| Date | Position | Role |
|---|---|---|
| April 2023 - present | Senior Scientist, Weather Radar New Zealand | Scientific and technical consultant and write software |
| July 2022 - present | Visiting Professor, School of Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China | Scientific and technical consultant and supervisor of 2 PhD students working on wind nowcasting |
| Nov 2020 - Nov 2023 | Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Australia | Undertake research in radar rainfall estimation and nowcasting |
| Jul 2018 - Nov 2020 | Principal Research Scientist, Research, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia | Undertake research in radar rainfall estimation and nowcasting |
| Apr 2015 - Jun 2018 | Manager Science and Engineering, Observing Systems and Operations, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia | Manage the section that builds the operational observation infrastructure and undertakes observation research |
| Jan 2013 - Apr 2015 | Principal Research Scientist, Research, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia | Lead the Radar Science and Nowcasting team which develops operational systems for real-time radar data visualisation, radar rainfall estimation, and short-term forecasting systems |
| Sep 2005 - Jan 2013 | Senior Research Scientist, Research, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia | Conduct research into radar rainfall estimation and nowcasting |
| BSc Civil Engineering | University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1979 |
| MSc Agricultural Engineering | University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,1986 |
| PhD Agricultural Engineering | McGill University, Montreal, Canada,1989 |
| Data Analytics Bootcamp | Monash University, 2021 |
| Seed, A.W., 2022. On the generation of stochastic simulations of rainfall in space and time. 11th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Locarno, Switzerland, 29th August - 2nd September 2022. |
| Seed, A.W., 2017. Delivering an operational radar rainfall estimation service: the Australian experience. International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, Hana Square of Korea University, Seoul, Korea, April 10-13 2017. |
| Seed, A.W., and M. Curtis, 2014. A close shave with Occam's razor: managing complexity in a radar rainfall estimation system. 8th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1-5 September 2014. |
| Seed, A.W., 2008. Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting: A Review. International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, Grenoble, 10-12 March 2008. |
| Seed, A.W., Pierce, C., 2006. Forecasting rainfall at short time and space scales. in: Second International Symposium on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 4-8 June 2006. |
| Seed, A.W., N. Bowler and C Pierce, 2005. Short Term Ensemble Prediction System (STEPS): An empirical treatment of forecast uncertainty. World Weather Research Program Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short range Forecasting, Toulouse, France, 5-9 September 2005. |
| 2014 | Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig Maximilians Universität | Workshop on Heuristic Nowcasting, Munich, Germany |
| 2009 | Hong Kong Observatory | Workshop on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Meteorological Service Singapore | Workshop on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, Singapore |
| 2008 | Leonardo Germany | Workshop on radar rainfall estimation and nowcasting, Neuss, Germany |
| 2006-2008 | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Melbourne University | Series of 6 lectures on rainfall measurement and modelling to under graduate students |
| 2005 | McGill University | Workshop on Heuristic Nowcasting, Montreal, Canada |
| 2005 | World Meteorological Organisation | WWRP Nowcasting Training Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa |
| 2003 | World Meteorological Organisation | WWRP Latin American Training Workshop on Nowcasting,Brasilia,Brazil |
| Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2014 - 2016 |
| Visiting Research Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, March - June 2004 |
| Visiting Professor, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, April 2002 |
| Co-supervised 8 PhD students from Griffith University (Australia), Monash University (Australia), University of New South Wales (Australia), and Aalto University (Finland) |
| Member of Program Committee, 11th International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, Nanjing, 2022 |
| Member of the Management Group, Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station Research Programme, Bureau of Meteorology, 2015 - 2020 |
| International Technical Co-Chair of Steering Committee, 10th International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, Seoul, 2017 |
| Member of the International Science Steering Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Area Convection Study for Extreme Weather Resilient Cities (TOMACS), 2013-2016 |
| Co-Chair of 2nd Working Group on Nowcasting Research Workshop on Heuristic Nowcasting, Munich, 2014 |
| Member of the WWRP Working Group on Nowcasting Research, 2008 - 2014 |
| Member of Program Committee, 3rd International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, Rio de Janeiro, 2012 |
| Member of Science Steering Group, World Expo 2010 Nowcasting Services Forecast Demonstration Project (WENS), Shanghai, 2008 – 2011 |
| Member of International Scientific Steering Committee, WWRP Beijing 2008 Olympics Forecast Demonstration Project, Beijing, 2005 – 2009 |
| Co-Chair of 1st Working Group on Nowcasting Research Workshop on Heuristic Nowcasting, Montreal, 2005 |
| Chair of Organizing Committee, 6th International Symposium on Weather Radar and Hydrology, Melbourne, 2004 |