Jaymes D. Awbrey is a PhD student in Dr. Scott C. France’s lab in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. His research interests are in the evolution and diversification of marine invertebrates, particularly in octocorals and marine gastropods (sea slugs and snails). A primary focus of his research is to understand … Continued
Nicole Morgan is a Ph.D. Candidate in Biological Oceanography at the department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 where she also engaged in undergraduate research in anthropogenic impacts on seagrass bed and coral reefs. The research … Continued
Nina Faure Beaulieu is currently completing her BA in Biological sciences at the University of Oxford and is then heading for a MRes in Ocean science at the University of Southampton with the National Oceanography Center. During her undergraduate degree, she developed an interest for marine biology and wrote her undergraduate project on microplastics and … Continued
Adrien Segal is an artist based in Oakland, CA. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that integrates scientific research, data visualization, history, and landscape, sculpture is the visual language Adrien uses to reconcile reason and fact with an intuitive experience in form and material. Previous artworks have incorporated national water consumption statistics, 30 years of annual snowfall … Continued
Andrew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from The College of William and Mary in December, 2016. His undergraduate research was primarily focused on using visual ecological principle to design blue claw crab traps that minimized diamondback terrapin by-catch. During his undergraduate tenure, Andrew also participated in Sea Education Association’s Sea Semester program; … Continued
Aurélie Tasiemski is Associate Professor of Organism Biology and Leader of the SPICI team in the Evolution, Ecology & Paleontology unit (CNRS UMR8198) at the University of Lille in France. Her activities at the University include research, student supervision, and lectures in immunology and zoology to graduate and undergraduate students. Aurélie has defended her PhD … Continued
Emina is a Chemist with a PhD in Marine Chemistry and a researcher in Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology Unit in the Organic Contaminant laboratory in Ifremer, France. She conducted research on the effect and behavior of oil and chemical contaminant in the ocean and more generally on the understanding of different type of pollutant in the … Continued
Otis Brunner is working toward his PhD at the Okinawa institute of Science and Technology, Japan. He intends to combine genetic analyses, ecological observations and geophysical models in order to predict and explain the distribution of marine species. He hopes this work can inform future conservation in the region. He completed his undergraduate studies and … Continued
Bernard Dennielou received a PhD in Marine Geology from Brest University (France) in 1997 and joined the Marine Geosciences Department at IFREMER in 1998. His research focuses on marine sedimentology. He is interested in the morphology and composition of sediments deposited on the continental margins, particularly in understanding how the transportation and deposition of sediment … Continued
Fernanda X. Oyarzún Research associate at CIBAS and Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Católica de la Ssma Concepción Research associate at Centro i~mar, Universidad de los Lagos, Chile Fernanda X. Oyarzun, PhD in Biology, University of Washington, Seattle USA, is a biologist, scientific illustrator and sculptor, who works in both worlds —science and art— … Continued
