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Ian Church specializes in ocean mapping using acoustics. His current primary research interests include integrating hydrodynamic numerical modeling for ocean mapping, marine habitat mapping, acoustic water column interpretation, and evaluating autonomous mapping platforms. His principal goals are to understand the marine environment through acoustics and to minimize uncertainty in ocean mapping products. Church received his B.Sc.Eng., M.Sc.Eng., and Ph.D. from the University of New Brunswick (UNB), where he worked with the Ocean Mapping Group. From 2005 to 2013, he was involved in operating and managing a multibeam sonar system onboard the coast guard ship Amundsen, traveling across the Canadian Arctic. After spending eight summers in the Arctic while finishing his PhD, he moved to the University of Southern Mississippi on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, contributing to the Hydrographic Science Research Center in the Department of Marine Science. In 2016, he returned to UNB to take up the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering and to assume a leadership role in the Ocean Mapping Group.
University of New Brunswick • Fredericton
Teaching and conducting research in Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering.
University of New Brunswick • Fredericton
Leading research in Ocean Mapping and managing the Ocean Mapping Group.
Department of Business / Department of Management / Department of Business Administration