Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
TypePublic
Established2009
ChairmanMary O’Kane
ChancellorMichael Field AC
Vice-ChancellorRufus Black
DirectorTerry Bailey
Location
Hobart
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NicknameIMAS
AffiliationsUniversity of Tasmania
Websitewww.imas.utas.edu.au

The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) is a teaching and research institute of the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania. IMAS was established in 2010, building upon the university's partnership with CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere and the Australian Antarctic Division in cooperative Antarctic research and Southern Ocean research.[1][2][3]

Marine geophysicist Prof. Mike Coffin was appointed founding Executive Director of IMAS in 2010. Prof. Richard Coleman, an oceanographer and cryospheric scientist, was appointed Executive Director of IMAS in July 2015. Terry Bailey has been the Executive Director since July 2019.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, IMAS Strategic Plan 2012-2017
  2. ^ Australian Science and Technology Council (30 June 1980), "Appendix D AMSTAC comments on University of Tasmania Proposal to establish a marine and antarctic studies centre (30 June 1980)", Report (391 of 1980), Australian Govt. Pub. Services: 23, ISSN 0157-2997
  3. ^ Reinmuth, G; Balmforth, S; Blythe, R; Wardle Achitects, J (2013), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, retrieved 15 May 2022

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