chilean Navy officers and supervising
undergraduate thesis work
Sea regions of study
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
Skills
Physical
Oceanography; Coastal Dynamics; Tides and Tidal Currents; Sea-Level
Observations; Ocean Observation Systems; Hydrodynamic Modelling; Operational
Oceanography; Oceanographic Data Management; Oceanographic Data Analysis;
Oceanographic Field Campaigns; Tsunami Warning Systems; Emergency Management;
Climate Variability and Climate Change; IHO S-100; S-104 Water Level
Information; S-111 Surface Currents; Scientific and Technical Project
Development; Scientific and Technical Communication