Michael Bates
Teacher at Queensland Department of Education
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Bates is a mathematics teacher and applied mathematician with 13 years’ experience bridging academic research and education, specializing in mathematical and numerical modelling of climate, ecological, and pollutant systems. He holds a PhD and has held research fellowships at MIT and Griffith University, then transitioned to curriculum and assessment leadership roles before returning to classroom teaching in Queensland. Beyond academia, he spent senior management years running Papua New Guinea’s largest tour operator, giving him practical operational experience from aircraft logistics to sales and customer service. That blend of rigorous modelling expertise, policy-level curriculum work, and hands-on business leadership makes him adept at translating complex quantitative ideas into accessible classroom learning and real-world solutions.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Diploma of Education, Graduate Diploma of Education at Griffith UniversityThe University of SydneyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at UNSW Australia
English, tok pisin
Github Skills (7)
algorithm10
fortran10
algorithms10
automatic-differentiation10
climate-science10
ocean-modelling10
implement10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
MITgcm/MITgcm
Jun 2013 - Feb 2015
M.I.T General Circulation Model master code and documentation repository
Contributions:34 commits in 1 year 8 months
gfdautomatic-differentiationmasterocean-modellingmitgcm
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