We welcome our newest team member, Patricia Okely. Patricia is a Water Resource engineer with a PhD and over eight years experience in hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modelling of national and international inland and coastal water bodies using the models ELCOM and CAEDYM. Recently Patricia has expanded her expertise to Earth system modelling, working with global coupled ocean and atmospheric models, taking a key role in development of the Bureau of Meteorology’s seasonal climate forecast system. To contact Patricia, email [email protected]