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ABOUT

GO2Q was established in 2017 in order to provide marine and terrestrial remote sensing solutions to research institutes, government agencies, non-government organisations, and the private sector. GO2Q is currently based on Queensland's picturesque Sunshine Coast. 

Lachlan McKinna, PhD
 

Company Director &

Research Oceanographer 

Lachlan is a GO2Q Company Founder and Director. He is an accomplished oceanographer and algorithm developer who has worked for SAIC/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Curtin University's Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, and The Australia Center for Tropical Freshwater Research (JCU). 

Dr McKinna holds a B.Sc. (Mathematics & Physics), a B.Sc. Honors (Statistics), and a Ph.D. (Physics) all from James Cook University. Lachlan has extensive industry experience and currently works closely with NASA's PACE Science Team and serves as a Principal Investigator on JAXA's GCOM Science Team. Lachlan has also re-invested his professional knowledge by supervising postgraduate students as an Adjunct Research Fellow at James Cook University. 

Lachlan is GO2Q's Oceanographer and your point of contact for all things ocean science. 

GO2Q Pty Ltd  acknowledges Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation, and the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live and work.

© 2025 by GO2Q Pty Ltd. ACN 621 966 738

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