SEAN MINHUI TASHI CHUA

I am a multidisciplinary scientist and artist focused on Earth systems, polar regions, and sound. I work as a researcher at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway, and previously served as Assistant Director in the Australian Antarctic Division Sea Ice team. I also work as an independent consultant. My work spans algorithm design, field campaigns, installation, and performance.

Some of my interests:

• High-resolution sea ice drift tracking using synthetic aperture radar
• Acoustic signaling and behavior of Weddell seals (I think I heard the world's best kickdrum when I dropped a hydrophone into the sea ice at McMurdo Sound)
• Bridging the dark space between modelers and observationalists
• The "user experience" of interacting with spatial information
• Hybrid music composition techniques drawing from graphic scores, sonification and ~vibe
• Multi-sensor data integration, combining laser altimetry and microwave radiometry, expanding those beautiful detailed pulses to larger areas