CV

Education

• Ph.D. Fisheries Sciences (2019 - ongoing) - Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland
• M. Sc. in Physical Oceanography (2017-2019) - Memorial University of Newfoundland
• B. Sc. Combined Major in Physics & Oceanography (2010-2015) - University of British Columbia

Work experience

• 2019-2023 - PhD student researcher (Akvaplan-niva AS)
  • Proposal writing and collaboration development,
  • Advising on acoustic methods, technology and use for industry and research projects,
  • Participate in report writing,
  • Quality check of acoustic monitoring from autonomous vehicles.
• 2016-2017 - Oceanographer Researcher (RBR Ltd.)
  • Developed a MATLAB oceanographic data analysis toolbox for customers RSKtools,
  • Code reviews with lead software engineers,
  • Developed algorithms for on-board processing, e.g. on the Wire Walker,
  • Worked large datasets for analysis and visualization,
  • Represented RBR Ltd. at conferences.
• 2016 - At-sea Fisheries Observer (Archipelago Marine Research)
  • Documented all fishing activity on ground trawl vessels,
  • Ground fish identificaion and biological sampling,
  • Around the clock work in remote locations at-sea.
• 2015 - Research Assistant (University of British Columbia)
  • Automated daily processing of observational data,
  • Contributed to a large modelling project with code and analysis UBC Salish Sea Model Project,
  • Tidal analysis with observational data and model results,
  • Worked in a group with a strong focus on code sharing and high-quality documentation,
  • Vizualisations of large dataset, participated in stakeholder workshops.

Skills

• Programming
  • Over eight years experience programming in which ever language is best for the task:
    • MATLAB - fluent
    • Python - fluent
    • R - fluent
    • Julia - novice
• Oceanographic instrumentation
  • Configuration and deploying specialized oceanographic instrument
    • ADCPs
    • Echosounders
    • CTDs
    • Drifters
    • Light sensors
    • Underwater camera (SubC camera)
  • Data processing in specialized software
    • Echoview
    • LSSS
    • Sonar5-Pro
  • Developing customized code to process and analyze datasets and automation Github.

Publications and reports

Development of acoustic Doppler fish monitoring for applications in high-energy tidal channels

Dunn, M., Zedel, L., Trowse, G. (2019). "Development of acoustic Doppler fish monitoring for applications in high-energy tidal channels". UACE2019-Conference Proceedings.

Developments in fish detection using broadband acoustic doppler current profiler

Dunn, M., 2019. Developments in fish detection using broadband acoustic doppler current profiler (Masters dissertation, Memorial University of Newfoundland).

Report - Data from the BREA-MFP and CBS-MEA research programs describing the Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area (ANMPA) ecosystem

Niemi, A., Majewski, A., et al. (including Dunn, M.) (2020). Data from the BREA-MFP and CBS-MEA research programs describing the Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Area (ANMPA) ecosystem. Can. Data Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1316: ix + 90 p.

Report - Sailbuoy in Antarctica: A survey for the Norwegian Polar Institute.

Ramasco, V., Dunn, M. (2021) Sailbuoy in Antarctica: A survey for the Norwegian Polar Institute. Akvaplan-niva Report 2021 62586.01

Evaluation of discrete target detection with an acoustic Doppler current profiler

Dunn, M. and Zedel, L. (2022). "Evaluation of discrete target detection with an acoustic Doppler current profiler". Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

Inverse method applied to autonomous broadband hydroacoustic survey detects higher densities of zooplankton in near-surface aggregations than vessel-based net survey

Dunn, M., Pedersen, G., Basedow, S.L., Daase, M., Falk-Petersen, S., Bachelot, L., Camus, L. and Geoffroy, M., 2022. Inverse method applied to autonomous broadband hydroacoustic survey detects higher densities of zooplankton in near-surface aggregations than vessel-based net survey. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0105

Talks

Development of acoustic fish monitoring for applications in high-energy tidal channels

March 24, 2019

Conference Presentation at Bruneau Innovation Center - Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St- John's, Newfoundland, and Labrador Canada

Autonomous measurements of an undisturbed epipelagic sound scattering layer at high latitudes

March 19, 2021

Conference Presentation at Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (Online), Lisbon, Portugal

AZKABAN: An ex situ experiment for informing the inverse method

April 19, 2021

Conference Presentation at ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology (WGFAST) Meeting (Online), Bergen, Norway

Comparison of sampling strategies for epipelagic sound scattering layers at high latitudes

March 03, 2022

Conference Presentation at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022 (Online), Hawaii

Using an autonomous surface vehicle and hydroacoustics to survey epipelagic organisms at high-latitudes

July 19, 2022

Conference Presentation at Fourth ICES/PICES Early Career Scientist Conference, St-John's, Canada

Get more from EK80 data

November 25, 2022

Presentation at EK80 Workshop Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Fisheries Acoustics in the Arctic

January 25, 2023

Popular Science Talks at Ny-Ålesund Tuesday Science Talks, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Model-informed classification of broadband acoustic backscattering from zooplankton in an in situ mesocosm

March 24, 2023

Conference oral presentation at ICES Symposium: From echosounders to the cloud, Portland, ME

Workshop and courses

• 2023 - Kongsberg EK80 User Workshop. Tromsø.
• 2022 - Echoview Advanced Automation course. Online.
• 2021 - ICES WKABM - Workshop on Acoustic Backscattering Models. Online.
• 2020 - Echoview Advanced data cleaning course. Online.
• 2019 - ICES Principles and Methods in broadband echosounders abroad G. O. Sars in Bergen, Norway.
• 2019 - Software Carpentries Instructor course. Online.
• 2018 - BioSonics echosounder course in Seattle, WA.

Service and leadership

• 2022 - Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography - Student member
• 2020 - ongoing - ARCTOS network - Member - PhD representative (2022/2023)
• 2019 - ongoing - ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology - Member
• 2019 - ongoing - The Carpentries - Certified Instructor
• 2018-2019 - Pint of Science NL (Event Organizer)
• 2018-2019 - MUN Climbing Club
• 2018-2019 - MUN Composting initiative (Physical Oceanography branch)
• 2016 - MEOPAR (Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response) Annual Scientific Meeting - Alumni (Invited)
• 2015 - MEOPAR network - MEOPeer