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John Prytherch
Waaaah! Beaten at the final hurdle. Congratulations Vicky!
My CV
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Education:
Priory School, Portsmouth, 1993-1997. Southdowns College, 1997-1999.
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Qualifications:
University of Southampton, PhD Oceanography, 2007-2011. University of Southampton, MRes Ocean Science, 2006-2007. University of Warwick, BSc Mathematics and Physics, 1999-2002.
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Work History:
Pearson Education, Sales Rep, 2004-2006.
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Current Job:
Oceanographer – Research Scientist
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An audio version of my profile is here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6046854/IAS%202012%20-%20John%20Prytherch%20Profile.mp3
The carbon dioxide (CO2) that humans are emitting from, for example, cars and electric power plants, is causing the world to warm. A large amount of the carbon dioxide we are putting into the atmosphere ends up in the ocean.
I’m interested in how fast carbon dioxide moves from the air into the sea, and what things affect the speed of this exchange. Learning more about this will help to improve predictions of climate change.
In order to do this, my colleagues and I measure how fast the CO2 is moving between the atmosphere and the ocean.
We also measure all the things we think affect the exchange, such as wind speed and wave breaking. We are especially interested in what happens during storms, where we think there is a lot of CO2 exchange due to the large waves, sea spray etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3khBfwrlQQ -
My Typical Day:
Writing computer code, writing science papers, sending emails and drinking lots of coffee.
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Working at sea is a lot of fun, but most of the time at work I’m on dry land.
I share an office with another scientist and I work closely with a small team of five people. We often meet up to discuss plans and ideas, but most of the time I work by myself.Most of the work I do is at a computer, either writing computer code to look at the measurements we have made, or writing scientific papers to tell other people about what we have found out.
Sometimes I am very busy and have to work till late, but normally I have plenty of time to see friends for coffee and lunch breaks and of course, to check facebook 🙂
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What I'd do with the prize money:
I’d like to use the money to make a working model of one of our large instruments to show to visitors and schools.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Optimistic, curious, lucky.
Were you ever in trouble at school?
I was quite good, I only had a few detentions.
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Bon Iver
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
More wishes of course! Other than that, I’m soon going to be a dad, so my wishes are that all goes well for Mum and baby, and that baby grows up to be a scientist! :)
Tell us a joke.
How do you make Lady Gaga cry? Poke her face
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