We welcome Dr Paulo Calil from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) into the leadership team of the Queensland Node.
Paulo is a physical oceanographer who joined AIMS in April 2025 as an observational physical oceanographer in the Oceanography and Shelf Processes group. Paulo obtained a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2009, before serving as a Postdoctoral Investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Over the years, Paulo has held multiple research roles across New Zealand, Brazil and Germany. Most recently, he spent six years at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon in Germany, where his research focused on observing and modelling submesoscale features (small-scale ocean processes, typically spanning 1–10 km, that strongly influence mixing and nutrient transport), and the connections between physics and biology from these features in coastal and shelf regions.
At AIMS, Paulo is particularly interested in ensuring that IMOS data is widely used and reaches a broad range of stakeholders to highlight its societal benefits. In particular, he is interested in using the suite of IMOS measurements to evaluate the impact of extreme events in the coastal regions of northwestern Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.
Image credit Cameron Laird, AIMS