Ph.D.  1990 (University of British Columbia); M.Sc. 1985 (University of Victoria); B.Sc. 1982 (University of Victoria)

Office:   Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Building A331

Phone:  250-472-4341

Fax:       250-472-4620

Web page:  http://web.uvic.ca/~acoustic/

Subjects taught:  Geological Hazards and Plate Tectonics, Plate Tectonics, Introductory Geophysics, Time Series Analysis, Continuum  Mechanics, Geophysical Inverse Theory, Ocean Acoustics II

Research facilities:  Geophysics Lab, Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Building B315

Research Statement:

Dr. Dosso’s research interests center on ocean acoustic and geophysical inverse problems, including both theoretical developments and practical applications in the following areas of focus. Geoacoustic inversion: Inferring seabed geophysical properties from ocean acoustic data such as full-field measurements, seabed reflectivity, ambient noise, acoustic reverberation, and seismo-acoustic dispersion. This involves developing efficient hybrid and Bayesian formulations for optimal parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis in nonlinear inverse problems. Acoustic localization and positioning: Including matched-field source localization with environmental uncertainty, and regularized ray-based inversion techniques for applications such as array element localization. Sea-ice acoustics: Studying ice-mounted geophones as Arctic acoustic sensors; analysis of ice-generated ambient noise and visco-elastic properties of sea ice. Other areas of interest include seismic tomography, marine seismology, and earthquake hazard assessment.

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