Dr Bernadette Sloyan
Pronouns: she,her,hers
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Biography
Dr. Bernadette Sloyan is a Senior Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO Environment working in ocean dynamics and its impacts on climate and the marine ecosystem. Her scientific interests are documenting and understanding the oceans circulation and variability. Her work has elucidated the importance of key ocean processes including ocean mixing and air-sea interactions in the Southern, Pacific and Indian Oceans. She is a co-chief-editor of the EGU Ocean Science (OS) journal.
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Indian and Pacific Climate Interactions Team Member
Ocean and climate processes -
The Centre for Southern Hemispheric Oceans Research (CSHOR), Project Leader
Indo-Pacific Interbasin Exchange -
EGU Ocean Science Co-Chief-Editor
Editorial Board -
University of Tasmania’s Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies
Adjunct Academic Staff
Academic Qualifications
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1998
PhD
University of Tasmania
Professional Experiences
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2013-August
Chief Scientist
East Australian Current, RV Southern Surveyor -
2021-Present
National Representative,
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) -
2019-Present
National Representative
The Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) -
2012-April
Chief Scientist
East Australian Current, RV Southern Surveyor -
2011-2022
Project leader
IMOS Deep Water Mooring Arrays -
2015-2020
Co-Chair, Ocean Observations Physical and Climate (OOPC) panel
Sponsored by GCOS, GOOC and WCRP -
2012-September
Chief Scientist
Timor Passage and Ombai Strait, RV Southern Surveyor -
2014-April
Chief Scientist
Timor Passage and Ombai Strait, RV Solander -
2018-April
Chief Scientist
East Australian Current, RV Investigator -
2016-November
Chief Scientist
East Australian Current, RV Investigator -
2016-April-May
Chief Scientist
GO-SHIP section P15S, RV Investigator -
2015-May
Chief Scientist
East Australian Current, RV Investigator -
2015-October
Chief Scientist
Timor Passage and Ombai Strait, RV Solander -
2011-June
Chief Scientist
Timor Passage and Ombai Strait, RV Solander
Achievements and Awards
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2023--
The CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement
CSIRO -
2019--
Invited Speaker
IUGG, Montreal Canada -
2017--
Invited Speaker
IAPSO Symposium -
2014--
Invited Speaker
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting -
2014--
Research Spotlight
American Geophysical Union
Grants
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Awarded-2024
Ship time, Marine National Facility, RV Investigator
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2021-present
Australian Research Council Discovery Project, Unravelling Ocean mixing and air-sea forcing along the Indo-Pacific exchange
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2010-2022
14 projects have been award sea-time through competitive proposal processes
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2023-Present
Chair, IAPSO Best Practice Study Group on ship based CTD/O₂ operations, calibration, and processing procedures
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2019-Present
Ocean Science, Editor
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2019-2021
IMOS Facility Leader, Deep Water Moorings
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2009-Present
Sub-facility Leader, IMOS Australian Bluewater Observing System (ABOS), Deepwater Arrays,
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2009-Present
Co-Chair, Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrograhpic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP)
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2015-2020
Chair, Ocean Observations Physics and Climate (OOPC) panel
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2013-Present
Member National Committee for Earth System Science, The Australian Academy of Science
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2014-Present
Member of the Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
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2009-2014
Member, Marine National Facility Science Advisory Committee