Dr Laura Cimoli is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Computing for Climate Science at the University of Cambridge. She is a physical oceanographer, and her research combines in-situ observations and data-driven methods to investigate how ocean circulation is changing in response to climate warming, and how it contributes to the sequestration and redistribution … Continued
Dr Teresa Amaro is a researcher in the Department of Biology and the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She is a deep-sea ecologist with a broad interest in understanding trophic ecology across various deep-sea ecosystems, including submarine canyons, abyssal plains, and seamounts in contrasting ocean basins such … Continued
Dr Teresa Amaro is a researcher in the Department of Biology and the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She is a deep-sea ecologist with a broad interest in understanding trophic ecology across various deep-sea ecosystems, including submarine canyons, abyssal plains, and seamounts in contrasting ocean basins such … Continued
Lyanne Abreu brings over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing authentic, interdisciplinary, project-based learning curricula. Holding a M.S. in Science Education and a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, she has dedicated her career to blending her expertise in education with innovative, hands-on learning initiatives. As a former high school department chair and … Continued
André Van Tonder is an ardent natural scientist, having graduated from the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He studied the food webs around the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands, where he also overwintered from 2017 to 2018. His field experience extends to the Antarctic, including handling of wild ice … Continued
Clive McMahon is the Scientific and Operations Manager for Australia’s Animal Tagging Facility in the Integrated Marine Observing System. He coordinates the deployment of sophisticated ocean observing equipment on seals around the Australian coast and in the Southern Ocean. He is the co-chair of the GOOS Animal Borne Sensors emerging network. These animal borne observations … Continued
Amandine Gamble is an infectious disease ecologist leading wildlife health research and training as an Assistant Professor in Cornell University’s Department of Public & Ecosystem Health. Her work aims to unravel how different species or individuals influence pathogen dynamics in ecosystems. Whether it’s determining the populations that fuel the spread of a virus or uncovering … Continued
Jane Younger is a molecular ecologist in the Marine Predator group at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. Her research is focused on developing cutting edge multi-omics approaches to monitor the complex impacts of climate change on Antarctic biodiversity. Younger’s National Geographic grant (awarded in 2019) supported an expedition to South … Continued
Aaron Micallef is a National Geographic Explorer and the Principal Investigator of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s Seafloor Processes Lab, where his research centers on seafloor geomorphology, with a focus on developing and applying novel techniques to better understand submarine landscape evolution. Over the past 15 years, he has analyzed a diverse range of … Continued
National Geographic Explorer Angelo Bernardino is a professor of oceanography at the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo in Brazil, where he studies the ecology of coastal and deep-sea marine ecosystems. Bernardino is currently working to determine the effects of land use and climate change impacts on mangrove forests in the Amazon region. As mangrove ecosystems … Continued
