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Marie SMITH
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research I CSIR
Senior Researcher in Marine Earth Observation
Marié holds a PhD in Ocean and Atmosphere Science from the University of Cape Town (UCT), where she is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Oceanography. She has specialised in marine remote sensing for more than 15 years, with a focus on harnessing satellite Earth-observation data for coastal and marine applications, including harmful algal bloom (HAB) detection, water-quality monitoring, and decision support for aquaculture and fisheries.
She leads the technical development for the Fisheries and Aquaculture service, as well as the Water Quality service, within the National Oceans and Coastal Information Management System (OCIMS) project (https://ocims.environment.gov.za/), and was the Aquaculture and Fisheries lead for the Marine and Coastal Operations for the Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (MarCOSIO) project under the GMES&Africa programme. She is also actively involved in postgraduate student supervision and marine Earth Observation training across Africa.
She is the project lead for the SANSA/NRF NEOFrontiers “Development of New High-Resolution Water Quality Observation Capabilities for Coastal and Estuarine Systems (EO4WQ)” project (https://eo4wq.tumblr.com/) and the CSIR lead for the H2020 All Atlantic Ocean Sustainable, Profitable and Resilient Aquaculture (ASTRAL) project (https://www.astral-project.eu/). She is the technical lead for the Aquaculture & Fisheries and Water Quality services within the National Oceans and Coastal Information Management System (OCIMS2) project (https://www.ocims.gov.za/), as well as the Aquaculture and Fisheries lead for the Marine and Coastal Operations for the Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (MarCOSIO) project (https://marcosio.org/) under the GMES&Africa programme. She is also actively involved in postgraduate student supervision and marine Earth-observation training across Africa.
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