CONGRATULATIONS

To all our graduating students of 2020, 2021 and 2022

To Marine Biology and Oceanography graduate Zaha Waheed on her award on an honorary degree by Bangor University. Zaha is currently a minister in the Government of the Maldives and visited Bangor to receive her degree this summer. You can find out more about Zaha’s career from the Winter 2021/22 edition of the Bridge.

To TV wildlife star and Bangor Zoology and Conservation graduate Hamza Yassin on being awarded an honorary degree at this summer’s Ocean Sciences graduation and on his sterling performance, winning Strictly Come Dancing!

To Yueng-Djern Lenn on being awarded the American Geophysical Union Cryosphere Division John F Nye Lecture honour. The honour is presented annually and recognizes recent accomplishments and outstanding ability to present exciting scientific research and findings. Yueng was nominated for this honour by Professor Sheldon Bacon of the National Oceanography Centre (UK), Professor Mary-Louise Timmermans of Yale University (US) and Professor Ilker Fer of Bergan University (Norway).

To Brian Scannell on his appointment as an honorary lecturer. Brian is a Bangor Ocean Electronics graduate who ‘retired’ back to Menai Bridge to complete an MSc and then PhD in Physical Oceanography. His research interests include using state-ofthe-art acoustic doppler current profilers to measure turbulence parameters.

To Antonio Hoguane, who studied Physical Oceanography and Mathematics as an undergraduate at Bangor and then completed (in 1997) a PhD supervised by Ed Hill has followed in Ed’s footsteps by being appointed Director General of his nation’s Oceanographic Institute. The appointment was made by the Prime Minister of Mozambique who is seen here with Antonio (who is on the right).