Ngā Ripo o Te Moana

Ngā Ripo o Te Moana - Whirlpools of the ocean - are working towards delivering Aotearoa’s first nation-wide ocean modelling system to explain oceanic changes and marine heatwaves.

Team Lead Dr João Marcos Souza

MetOcean Solutions Oceanographer

Dr Ata Suanda

University of North Carolina Assistant Professor

Dr Rob Smith

University of Otago Lecturer

Prof Moninya Roughan

University of New South Wales Professor of Oceanography

Simon Weppe

MetOcean Solutions Oceanographer

Dr. Christopher Roach

MetOcean Solutions, Postdoctoral research fellow

Dr Alice Dellapenna

University of Auckland Lecturer

Dr Carine Costa

MetOcean Solutions Physical Oceanographer

Phellipe Couto

University of Otago PhD Student

Youstina Elzahaby

University of New South Wales PhD Student

Mireya Montaño

University of Otago PhD Student

Felix Cook

University of Otago PhD student

Nidhin Pushpakaran

MetOcean Solutions Software Engineer

Romain Chaput

Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka, Postdoctoral research fellow