Log Post: Data Storytelling

In September of 2024, Artist-at-Sea Jill Pelto joined the Fire & Ice: Volcanic & Glacial Interaction expedition led by Dr. Sebastian Watt, University of Birmingham, UK. Pelto is an artist and science communicator based in Washington. She was intrigued by the opportunity to study the underwater effects of a 2008 volcanic eruption that dramatically transformed the landscape and lives of the people of Chaitén, Chile. 

Person: Gregorio Bigatti

Dr. Gregorio Bigatti is a Principal Researcher of CONICET, Argentina at Laboratorio de Reproducción y Biología Integrativa de Invertebrados Marinos (LARBIM) in the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR) at CCT CONICET-CENPAT.  Dr. Bigatti received his Ph.D from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2005and actually is also Professor of Malacology at the Universidad … Continued

Person: Graziella Bozzano

Graziella Bozzano is a senior marine geologist at the Argentine Hydrographic Service (SHN) of the Argentine Navy and an associate researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Buenos Aires. Her scientific interests focus on the understanding of sedimentary processes in deep marine environments, with particular emphasis on the submarine canyon systems … Continued

Person: Martin Brogger

Dr. Martín Brogger is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR) in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. His research focuses on the taxonomy, reproductive biology, and biodiversity of echinoderms, particularly deep-sea species from the Southwestern Atlantic. He is also a co-founder of the Ibero-American … Continued

Person: Rodrigo Calderón

Rodrigo Calderón is a Ph.D. fellow at the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences (MACN-CONICET) in Buenos Aires, supported by a doctoral scholarship from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). His research focuses on the taxonomy and reproductive strategies of cold-water stony corals from the Southwest Atlantic. He is particularly interested in these organisms … Continued

Person: Nadia Cerino

Nadia Cerino is a Researcher at the Argentine Naval Prefecture of the chemical Laboratory of the Scientific Forensic Department, (CIPE) where she specializes in nationwide water analysis for effluent contamination. Previously, she served as Chief Scientist aboard the Oceanographic Vessel Bernardo Houssay of the same institution. Additionally, she works as a professor at two universities … Continued

Person: Ignacio Chiesa

Dr. Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Chiesa is a researcher at the Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET) in Ushuaia, Argentina. He earned his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Buenos Aires, where he worked as a teaching assistant for ten years. As a marine biologist, his research focuses on the systematics, biogeography, and ecology of marine … Continued

Person: Cristina Damborenea

Cristina Damborenea is a research biologist with extensive experience in the taxonomy and biology of free-living Platyhelminthes. She is a Principal Researcher at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), at Museo de La Plata and a Full Professor of Invertebrate Zoology I at the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de la Universidad … Continued

Person: María Carla de Aranzamendi

María Carla de Aranzamendi is a Researcher at the Institute of Animal Diversity and Ecology (IDEA, CONICET-UNC) in Córdoba, Argentina and holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the National University of Córdoba. Her research focuses on the population genetics and phylogeography of Antarctic and South American limpets, with a broader interest in evolutionary biology … Continued