Tuifuisaʻa Patila Amosa

Tuifuisaʻa Patila Malua Amosa is a Samoan oceanographer. She is Dean of Sciences at the National University of Samoa.[1]

Patila Amosa
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago
ThesisThe Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate in Seawater: Development and Application of an Automated pH-stat Method for the Measurement of Dissolution Rates (2015)
Doctoral advisorAbigail Smith
Kim Currie
Keith Hunter

Amosa was educated at Flinders University in Australia and the University of Otago in New Zealand,[2] graduating with an MSc in Environmental Science in 2007 and a PhD in Chemistry in 2015.[3] Her PhD was on ocean acidification.[4][5]

She has taught at the National University of Samoa for over 25 years.[2] In July 2021 she was promoted to senior lecturer in recognition of her regional research leadership in climate change.[6]

References
  1. "Women Ocean Leaders of Samoa: Tuifuisaʻa Amosa". Samoa Observer. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. "Dr. Patila Amosa". International Science Council. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ""Be awesome" new Samoa alumni chapter board told". University of Otago. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. "Patila Malua Amosa". University of Otago. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. Amosa, Patila (2015). The Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate in Seawater: Development and Application of an Automated pH-stat Method for the Measurement of Dissolution Rates (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/5461.
  6. "National University of Samoa promotes five distinguished professionals". Loop Samoa. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.


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