Presentation given by Steven Herbette (UBO/IRD)

Dpt. of Env. AffairsDpt. of Env. Affairs

NRF - PretoriaNRF - Pretoria20 February 201220 February 2012

Training & Education

To help South-Africa in building up a common high-level education for African students

To participate in the training of a new generation of high levels African scientists in the field of Marine and Climate Science, focusing on quantitative approaches

To use South-African and UCT for its outreach over the whole African continent and Indian Ocean

Training & EducationAssignment

Training & Education

Lectures

Conferences and workshops

Cosupervizing of Msc and Phd students

Cobadged degrees between UBO/UCT and UM2/UCT

Support

Staff (French side) : 9 posted in Cape Town

Staff Instit. Period Resear. Educat Operat Domain

Francis Marsac(Co-Director)

IRD 2009-2013 Fisheries/Ecology

Yunne Shin IRD ‘’ Ecosystem modeling

Olivier Maury IRD ‘’ Ecosystem modeling

Pierrick Penven IRD 2010-2012 Physical modeling

Eva Bucciarelli UBO/IRD ‘’ Bio-geochemistry

Steven Herbette UBO/IRD 2010-2014 Physical oceano

Jerome Guiet (Engineer)

IRD 2011-2012 Computing

Remy Estival (Engineer)

TOTAL 2011-2013 Oil platform DB

Philippe Verley(Engineer)

IRD 2012-2013 Ecosystem modeling

And possibly 2 additional researchers (CNRS / MNHN) in Sept 2012

Physical oceanography (Pierrick Penven and Steven Herbette)– Regional downscaling and idealized modelling

Marine Biogeochemistry (Eva Bucciarelli and Eric Machu)– In situ data and laboratory experiments– Coupled physical-biogeochemical modelling

Ecosystem modelling (Olivier Maury and Yunne Shin)– Integrated, coupled numerical modelling

Fisheries (Francis Marsac and Yunne Shin)– Climate variability, stock abundance and catch-ability– Fishing and climate effects on ecosystems

ICEMASA StaffExpertize

Our expertize in a wide range of Marine and Climate Sciences, from the physics of the environment to the behavior of fish populations, allows us to teach students an integrated and multidisciplinary approach

Training & EducationStaff

UCT Master: “Applied Marine Sciences”UCT Honors: “Oceanography”

More than 100h lectures and tutorial work

5 different modules:- Ocean modelling (40h)- Ocean dynamics (20h)- Earth and Systems Sciences - Ocean Circulation (20h)- Biogeochemical feedbacks on climate change (3h)

Achievements (2011)

26th september 2011 - 30th september 2011 at UCT:

More than 30h of lectures and tutorial:

Modeling trophic interactions, fish spatial dynamics,

fish bio-energetics (18h)

Individual based models (6h)

Coupled physical/biogeochemical model (6h)

Introduction to ocean physical modeling (6h)

Icemasa winter school“Modeling the marine ecosystem from the

Ocean to the fish”Yunne Shin (IRD)

Achievements (2011)

Nansen Tutu Summer school (20th-24th June 2011 – UCT)

"Introduction to Ocean Modelling" (30h)

Second In-region capacity building workshop of the WMO/IOC

Data buoy cooperation panel (DBCP) and partners, SCOR working group 136, Balaclava, Ile Maurice, 2-6 May 2011,

“Introduction to Ocean Modelling" (4h)

ACCESS workshop (January 2011)

How to build an habitable planet? (15h)

Achievements (2011)Non Icemasa winter/summer shools and workshops

Co-supervised PhD (ICEMASA and IRD grants)

Name Citizenship Degree Subject Supervisors

I. Halo MozambicanPhD(2008-2011)

Mozambique Channel eddies : a modeling approach

P. Penven (IRD)I. Ansorge (UCT)

Y. Jose (Ms) MozambicanPhD(2010-2013)

Mesoscale structur. of pelagic ecosyst in the Mozambique Ch.

O. Maury (IRD)C. Moloney (UCT)E. Machu (IRD)O. Aumont (IRD)

B. Malauene MozambicanPhD(2011-2014)

Environmental forcing on the shrimp fishery of the Sofala Bank

C. Moloney (UCT)F. Marsac (-IRD)

B. Motah MauritianPhD(2010-2013)

Spatial dynamics of tropical tuna and role of the environment

F. Marsac (IRD)F. Shillington(UCT)

K. Botha South AfricanPhD(2012-2015)

Habitat modeling in the Benguelasystem

Y. Shin (IRD)L. Shannon (UCT)

Co-supervised on-going PhD (other than ICEMASA grants)

Name Citizenship Degree Subject Supervisors

B. LovedayEnglish

PhD(2010-2013)

