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Maximilian Schrade is a doctoral researcher at the University of Oulu, Finland working on the use of eDNA in the assessments of biodiversity of aquatic environments. As part of this work the inclusion of citizen scientists is established and evaluated. Previous work had him investigating the bioturbation of Arctic deep-sea macrobenthos using both camera as … Continued

Javier Cristobo is a European PhD. in Marine Biology and a researcher at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Gijón Oceanographic Centre, in the specialty of benthic ecology. The main focus of interest is the Phylum Porifera in different aspects, including Taxonomy, Ecology, Sponge Grounds also the marine invertebrates, Deep Sea fauna, Antarctic research, vulnerable … Continued

I am a polar and deep-sea marine biologist with 15 years’ experience in sponge taxonomy, biogeography, and seafloor image analysis. I am originally from the UK having previously worked at the British Antarctic Survey as a marine biologist, via Germany’s Senckenberg Natural History Museum as a sponge taxonomist, to Australia, where I am in the … Continued

Jialing Cai is a marine biologist, underwater photographer, and science communicator from Chongqing, China. Her work focuses on exploring marine larval dispersal and planktonic ecosystems through macro photography in the open ocean at night. In 2023, she earned the prestigious title of Ocean Photographer of the Year and was invited by Ocean Census to join … Continued

Nonny (Oenone) Scott is a PhD student at the University of Essex. Her research is focused on connectivity of invertebrates in the Southern Ocean, and she is currently working on larval dispersal models of octocorals in the Scotia Sea, with a goal to help improve our understanding of the connectivity of these vulnerable marine ecosystems.  … Continued

Zhehao is currently pursuing his M.Sc. in biology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. He previously specialized in molecular ecology, and has been working on the taxonomy of deep-sea isopods of the genus Acanthocope since last year, bringing his expertise to interdisciplinary research. His work evaluates species delimitation, phylogenetic history, and biogeography from various perspectives.  … Continued

Dr Andrea Verolino is a volcanologist who is currently working on volcano hazard-related aspects in Southeast Asia at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, where he is a Research Fellow. His research interests span from physical volcanology to planetary geology, but his main focus is on subaqueous volcanoes, particularly he tries to understand how the magma-water … Continued

Corbyn Johannes is a doctoral researcher at the University of Plymouth, focusing on studying Antarctic turbidity currents, with particular attention to their causes,  characteristics, and significance within the global carbon cycle.  He holds an MPhys in Physics from the University of Southampton, alongside an MSci in  Applied Marine Science from the University of Plymouth. The … Continued

Dr Elin Angharad Thomas is a deep-sea biologist and science communicator, currently working as Communications Manager for the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI). Elin also holds an Adjunct Research Fellow position with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre at the University of Western Australia. Her research to date has focussed on the ecology, biogeography and conservation of … Continued