Tuifuisaʻa Patila Amosa

Patila Amosa
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Otago
Thesis	The Dissolution Kinetics of Calcium Carbonate in Seawater: Development and Application of an Automated pH-stat Method for the Measurement of Dissolution Rates (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.[2] 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]

References

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