1. Baseline data for spill assessments: ambient conditions, socioeconomic data, sensitivity maps 2. A brief survey of oil spill weathering models 3. Horizontal transport in oil-spill modeling 4. Vertical mixing in oil spill modeling 5. Operational oil spill modelling assessments 6. Assessment of oil toxicity in water 7. Chemical assessments of sources, fate, and impacts of marine oil spills 8. Spill impact and response analyses 9. Decision support tools for managing marine hydrocarbon spills in island environments
Dr. Oleg Makarynskyy has over 25 years' experience and extensive skills in the fields of ocean and coastal program development and project management, numerical modelling, data analysis, as well as quantitative project risk assessments. Over the years, Oleg collaborated with and led research and industry project teams in Australia, USA, Asia and Europe. His particular interests currently are in risk assessments, including risks of hydrocarbon spills, and in developing integral approaches and programs for open-ocean and coastal hydrocarbon spill assessment studies.