Alex Herman
email: HermanA@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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Bedford Institute of Oceanography - Ocean Physics - DFO
1 Challenger Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 4A2
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Education
1967: B.Sc. - Physics
University of Montreal, Loyola College, Montreal, Canada
1969: M.Sc. - Nuclear Physics
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
1972: Ph.D. - Nuclear Physics
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
1972-74: Post-Doctoral Assistant
University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
Appointments
1974 - present: Research Scientist
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada
1995 - 2001: Dept. Head, Ocean Physics
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada
Specializing in research and design of oceanographic instrumentation such as the Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC) - next generation plankton counting.
Synergistic Activities
- Inventor and Patent holder (USA & CANADA) of the 1st and 2nd generation of Optical Plankton Counters (OPCs)
- Government Scientific & Technology Transfer Consultant to Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd., 2000-present
- Government Scientific & Technology Transfer Consultant to FOCAL Technologies Ltd., 1990-present
- ICANE 1977 - Cooperative Investigation Peru & Canada, 1977-79
- Canadian GLOBEC Committee Member, 1991.
- SCOR WG-90 Committee member, 1989-1991
- U.S. GOFS Level 1 & II NSF Review Panel Member, 1988-89
- U.S. SABRE (South Atlantic Bight Recruitment Experiment) Project, 1992-93
Collaborators & Other Affiliations
- Collaborators
- Peter Ortner, U. of Miami, USA
- David Checkley, U. North Carolina/Scripps, USA
- Dietrich Schnack, Insitut fur Meereskunde, Germany
- Kai Weiland, Insitut fur Meereskunde, Germany
- Mark Huntley, Scripps, USA
- Gary Sprules, University of Toronto, Canada
- Chris Taggart, Dalhousie University, USA
- Ken Denman, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada
- Douglas Sameoto, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada
- Graduate and Post-Doctoral Advisors
- Graduate Advisor: J.D. MacArthur, Queen's University Kingston, Canada
- Postdoctoral Advisor: Ian Campbell, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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