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Oleg


Dr. Oleg Makarynskyy

Research Associate
Contact Details
Education
  • Ph.D., Mathematical Modelling of the Processes in the Atmosphere and Ocean, Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute (Odessa State Environmental University since 2001), Odessa, Ukraine, 1996
  • Eng.-Oceanographer (Hons), Physical Oceanography, Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, Odessa, Ukraine, 1991
Research Interests and Project Experience
  • Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity
  • Modelling of Wind, Currents, Sea Level, Waves, Pollutant Diffusion
  • Data Processing, Neural Networks, Data Assimilation
Employment
  • 2003-present: Curtin University of Technology, Western Australian Centre for Geodesy, Perth, Australia.
    Position: Research Associate
  • 1999-2003: Instituto Superior Tecnico, Section of Hydraulics, Lisbon, Portugal.
    Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1997-1998: Institute of Marine Sciences, Erdemli, Turkey.
    Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1994-1999: Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, Department of Oceanography, Odessa, Ukraine.
    Position: Assistant Professor
  • 1993-present: Odessa Socio-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.
    Position: Senior Research Scientist
  • 1993-1996: Odessa State University, Section of Marine Ecology, Odessa, Ukraine.
    Position: Research Scientist
  • 1992-1993: Prichernomorskaya Prospecting Expedition, Marine Party, Odessa, Ukraine.
    Position: Engineer, Scientific Supervisor of a diving boat
  • 1991-1992: Odessa Department of the State Oceanographic Institute, Odessa, Ukraine.
    Position: Junior Research Scientist
Grants, Awards and Prizes
  • Travel funding from the Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 25 May 2006, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Curtin Strategic Research Grant to conduct the project
    “Studying Sensitivity of an Earth System Climate Model from a Geodetic Perspective”, 2006, Perth, Australia;
    the grant covered collaborative research visits to the
    Institute of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart,
    Section of Glaciology at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven,
    and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
    as well as to the Odessa State Environmental University, Odessa, Ukraine
    in May-June 2006.
  • Travel and accommodation CRC for Spatial Information funding to participate in the Tsunami Technical Forum
    “Understanding Tsunami Threat and Mitigation Technologies”, 20 June 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Curtin Strategic Research Grant to conduct the project
    “Neural forecasts of sea level at the Australian Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Project sites in Western Australia”, 2004, Perth, Australia.
  • Travel and accommodation NASA grant to participate in the Advanced Study Institute (ASI)
    “Data Assimilation for the Earth System”, May-June 2002, Aquafredda-di-Maratea, Italy.
  • Travel and accommodation NATO-Portugal grant to participate in the international workshop
    "Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamic Systems", June 1999, Zaragoza, Spain.
  • Travel and accommodation NATO grant to participate in the ASI
    “Deposit and Geoenvironmental Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security”, September 1998, Matrahaza, Hungary.
  • Travel TÜBITAK grant and accommodation NATO grant to participate in the ASI
    “Numerical Global Circulation Modelling”, May-June 1998, Il Chiocco, Italy.
  • Travel and accommodation BSEP grant for participation in the international scientific seminar
    “Environmental Degradation in the Black Sea Area: Understanding the Root Causes”, August 1997, Mangalia, Romania.
  • Travel and accommodation LEAD-Russia grant for participation in the international training seminar
    “Sustainable Development: Regional Approaches”, March-April 1997, Moscow, Russia.
  • Travel and accommodation NATO grant to participate in the advanced research workshop
    “Conflict and the Environment”, June 1996, Bolkesjo, Norway.
Invited Presentations at Research Seminars
  • Odessa State Environmental University, 29 May 2006, Odessa, Ukraine.
  • Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, 2 November 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
  • CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, 1 November 2005, Hobart, Australia.
  • Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre - School of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, 31 October 2005, Hobart, Australia.
  • School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, UNSW@ADFA, 21-23 March 2005, Canberra, Australia.
  • Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Curtin University, 24 August 2004, Perth, Australia.
Memberships and Responsibilities
Programming Skills
  • Fortran, MatLab in Windows and UNIX/Linux environments; Grafer, Surfer, Dasher, Microsoft Office applications
Professional Development Seminars Attended
  • Office Ergonomics
  • Foundations of Learning and Teaching
  • Supervisor Induction
  • Preparing the Candidacy Application and Research Proposal
  • New and Not-so-New Tutors Workshop
  • Research Grant Applications: Getting Started
  • Intensive Grants Writing
  • Recruitment & Selection Workshop for Panel members
  • Project Management for Research Leaders
  • The Capabilities and Effectiveness of COS (Community of Science)
Publications
More information can be found here
  • Presentation of the ARC project "Prediction of Sea Level Change around Australia and its Calibration and Validation by Satellite-Geodetic Measurements" intemediate results at the Annual Research Seminar in UNSW, Sydney 2003
  • Outputs1 of present research activity can be found here
  • Outputs2 of present research activity can be found here
  • Presentation of some results of sea level neural simulations can be found here
  • Some results of previous research activities can be found here

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