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Hire Dr. Matthew P.
Australia
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Geophysicist | 25+ years experience across exploration, research & government sectors | Expert in Geophysical Modelling.

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing
Research Systematic Literature Review
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML
Product Development Formulation
Work Experience

Co-Founder and CEO

Pangaea Innovations Pty. Ltd.

January 2020 - Present

Co-Chair ISO TC/211 - OGC Joint Advisory Group

Open Geospatial Consortium

July 2018 - Present

Co-Chair - Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS) Standards Working Group

Open Geospatial Consortium

March 2014 - Present

Senior Advisor - Geospatial Standards

Geoscience Australia

April 2014 - January 2020

Project Leader - Data Cube Technologies Project

Geoscience Australia

July 2013 - April 2014

Team Leader - National Landsat Nested Grid Project

Geoscience Australia

July 2012 - June 2013

Geophysical Advisor

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

May 2005 - July 2012

Geophysicist/Technical Advisor

Geoscience Australia

August 2004 - June 2012

Seismic Analyst

Environmental Systems & Services Pty. Ltd.

September 2002 - July 2004

Geophysical Research & Teaching Fellow

MONASH UNIVERSITY

September 2000 - December 2003

Geophysicist

Kevron Geophysics Pty Ltd

December 1997 - December 1999

Field Geophysicist - Graduate

BHP Technical Services

December 1995 - March 1996

Education

PhD - Exploration Geophysics

Monash University

January 2000 - December 2003

Bsc (Hons) - Geology & Geophysics

University of Wollongong

January 1994 - December 1997

Certifications
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Purss, M.B.J., Peterson, P.R., Strobl, P., Dow, C., Sabeur, Z.A., Gibb, R.G., Ben, J.(2019). DataCubes: A discrete global grid systems perspective . Cartographica. 53. (4). p. 63-71.
Bartlett, J.K., Maher, W.A., Purss, M.B.J.(2018). Band width selection data from Near Infra-red Spectral (NIRS) quantitative modelling of energy storage components (protein, lipid, glycogen) for single and multi-bivalve species models . Data in Brief. 18. p. 1509-1512.
Bartlett, J.K., Maher, W.A., Purss, M.B.J.(2018). Cellular energy allocation analysis of multiple marine bivalves using near infrared spectroscopy . Ecological Indicators. 90. p. 247-256.
Bartlett, J.K., Maher, W.A., Purss, M.B.J.(2018). Near infra-red spectroscopy quantitative modelling of bivalve protein, lipid and glycogen composition using single-species versus multi-species calibration and validation sets . Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 193. p. 537-557.
Lewis, A., Oliver, S., Lymburner, L., Evans, B., Wyborn, L., Mueller, N., Raevksi, G., Hooke, J., Woodcock, R., Sixsmith, J., et al.(2017). The Australian Geoscience Data Cube — Foundations and lessons learned . Remote Sensing of Environment. 202. p. 276-292.
Lewis, A., Lymburner, L., Purss, M.B.J., Brooke, B., Evans, B., Ip, A., Dekker, A.G., Irons, J.R., Minchin, S., Mueller, N., et al.(2016). Rapid, high-resolution detection of environmental change over continental scales from satellite data – the Earth Observation Data Cube . International Journal of Digital Earth. 9. (1). p. 106-111.
Purss, M.B.J., Lewis, A., Oliver, S., Ip, A., Sixsmith, J., Evans, B., Edberg, R., Frankish, G., Hurst, L., Chan, T.(2015). Unlocking the Australian Landsat Archive - From dark data to High Performance Data infrastructures . GeoResJ. 6. p. 135-140.
Purss, M.B.J., Cull, J.P.(2005). A new iterative method for computing the magnetic field at high magnetic susceptibilities . Geophysics. 70. (5).
Purss, M.B.J., Cull, J.P., Asten, M.W.(2003). Simultaneous modelling of the phase and amplitude components of downhole magnetometric resistivity data . Journal of Applied Geophysics. 54. (1-2). p. 1-14.
Purss, M.B.J., Cull, J.P.(2003). B-field probes for downhole magnetometric resistivity surveys . Exploration Geophysics. 34. (4). p. 233-240.
Purss, M.B.J., Cull, J.(2001). Heat-flow data in Western Victoria . Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 48. (1). p. 1-4.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Purss, M.B.J., Liang, S., Gibb, R., Samavati, F., Peterson, P., Dow, C., Ben, J., Saeedi, S.(2017). Applying discrete global grid systems to sensor networks and the Internet of Things . International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). 2017-July. p. 5581-5583.
Purss, M.B.J., Gibb, R., Samavati, F., Peterson, P., Ben, J.(2016). The OGC® Discrete Global Grid System core standard: A framework for rapid geospatial integration . International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). 2016-November. p. 3610-3613.
OTHER
Purss, M.B.J.(2014). The promise of discrete global grid systems . GEO: connexion. 13. (7). p. 16-17.