Dr. Awnesh Singh is an Associate Professor and currently the Acting Director of the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD) at The University of the South Pacific (USP) and based in Suva, Fiji.
Dr. Singh is a physical oceanographer by training and has a PhD in Ocean, Atmosphere and Continental Surface from the University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier in France. His scientific interests are in El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) dynamics, tropical cyclones, coastal hydrodynamics, climate dynamics, ocean colour remote sensing, and modelling.
He is passionate about building capacity in the region, especially in the area of quantitative data analysis. He teaches postgraduate courses in physical oceanography, tropical meteorology, climate science, and research projects in climate change at PaCE-SD.
He supervises several Masters and Doctoral students both at USP and international universities. He is the founder and coordinator of the long running weekly PaCE-SD Seminar Series at USP.
This page was updated in November 2024.
