Centre of Excellence

Developing countries currently suffer from a lack of skilled researchers in the field of international oceanography. In order to correct this imbalance, we are sending promising young researchers from developing countries for intensive studies at top-level research institutions, in order to give them the skills to enable them to study and control their country's maritime resources, forecast maritime weather and reduce the impact of natural disasters.

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	Mohamed Jamel Hattour
Country of Citizenship	Tunisia
Major Field of Study	Energy Studies
Occupation	Manager of Development Department, Mont Blanc

	Houssem Smeti
Country of Citizenship	Tunisia
Major Field of Study	Oceanography
Occupation	PhD. Student
Other	My first participation in an NF-POGO training program was to attend the Visiting Professorship Program in 2007 on Operational Oceanography Training and Development in Tunisia. The second opportunity was to be an NF-POGO scholar at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences participating to the Center of Excellence in Observational Oceanography (2008-2009). The last training was my first research experience, a successful and fruitful one, as since the end of my training period I am working with my NF-POGO research project advisers on publishing our results in a renowned scientific journal. The manuscript title is: Mesoscale eddies enhance zooplankton abundance and carbon export to the deep ocean in the North Western Sargasso Sea.

	Phan Minh Thu
Country of Citizenship	Vietnam
Major Field of Study	Environmental science, using remote sensing and GIS for environmental assessment
Occupation	Marine researcher at Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang Vietnam; Doctorate student at Wageningen Unviersity, The Netherlands.
Other	My study is related to field of coastal zone management; natural resource management; phytoplankton pigment and primary production; environmental assessment and monitoring. NP: 2004-2005, 2007

	Hoang Cong Tin
Country of Citizenship	Vietnam
Major Field of Study	Marine Ecology, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques for coastal and marine ecological studies.
Occupation	I received a BSc. in Biology in 2005 and a MSc. in Ecology Science from the Hue University of Sciences, Vietnam in 2008 and other certificates from international training courses on biodiversity of coastal ecosystems, marine research, and ocean color remote sensing during my last 5 years. I have worked for the Centre of Coastal Management and Development Studies, Hue University of Sciences since 2005. I have also been involved with various projects in coastal and ocean studies, typically such as the Ocean and Coastal: Principle in Practices project funded by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) from December 2004 to February 2009; The Vietnam-Sweden Cooperation Programme on Strengthening Environmental Management and Land Administration (SEMLA) in central Vietnam provinces from August 2007 to June 2009.
Other	With support from the Nippon Foundation, I attended the Nippon Foundation and The Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (NF-POGO) Visiting Professorship program on Ocean Color Remote Sensing in 2007 at Nhatrang Oceanography Institute and NF-POGO Centre of Excellence training on Observation Oceanography at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science from August 2009 to May 2010.

	Ted Edgard Wango
Country of Citizenship	Ivory Coast
Major Field of Study	Geology Marine, Sedimentology, Physical Oceanography
Occupation	Teaching and Research at University of Cocody-Abidjan
Other	I am interested in the Hydrodynamic Modeling of Ivorian lagoons