Scholarships & Fellowships
The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project, held at the University of New Hampshire, USA, is a program under which maritime experts from around the world are brought together to become experts in deep-ocean mapping. The program's ultimate goal is to create a cadre of such experts, working together all over the world. GEBCO is an acronym for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean, and is an organization with formal links to the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and the International Hydrographic Organization. It is in the process of developing a world-wide chart of the ocean floor.
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 | Anastasia Abramova |
| Personal Profile | Anastasia Abramova is a currently a member of the Laboratory of Geomorphology and Ocean Floor Tectonics in the Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Science in Moscow. She graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a Master's degree in Geography-Geomorphology. She took part in several survey expeditions between Norway and Greenland, as well as the Barents Sea. Her interests lie in mid-ocean ridges morphology and segmentation. |
 | Felipe Barrios |
| Personal Profile | Felipe Barrios is a Naval Officer from the Chilean Navy. His rank is Lieutenant and he is IHO/FIG Cat A Hydrographer and works for the Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA). He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1997. His first commission as midshipman was on board the Chilean Navy training ship Esmeralda and sailed around the Pacific Ocean during 8 months. After that, he was the Executive Officer of a patrol ship (1998) supporting the isolated communities of the Chilean Patagonian channels and Magellan Strait. In 2000 he attended Naval Polytechnic Academy and at the end of 2002 He graduated as major in Naval and Maritime Sciences, Mention in Hydrography and Oceanography. During his hydrographic career he has lead several multibeam survey campaigns along the Chilean Patagonian channels, including establish of the WGS-84/SIRGAS Geodetic network with the Chilean Army Geographic Institute and two survey campaigns to the Antarctic Chilean territory. Besides, at SHOA he has been Head of Process Division (Aerophotogrametry, Geodesy, Bathymetry and Edition Sections) at Hydrography Department (2003), Head of Coastal Border Section (2004), Deputy Head of Operations Department (2005-2006), Head of Research & Development Department (2007) and Head of Technical Division at the Oceanography Department (2008). In addition, he has attended many workshops and conferences related to the hydrography, like CARIS HIPS/SIPS and Hypack workshops (2003), Geodesy and Geomatic workshop and VIII Earth Sciences Congress (2004), IX International Conference of Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (2005) and PAIGH-NAVOCEANO Multibeam Standard Operating Procedures workshop (2007). |
 | Guillermo Diaz Pena |
| Personal Profile | Navy officer with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. 16 years of service at the institution. Graduated from the Naval Academy Almirante Padilla in Naval Sciences. Specialization in military strategy and policy. A graduate in Physical Oceanography. Crew of the frigate was "ARC Antioquia" as Chief of Operations, armament, missiles and Control, has manned Ocean Vessels, patrol Oceanic and LCU. Has taken charge as commander of several units, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral School Padilla, Chief of Coast Guard in the Caribbean. The most important distinctions are received the Medal Category Knight "Almirante Padilla," Antioquia Governor's Medal. |
 | Kaneda Kentaro |
| Personal Profile | Kaneda Kentaro is 2008-2009 GEBCO training program student and studies in ocean mapping at CCOM, UNH. He belongs to Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard. He majored in mineralogy (meteorology) in his graduate course in Japan. Though he studied igneous processes without water at low oxygen fugacity, he is now engaged in analyzing seismic structures of crusts under the deep ocean |
 | Rachot Osiri |
| Personal Profile | Rachot Osiri received his Bachelors degree in Hydrographic Engineering from the Royal Thai Naval Academy. He served his first duties as navigator and Executive Officer in oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessels. After the tsunami disaster in 2004, he surveyed the recovering channels and coast line in the Andaman Sea. |
 | Mohammad Jashim Uddin |
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