For the last 25 years, Maria Patricia Curbelo Fernandez has been part of several research projects related to mesophotic and deep-sea bottoms at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Research, Development, and Innovation Center of Petrobras. In addition to the characterization of large marine basins, her special interest has focused on the … Continued
Julieta Frère is a PhD fellow at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and a doctoral candidate in Archaeology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She holds a BA in Archaeology from UBA and her MA in Nautical and Underwater Archaeology from the University of Cádiz (Spain) supported by a Fundación Carolina … Continued
Lucas Carabajal is an undergraduate student in Biological Sciences at Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, and a voluntary collaborator at Montevideo’s Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. His research focuses on the systematics and biogeography of corals and other invertebrates. He has experience in processing and curating biological samples and is currently working … Continued
Luiz Antonio Pereira de Souza, is usually called LAPS, as these four letters are the initial letters of his full name. He is a Geologist, Geophysicist and also a Photographer. He graduated, as Geologist, in 1981 from the Institute of Geosciences of the University of São Paulo (USP) and got his PhD on Geological and … Continued
Noelia is an Assistant Professor of Oceanography and Marine Ecology works since 2011 at the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IECA), Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay. She lectures in grade (Bachelor in Biological Sciences) and in the postgraduate Program of Geosciences (PEDECIBA-Geociencias), also she is part of Uruguayan National System of … Continued
Federico Mas is a marine scientist specializing in the ecology, diversity, and conservation of chondrichthyans (sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras). He earned his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Universidad de la República, focusing his research on shark biodiversity, bycatch in industrial pelagic longline fisheries, life history and reproductive biology, and spatial … Continued
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt; Head of the department, Marine Zoology; Head of Sections Crustacea and Ichthyology; Professor for Marine Zoology at the Goethe University Frankfurt Dr. Angelika Brandt works on taxonomy and systematics, ecology, and evolution of deep-sea and polar organisms with a focus on isopod crustaceans. In recent years, her … Continued
Romina is a Ph.D. student at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina, while her workplace is the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Ocean Physics at the Universidad de la República in Uruguay. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms that generate sea surface temperature extremes in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with emphasis on the … Continued
Sebastián Horta is a PhD student in the Environmental Sciences program of the Faculty of Sciences (Universidad de la República, UdelaR). He holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Sciences. He has also completed a Diploma in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (DUMAC-UADY, Mexico). He developed teaching activity … Continued
Sylvie Gaudron is an associated Professor in France since 2007 at Sorbonne University (SU) in Paris, where she was teaching biology and ecology to undergraduate and Master students and was carrying her research until 2014. Since 2015, she has been carrying out her research on the Channel Sea in the Laboratory of Oceanology and Geoscience … Continued
