Elias Adediran

Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center
Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Lab
24 Colovos Road
Durham, New Hampshire 03824

Elias Adediran is a young passionate surveyor from Nigeria with a core geomatics background. He received his national diploma and bachelor of science degree in Surveying and Geoinformatics from the Yaba College of Technology and University of Lagos respectively. After graduation, he joined an offshore survey company in Nigeria as a hydrographic surveyor/data processor where he participated in various surface and subsea positioning and geophysical survey project campaigns in the Gulf of Guinea for the oil and gas exploration and development projects.

Elias is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping / Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire and he is pursuing a master’s degree in Ocean Engineering: Ocean Mapping. He is enthusiastic about exploration of the ocean, as such, his research interest lies in ocean mapping and combining cartography with data analytics to improve bathymetric charts. At his free time, Elias enjoys reading, watching sports, and reciting Arabic poems.