image: The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Prof. Charitha Bandula Pattiaratchi for being selected as the 2024 recipient of The Oceanography Society’s Mentoring Award. The citation on Dr. Pattiaratchi’s certificate recognizes him for an enviable record of mentoring students and young scientists.
Credit: University of Western Australia
The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates Prof. Charitha Bandula Pattiaratchi for being selected as the 2024 recipient of The Oceanography Society’s Mentoring Award. The citation on Dr. Pattiaratchi’s certificate recognizes him for an enviable record of mentoring students and young scientists. Over the course of his career, he has developed a world-renowned research and training program for early career researchers and graduate students in coastal oceanography at The University of Western Australia. To date, he has supervised more than 300 people including direct supervision of 277 dissertations.
Pattiaratchi is currently Professor of Coastal Oceanography, Oceans Graduate School and The UWA Oceans Institute at The University of Western Australia. He leads the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Ocean Glider facility. He earned several degrees from the University College of Swansea (University of Wales): BSc (joint hons), Oceanography and Applied Mathematics, 1979; MSc (Coastal Oceanography), 1981; PhD (Coastal Oceanography), 1985; Postdoctoral Fellow, Oceanography, 1986–1988. He has been at the University of Western Australia since 1988.
His achievements will be celebrated during The Oceanography Society’s Honors Breakfast taking place on February 21, 2024, during the Ocean Sciences Meeting.
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The TOS Mentoring Award is given biennially to an individual for excellence and/or innovation in mentoring the next generation. The Mentoring Award also seeks to recognize individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in promoting inclusion, diversity, and equity in ocean science and/or outstanding leadership in promoting capacity and growth of oceanography in less resourceful regions. To learn more about The Oceanography Society and the Mentoring Award, visit: https://tos.org/mentoring-award. The Oceanography Society (TOS) was founded in 1988 to advance oceanographic research, technology, and education, and to disseminate knowledge of oceanography and its application through research and education.
TOS promotes the broad understanding of oceanography, facilitates consensus-building across all the disciplines of the field, and informs the public about ocean research, innovative technology, and educational opportunities throughout the spectrum of oceanographic inquiry. TOS welcomes members from all nations. Any individual, business, or organization interested in ocean sciences is encouraged to join and to participate in the activities and benefits of the society. For more information, visit https://tos.org.