"So it Goes..."
-KUrt Vonnegut
Amber M. Holdsworth
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Specializations
- Scientific Computing - numerical modelling and analysis, ocean modelling, wavelet analysis
- Oceanography - ocean circulation, deep convection, air-sea-ice interactions, biogeochemical modelling
- Boundary Layer Meteorology - dynamic stability analysis, turbulent collapse
- Fluid Dynamics - internal waves, stratified flows, laboratory experiments
Education
2008-2013 Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Supervisor: Bruce Sutherland
Thesis Title: "The Axisymmetric Collapse of a Mixed Region and Internal Wave Generation in Stratified and Rotating Fluids"
2006-2008 M.Sc., Mathematics. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Supervisor: Nicholas Kevlahan
Thesis title: "Wavelet Analysis of Time Series and its Application to Epidemiological Data"
2001-2006 B.Sc, Honours Pure Mathematics major and Philosophy minor. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Supervisor: Bruce Sutherland
Thesis Title: "The Axisymmetric Collapse of a Mixed Region and Internal Wave Generation in Stratified and Rotating Fluids"
2006-2008 M.Sc., Mathematics. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Supervisor: Nicholas Kevlahan
Thesis title: "Wavelet Analysis of Time Series and its Application to Epidemiological Data"
2001-2006 B.Sc, Honours Pure Mathematics major and Philosophy minor. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Work History
Physical Scientist: March 2017 - Present
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Institute of Ocean Sciences
Supervisors: Dr. James Christian and Dr. Nadja Steiner
-Developing high resolution configurations of the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans
-Downscaling climate projections
-Implementing biogeochemical processes in high resolution ocean models
NSERC Visiting Fellow: January 2017 – March 2017
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Institute of Ocean Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Nadja Steiner
-Developing high resolution configurations of the Arctic ocean
-Assimilating bathymetry from observations
Post-Doctoral Fellow: January 2015 - December 2016
University of Victoria: School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Adam Monahan
Post-Doctoral Fellow: September 2013 -December 2014
University of Alberta: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Myers
Post-Doctoral Fellow: May-August 2013
University of Alberta: Department of Physics
Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Sutherland
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Institute of Ocean Sciences
Supervisors: Dr. James Christian and Dr. Nadja Steiner
-Developing high resolution configurations of the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans
-Downscaling climate projections
-Implementing biogeochemical processes in high resolution ocean models
NSERC Visiting Fellow: January 2017 – March 2017
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Institute of Ocean Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Nadja Steiner
-Developing high resolution configurations of the Arctic ocean
-Assimilating bathymetry from observations
Post-Doctoral Fellow: January 2015 - December 2016
University of Victoria: School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Adam Monahan
- developed numerical models of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer
- performed numerical linear stability analysis of dynamical systems
- developing a stochastic parameterization of intermittent turbulence
Post-Doctoral Fellow: September 2013 -December 2014
University of Alberta: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Myers
- developing a new configuration of the NEMO coupled ocean-ice model
- performing and analyzing simulations using high resolution atmospheric data
- managing very large data sets
Post-Doctoral Fellow: May-August 2013
University of Alberta: Department of Physics
Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Sutherland
- performing and analyzing experiments
- supervising and mentoring students
Community Climate Science Seminars:
During my post-Doctoral fellowship at the University of Victoria I founded an event series that unites the various disjointed groups that study climate related science in and around Victoria. The seminar begins with a mixer to encourage discussion and collaboration among scientists and features a talk from an expert within the community. This seminar series continues to operate and a link to the website can be found here.