Dr. Cordes is a Full Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Temple University. He is a self-described ocean explorer and ecological oceanographer whose research is focused on cold-water coral reefs, natural hydrocarbon seeps, and hydrothermal vents, as well as their conservation. This includes biogeochemistry, documenting ecosystem services, biogeography, patterns in community assembly, … Continued
Janina is a second year PhD student in the Environmental Science graduate program of the University of Oldenburg and part of Oliver Wurl’s “Sea Surface” working group. Her work has its focus on the role of microbiology on air-sea gas exchange processes in the surface microlayer. She uses microsensor technology to measure micro-gradients of oxygen, … Continued
Dr. Bruce Robison is a Senior Scientists and Midwater Ecologist at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
Dr. Nadine Le Bris is a deep-sea ecologist, with an interdisciplinary expertise at the interface of marine chemistry, biogeochemistry and ecology. Her current research focuses on the sensitivity of deep-sea ecosystems to environmental dynamics, under multiple natural and anthropogenic influences. She attended more than 20 research cruises with manned submersibles and ROVs on hydrothermal vents and … Continued
Colin Devey is Professor of Oceanic Volcanism in the Research Division “Dynamics of the Seafloor” at Geomar, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, a position he has held since 2004. He was Deputy Director of Geomar from 2008 to 2011. From 1998 to 2004 he was Professor for “Petrology of the Ocean Crust” at … Continued
Mandar Chitre is currently the Head of the ARL at Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) and an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining the ARL in 2003, he headed the technology division for a Singapore based telecommunication software company for … Continued
Dr. Stace Beaulieu is a Senior Research Specialist in the Biology Department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Her specialty is deep-sea benthic invertebrates, including surveying and sampling to assess biodiversity, distribution, and abundance. She previously served as coordinator of the InterRidge (2007-2009) and Ridge 2000 (2010-2012) program offices and currently coordinates WHOI’s Ocean Informatics initiative. … Continued
Ian graduated from Boston Latin School in the class of 2013. He is currently an undergraduate marine physical sciences student at the University of Maine with an earth sciences minor. At Univervisty of Maine Ian works in the ocean operations laboratory as a buoy technician for the NERACOOS array in the Gulf of Maine. He … Continued
Ana Clavere-Graciette is a second year PhD student in Dr. Montoya’s lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. She is currently studying the impact of releases of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico at natural hydrocarbon seeps using nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes. Her work focuses on the incorporation of … Continued
