Jhon Mojica Moncada

Postdoctoral Associate Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: PhD, University of Barcelona

He received his PhD working on strategies of processing and spectral analysis of seismic data, to study dynamic processes in physical oceanography, receiving the dissertation awarded Cum Laude. He was working as a physical oceanographer at the Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona before joining NYUAD. Focus on mesoscale ocean dynamics, gathering data on observations of processes and structures as internal waves, instabilities, turbulence, and mixing with different kind of systems, as CTD, XCTD, XBT, ADCP, and Moorings among others; and the Multichannel Seismic (MCS) System, as a new oceanographic acoustic technique used in Seismic Oceanography (SO).

At the CSLC of NYUAD, his research work focuses on ocean dynamics in polar regions and interactions with ice shelves. He is particularly interested in characterizing the oceanic circulation in polar areas at multiple scales and in better understanding the mixing and diffusion processes and their temporal and spatial variability in Greenland fjords and several areas around Antarctica (Amundsen sea, Weddell sea, Peninsula).

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- Thwaites Glacier - The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration
  Jhon Fredy Mojica Moncada is a physical oceanographer at CSLC responsible for deployment of equipment at the Thwaites Glacier front to record the directional waves and ice-ocean interaction. He will assist in the analysis and interpretation of the oceanographic data recorded. This will allow the team to detect ocean wave activity and to relate it to the response of the glacier to those waves and to ice-ocean dynamics.
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists - Council Members, APECS Council 2019-2020
Several courses and training about relevant and specific oceanographic equipment such as Glider Slocum, Vertical Measure Profiler, and Ice Profiling Sonar among others.

Bosiet Opito, VHF-SRC, and STCW codes for safety during the fieldwork. Certificate of competency for powerboats & RIB master.