Julie Jakoboski

Dr Julie Jakoboski is an oceanographer at the MetOcean division of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand, based in Whāingaroa (Raglan). As the Team Lead of the Te Tiro Moana ("Eyes on the Ocean") workstream of the Moana Project, Julie is directing the deployment of the Mangōpare temperature and depth sensors with the goal of obtaining measurements from Aotearoa New Zealand's oceans to better inform the public on changing ocean temperatures.

Bringing her skills in observational oceanography data and ocean models, Julie guides a nation-wide ocean temperature ocean observing system, in partnership with technology partner Zebra-Tech, the commercial fishing sector, and citizen scientists, to improve the availability of ocean measurements Aotearoa New Zealand-wide. She is passionate about collaborating with organisations locally and globally to encourage co-design with fishing vessels in the ocean observing space.