NATHAN BINDOFF
Program Leader – AAPP
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Current AAPP Activities:
As Program Leader for the AAPP, Professor Bindoff will drive delivery of the AAPP’s research program, including alignment of the AAPP with the Australian Antarctic science program.
The core mission of the AAPP is to:
- support research that aims to understand the role of the Antarctic region in the global climate system and the implications on marine ecosystems;
- enable the AAPP to undertake collaborative science, research and innovation activities under the Australian Antarctic Science Strategic Plan and Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20 Year Action Plan; and
- secure Antarctic science jobs in Hobart
Current AAPP Activities:
As Program Leader for the AAPP, Professor Bindoff will drive delivery of the AAPP’s research program, including alignment of the AAPP with the Australian Antarctic science program.
The core mission of the AAPP is to:
- support research that aims to understand the role of the Antarctic region in the global climate system and the implications on marine ecosystems;
- enable the AAPP to undertake collaborative science, research and innovation activities under the Australian Antarctic Science Strategic Plan and Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20 Year Action Plan; and
- secure Antarctic science jobs in Hobart
Biography
Nathan Bindoff is a Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of Tasmania at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, and is one of the world’s leading climate change scientists.
Professor Bindoff is a physical oceanographer, specialising in oceans and the earth’s climate system, with a focus on understanding the causes of change in the oceans. He has been a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) three times, and contributed to the IPCC winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, shared with Al Gore. He was part of the team that coined the phrase ‘Global warming is unequivocal’.
The IPCC reports provide the foundation science assessment for the negotiations of UN member countries in IPCC around, or example, the Kyoto Protocol (1995) and the Paris Agreement (2014).
Professor Bindoff has been involved with the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) from 1992 to 2019, and was the program leader of the Climate Futures program from 2008 to 2019. He has also been the Director of the Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing, Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate Extremes and the NESP Earth Systems Science and Climate Change Hub and Head of Oceans and Cryosphere here at IMAS from 2014 to 2018.
His research interests are primarily in understanding how the changing ocean can be used to infer changes in atmosphere and whether these changes can be attributed to rising greenhouse gases and for projecting future changes and its impacts on regional climates. He has been documenting the changing state of the global oceans with a focus on the Southern Ocean and found a new climatically important ocean mode. Most recently his team has been using ocean salinity to track rainfall over Australia. This work gives confidence for projecting the future climate (including extreme weather over Australia and its impacts), https://www.utas.edu.au/sciences-engineering/research/climate-futures. These global changes have been attributed to human influence on the composition of the atmosphere.
Scientific Committee Memberships
| American Meteorological Society |
| American Geophysical Union |
| Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society |
Awards / Grants
| The coordinating lead author for the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports from the IPCC. He led the oceans chapter (2007) and the detection and attribution chapter (2013), contributing to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, shared with Al Gore. University of Tasmania Distinguished Service Medal 2016, and 2012 Resilient Australia Awards, Tasmania and also national Education, Training and Research Winner of the 2012 Resilient Australia Awards for Climate Futures for Tasmania Project. |
| Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (2019 - 2029) $50,000,000 |
| The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (2020 - 2022) $20,000,000 |
| Refreshing the TPAC NeCTAR Cloud Node (2020) $1,287,028 |
| Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) University of Tasmania Node Project (2018 - 2020) $1,452,101 |
| How does topography brake the Antarctic Circumpolar Current? (2017 - 2020) $783,000 |
Selected Publications
Associated links
https://www.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/imas/nathan-bindoff
https://rmdb.research.utas.edu.au/public/rmdb/q/indiv_detail_warp_trans/936
ANDREA ELLSTON
Business Manager
Current AAPP Activities:
I joined AAPP in mid-2023 and am excited by the opportunity of working within an area of research strength for the University of Tasmania. I am passionate about using my experience to support staff and partners and contribute to the objectives of the AAPP.
Most recently I supported higher degree by research candidates and university academics as part of my roles in the University of Tasmania’s Research Division. Over my six years in the Graduate Research Office I spent the majority as Quality Assurance and Scholarships Advisor where I managed the University’s higher degree by research scholarship portfolio, including Research Training Program scholarships and Tasmania Graduate Research Scholarships. I also led the Candidature Management team in its support of candidates and researchers during the period from a candidate’s enrolment to graduation.
Current AAPP Activities:
I joined AAPP in mid-2023 and am excited by the opportunity of working within an area of research strength for the University of Tasmania. I am passionate about using my experience to support staff and partners and contribute to the objectives of the AAPP.
Biography
I commenced my career in tertiary education management at the University of Wollongong in 2004. My first roles were in the Academic Registrar’s Division administering the university’s offshore education contracts and working with the University’s campus in Dubai.
I returned to Hobart in 2007 to join the University of Tasmania as the International Fees Officer and spent a number of years managing fee debt compliance for coursework and higher degree by research candidates and working as secretariat to the International Fees Committee.
Following this, I spent over seven years working in the University’s international portfolio, in the Transnational Education Unit followed by Global Engagement. During this time I contributed to the advancement of the University’s international partnerships including preparations for outgoing international missions and incoming delegation visits, including hosting the University’s key partners for its 125-year celebrations.
MARK HORSTMAN
Communication and Impact Officer
Current AAPP Activities:
My role at the AAPP is to develop, implement and manage our plans for communications and stakeholder engagement, and build a framework and database for tracking and developing our research impacts. I organise media events; write news stories, research highlights and media releases; maintain this website and our social media accounts (join us at twitter and LinkedIn); and support staff in media interviews. Most of all, I like telling strong and engaging science stories in print, video or podcast that bring our scientists to the audiences they deserve.
Biography
I am an experienced science communicator and media manager, specialising in Antarctic science and policy. In recent years I led the media team at the Australian Antarctic Division, after working for more than a decade as a science journalist and documentary-maker for Radio National and ABC-TV (Catalyst). I enjoy turning complex information into engaging story-telling, drawing on a background in environmental science and wide-ranging work with funding bodies, community groups, research organisations, and government agencies.
I have a degree in biological sciences from James Cook University, vocational qualification in broadcasting, and extensive experience as a specialist science journalist. I’m reasonably fluent in the science of conservation biology, climate processes and Antarctic/Southern Ocean ecosystems; deeply familiar with Antarctic policy and operational logistics; and experienced in living and working at sea on RSV Nuyina and on all Australian research stations.