CURRICULUM VITAE

Name John Robert Hunter
Nationalities Australian and British
Academic Qualifications BA (Cantab) Natural Sciences, 1968
PhD (Wales), 1972
Date of Birth 23 February 1946
Phone Number (+61) 0427 098 831
Web https://www.johnroberthunter.org/science

Experience

1968 - 1972

Department of Physical Oceanography, University College of North Wales, Marine Science Labs, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, N. Wales, U.K.

Research for Ph.D. into the circulation of the Irish Sea using numerical modelling and parachute drogue observations.

1972

Obtained Ph.D. with thesis entitled "An Investigation into the Circulation of the Irish Sea".

1972 - 1974

Post : Research Assistant

Continued work in above department. Main projects involved investigations into currents and frontal structures in the Irish Sea, and the organisation of a one-year government- funded environmental survey of the sounds and nearshore waters of the Cayman Islands, British West Indies.

1974 - 1976

Chesapeake Bay Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Post: Research Associate

Projects involved numerical modelling and associated fieldwork in the following systems :

1976 - 1978

Department of Physical Oceanography, University College of North Wales, Marine Science Labs., Menai Bridge, Anglesey, N. Wales, U.K.

Post : Research Assistant

Involved in numerical and field investigations into the water motions in the Irish Sea and neighbouring waters.

1978 - August 1982

Unit for Coastal and Estuarine Studies (UCES), University College of North Wales, Marine Science Labs., Menai Bridge, Anglesey, N. Wales, U.K.

Post : Assistant Director from the inception of the Unit

Involved in applied marine science projects concerning data collection and analysis, numerical modelling of the dynamics and dispersive properties of the marine environment and general oceanographic consultancy. The Unit was entirely supported from external funding.

September 1982 - March 1983

Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia, Western Australia

Post : Visiting Research Fellow

Was responsible for far-field numerical modelling work for project involving optimum siting of coastal thermal discharge from power plant.

April 1983 - July 1983

Unit for Coastal and Estuarine Studies (UCES), University College of North Wales, Marine Science Labs., Menai Bridge, Anglesey, N. Wales, U.K.

Post : Assistant Director

August 1983 - November 1983

Independent consultant in applied oceanography, numerical modelling techniques and data collection and analysis.

December 1983 - June 1985

Qubit Pty Ltd (Perth, Western Australia, and Aldershot, U.K.)

Post : Senior Hydrographer

Special responsibility was the application of numerical techniques to the solution of commercial oceanographic and hydrographic problems.

June 1985 - January 1989

School of Physics and Geosciences, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, Western Australia

Post : Senior Research Fellow

Involved in applied oceanography, numerical modelling techniques, data collection and analysis, and the teaching of related subjects.

February 1989 - July 1998

CSIRO Division of Oceanography (now Division of Marine Research), Hobart, Tasmania

Post : Principal Research Scientist

Involved in applied oceanography with an emphasis on numerical modelling techniques. In 1995, awarded (with others) an Institution of Engineers Australia (Tasmania Branch) Engineering Excellence Award for the study "Physical Environmental Effects of Jarosite Dumped at Sea". Awarded (with others) the 1996 CSIRO Chairman's Medal for his contribution to the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Study.

July 1998 - March 2000

Independent consultant in applied oceanography, numerical modelling techniques and data collection and analysis.

April 2000 - June 2003

Antarctic CRC, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Post : Ocean/Ice Modeller

Involved primarily in the modelling of the ocean circulation under the Amery Ice Shelf. Also involved in aspects of applied oceanography, including sea level rise, modelling, data collection and analysis. In 2002, upgraded the widely-used Princeton Ocean Model, resulting in pom2k (which became the version supported by Princeton University) and OzPOM (the version supported by the Antarctic CRC). OzPOM was used as the basis of a model of the cavity under the Amery Ice Shelf.

July 2003 - July 2012

Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC, Hobart, Tasmania

Post : Sea Level Oceanographer

Involved primarily in investigations of sea-level change and in the modelling of the ocean circulation under the Amery Ice Shelf. Primarily responsible for the development of the Canute sea-level calculator in 2008/2009, which has now been further developed by CSIRO as Canute 3. Later work involved the development of appropriate risk-based vertical planning allowances for sea-level rise, both within Australia and globally.

July 2012 - June 2019

Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems CRC, Hobart, Tasmania and Institute of Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Post : University Associate

Involved primarily in the development of appropriate risk-based vertical planning allowances for sea-level rise, both within Australia and globally. In 2013, was a Contributing Author of Chapter 13 (Sea-Level Change) of the Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group I) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

July 2019 - January 2026

Institute of Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Post : University Associate

Involved primarily in the development of appropriate risk-based vertical planning allowances for sea-level rise, both within Australia and globally.

February 2026 - present

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Post : Adjunct Senior Researcher

Involved primarily in the development of appropriate risk-based vertical planning allowances for sea-level rise, both within Australia and globally.
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