Modelling wind-driven Indian-Atlantic exchanges

C. Reason (UCT)P. Penven (IRD)

S. Djakoure (Ms)

Ivory CoastPhD(2011-2014)

Modelling the north

coast of Guinea Gulf

B. Bourles (IRD)P. Penven (IRD)

R. O. RamosPeruvian

PhD(2011-2014)

End to end modelling of the Humbolt ecosystem

Y. Shin (IRD)A. Bertrand (IRD)

R. Cooper South African PhD(2011-2014)

System modelling with emphasis on hake fisheries in South Africa"

A. Jarre (UCT)Y. Shin (IRD)T. Leiman (UCT)

Co-supervised MSc (2011)

Name Citizenship Degree Subject Supervisors

L. Du Buisson South-AfricanMSc Caracterization,

beha-viour and role of micronekton in pelagic system of the Moz Ch.

C. Moloney (UCT)O. Maury (IRD)F. Ménard (IRD)A. Lebourges (IRD)

M. Nguvava (Ms) South-AfricanMSc Nutrient

limitation and oxidative stress on marine bromoform production

H. Waldron (UCT)C. Palmer (UCT)E. Bucciarelli (UBO/IRD)

R. RentelSouth-African

MSc Physical and organic depletion of iron the southern ocean

A. Roychoudhury (SUN)E. Bucciarelli (UBO/IRD)

N. Kobo (Ms)South-African

Msc2011-12

Antarctic Circumpolar Current /topography interactions

P. Monteiro (CSIR)C. Reason (UCT)S. Herbette (UBO/IRD)

C.M Chevane (Ms)

MozambicanMSc

Tidal effect on the circulation of the Sofala Bank

C. Reason (UCT)P. Penven (IRD)

ICEMASACo-badging

To allow Master and PhD students to do a course and/or research work at the host university, to get credits at the host university that are recognized by the home university, and to get a co-badged certificate from both universities

ICEMASACo-badging

UBO/UCT:Signature of Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) and Specific Implementation Agreement (SIA)

took place on 8 November 2011UM2/UCT:

Signature should take place in 2012

Msc and PhD Students in Marine and Climate Science are concernedMarine PhysicsMarine Biogeochemistery

UCT and 2 French universities are concerned: UBO and UM2

Centre de Brest

SBR, Ecoles d’ingénieurs,SHOM , …

IUEM

Univ BREST, UBS CNRS IRD

Pôle NantaisUniv Nantes

ECN

In November 2010, IUEM was the lead of an application toThe French Program « Investment for the future » :

Laboratory of Excellence (LABEX)

The Brest project has been selected,And funded for the ten next years (11 M€)

LABEX MER

PEERS (IRD Call) : SAFCOMS

South-African French Co-masters in Marine Sciences

Dual partner-ship project between UCT and UBOFunded by IRDPI: F. Shillington (UCT) and S. Herbette (UBO)

Objective: Bursaries for student mobility within ICEMASA between UCT and UBO

32,000 € for 2 years 20,000 € for bursaries = 2 bursaries/year

Other source of funding is necessary to make the project durable

Education: Perspectives for 2012

Applied Marine Sciences and Climate Dynamics Master program:Ocean DynamicsOcean CirculationOcean ModelingBiogeochemistryEcosystem modelingFisheries and climate

Western boundary current system: application to the Agulhas (new)

ICEMASA Winter/summer school : Modeling the Marine Ecosystem: from the Ocean to the fish – UCT – 18-29 June 2012 – Yunne Shin (IRD)

Training: Perspectives for 2012

Objective:To respond to the needs of our South-African

partners in terms of capacity building

Specific training can be organized if needs are expressed at both scientific (data analysis, modeling techniques…) and technical (instrumentation…) levels.

Co-supervised PhD, 2012+ (other than ICEMASA grants)Name Citizenship Degree Subject Supervisors

L. Du Buisson South-African PhD(2012-2015)

Micronekton in pelagic marine ecosystems : dual acoustic and modelling approach

C. Moloney (UCT)O. Maury (IRD)F. Ménard (IRD)A. Lebourges (IRD)

J. Rimaut (Ms) French PhD(2012-2015)

Couplage océan-atmosphère à méso et subméso échelles

I. Ansorge (UCT)S. Speich (UBO)

Co-supervised Honors, Msc 2012+

Name Citizenship Degree Subject Supervisors

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More than 5 projects have been submitted to the students, covering most fields of marine science

Training: Perspectives for 2012

First cobadged UBO/UCT students

1 UBO Msc student (Gabon) is in the process of getting his visa

1 UCT Msc student will be selected by mid-march