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Lee is a postdoctoral researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Their research focuses on the interactions between animals and microbes in the deep ocean, especially in the context of gut microbiomes.

I am a PhD candidate from the University of Cape Town, specialising in ocean biogrochemistry, with a focus on the complex dynamics of marine dissolved oxygen. My work is driven by a deep curiosity about the ocean’s role in regulating the global climate system.   My primary research interest lies in understanding the interplay between chemical … Continued

Elan is interested in the composition and distribution of pelagic forage communities and the ways that predators partition resources. In the Choy Lab, Elan uses stomach content analyses, midwater trawl samples, and statistical methods to address fundamental pelagic ecology questions. He received a Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University in 2019 and was an NRC … Continued

Professor and researcher at the Aquaculture Laboratory (LAq) of the Federal Catarinense Institute, Araquari Campus (IFC–Araquari), and faculty member of the Graduate Program in Animal Production and Health (PPGPSA). I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences (2003, UNIDERP), a Master’s degree (2007) and a PhD (2017) in Aquaculture from the Federal University of Santa … Continued

I’m an ichthyologist by training and have further specialized in studying macroevolutionary dynamics, leveraging phylogenetics and comparative genomics to explore the evolutionary history of fishes. With over 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, fishes inhabit every aquatic niche from polar seas to hypersaline deserts, displaying unmatched diversity in body plans, genome sizes, and physiological strategies. … Continued

Anitra Ingalls is a professor in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington where she leads a biochemical oceanography lab. She received her B.A. from Reed College and her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard University and Columbia University before joining the faculty at the University of … Continued

I am originally from Durango, Colorado, and I developed a deep appreciation for the natural world early on. I pursued my undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, where I combined academics with my passion for the outdoors and for giving back to my community. During … Continued

Biologist, graduated from the University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI, 2018), with two postgraduate specializations: Applied Marine Sciences for Education (Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, 2024) and Welfare, Management, and Behavior of Wild and Exotic Animals (Tuiuti University of Paraná, 2024). Works in the fields of marine biology, animal welfare, wildlife and marine fauna management … Continued

Ben Frable completed Bachelor’s degrees in Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences and Biology: Ecology and Evolution at the University of Washington. He received his M.Sc. from Oregon State University, researching neotropical characiform fish evolution and biogeography. He has been Collection Manager of the Marine Vertebrate Collection at SIO since 2016. He is most interested in species-level … Continued

Anela is a biological oceanographer and a deep-sea ecologist. She is an Associate Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California San Diego. Her research investigates deep ocean food web connections, both between organisms and across habitats. Anela is interested in food web biogeochemistry and the processes that drive feeding and the movement … Continued