Physical oceanographer at the Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Universite du Quebec a Rimouski until 2006, and now owner and senior oceanographer at Hydrosoft SA (www.hydrosoft.ca). Dr Koutitonsky’s research interests are physical coastal oceanography, time series analysis and numerical modeling. Prof Koutitonsky was the instructor at the NF-POGO Visiting Professorship at Tunisia (2007) and is currently involved in capacity building and coastal consulting in North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, etc).