Laura Braby is a postdoctoral research fellow based at the South African Environmental Observation Network, Egagasini Node in Cape Town and is funded through the BRICS PARADIGM Project. Her research interests include the investigation of the seasonal and intra-seasonal variability of the Agulhas Current, as well as its source regions through the use of a combination of model output and observational data. She is currently working on a global ocean reanalysis product validation study for the Southern African region, with intention to compare the resulting metrics with other BRICS domains.