Ekechukwu Uzoeshi

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

Ekechukwu Uzoeshi is a naval officer from Nigeria. He works with the Nigerian Navy Hydrographic Office Lagos as a hydrographic surveyor. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in geophysics from the University of Port Harcourt Nigeria. Since joining the Navy, he has worked as a tidal officer and a survey assistant in various projects. Some of the projects undertaken by him include the bathymetric survey of Andoni River using single beam echo sounder and the survey of Commodore channel Lagos.

Ekechukwu is currently a GEBCO scholar at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire. He is passionate about ocean mapping and the application of geophysical methods to map oceans for safe navigation. He equally has interest in cartography especially in the production of Electronic Navigational Charts for easy navigation by mariners in Nigeria. His hobbies include reading, making researches as well as sports.