Tuifuisaʻa Patila Amosa Explained

Patila Amosa
Alma Mater:	University of Otago
Thesis Title:	The Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate in Seawater: Development and Application of an Automated pH-stat Method for the Measurement of Dissolution Rates
Thesis Url:	https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/5461
Thesis Year:	2015
Doctoral Advisor:	Abigail Smith Kim Currie Keith Hunter

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

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. In July 2021 she was promoted to senior lecturer in recognition of her regional research leadership in climate change.^[6] She became President and Vice Chancellor of the National University of Samoa in 2023,^[7] and also that year, 2023, she was promoted to be Professor of Environmental Science.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women Ocean Leaders of Samoa: Tuifuisaʻa Amosa . Samoa Observer . 6 June 2017 . 13 July 2022.
2. Web site: Dr. Patila Amosa . International Science Council . 13 July 2022.
3. Web site: "Be awesome" new Samoa alumni chapter board told . University of Otago . 5 April 2018 . 13 July 2022.
4. Web site: Patila Malua Amosa . University of Otago . 13 July 2022.
5. Amosa . Patila . 2015 . Doctoral thesis . The Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate in Seawater: Development and Application of an Automated pH-stat Method for the Measurement of Dissolution Rates . OUR Archive, University of Otago . 10523/5461.
6. Web site: National University of Samoa promotes five distinguished professionals . Loop Samoa . 14 July 2021 . 13 July 2022.
7. Web site: 2023-03-02 . New Vice Chancellor for the National University appointed . 2024-02-17 . Talamua Online . en-NZ.
8. Web site: N.U.S. welcomes four new women professors . 2024-02-17 . Samoa Observer . en.