Natalia Ribeiro Santos
Affiliation with Antarctic Science Foundation
ASF Ambassador for Antarctica Flights season 2022/23
“Traversing The Covid Gap” Grant Recipient 2020
PhD Thesis
Coastal influence of enhanced iceshelf melting on East Antarctic coastal polynyas.
More about Natalia
Natalia completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Oceanography at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, with a focus on Physical Oceanography. In her course work, she studied the warming and freshening along isopycnals on the Polar Front, using data from the XBT High-Resolution Program in Drake Passage. Her research experience is mainly polar, with her Master’s dissertation looking into XBT fall-rates in the Southern Ocean and her PhD project focusing on ocean-ice shelf interactions in East Antarctica. She has experience with data processing and analysis of both observational (XBT, CTD, seal CTD, bottle data) and high-resolution model outputs (ACCESS-om2-01).
Prior to her PhD, Natalia has worked as a marine technician in merchant vessels for the Ship of Opportunity Program and as the Logistical Officer for the NAUTILUS Research Project, part of the Brazilian Antarctic Program (PROANTAR).
Currently, Natalia works as a Science Officer at IMOS. The Science Officer works closely with the Principal Science Officer to ensure science planning is optimal, data are used as widely as possible and that relevant issues are well-researched to inform IMOS processes and decisions, including meeting data standards. The Science Officer participates in liaising with IMOS Facilities and the scientific community to help ensure that program plans are fulfilled and synthesise data for capability reviews, all the while engaging with IMOS strategic plans as well as national and international science priorities to support IMOS program delivery.
Selected Publication
van Wijk, Esmee; Rintoul, Steve; Wallace, Luke; Ribeiro Santos, Natalia; Herraiz Borreguero, Laura. Vulnerability of Denman Glacier to Ocean Heat Flux Revealed by Profiling Float Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022; 49(18):e2022GL100460. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100460
