Erin Frates is a PhD candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Boston University. Her research strives to link microbial diversity, cellular activity, and geochemistry along the seafloor, with a profound interest in chemosynthetic environments. During the expedition, Frates will characterize the microbial ecology at cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. Ultimately, she aims to clarify … Continued
Anna M Addamo is a Marine Biologist and Ecologist Ph.D. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Nord University (Norway) and project manager of the Horizon Europe MPA Europe. She is also a research member of the Climate Change Research Center (CCRC) at the University of Insubria (Italy) and of IUCN World Commission on Protected … Continued
Dylan Mankel is an NSF GRFP Fellow and Ph.D. student in Biology at Boston University under Dr. Jeffrey Marlow. His research focuses on extremophile microorganisms and their habitats, ranging from hydrothermal vents in the Caribbean Sea to hyperalkaline springs in northern California. He is interested in how microbial communities come to inhabit and derive energy … Continued
Patricia Esquete is assistant Researcher at the Biology Department and Centre of Marine and Environmental Studies of the University of Aveiro (Portugal). She has a BS in Marine Biology for the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, a Ms in Oceanography by the Universidad de Cádiz, a Ms in Anthropology for the Universidad Nacional de Educación … Continued
Adam Skarke is an Associate Professor of Geology in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University. Prior to his current appointment, he was a scientist with the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration. Adam’s research is focused on understanding fundamental physical relationships between sediment transport, morphological expression, stratigraphy, and subsurface fluid flow in seafloor environments … Continued
Amber Henningsen is a Master student at the Institute for Geography, University of Bremen, in northern Germany. Complementing a team of biologists at INES (Integrated Environmental Solutions), which is based at the Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, she currently works with benthic macrofauna and megafauna from the Clarion-Clipperton-Zone. Several cruises to the Pacific let her gain … Continued
Amanda Semler graduated with a PhD in Earth System Science from Stanford University in June of 2024. She is currently working in her PhD lab as a researcher and field technician to finish a few ongoing projects before searching for jobs. Her PhD focused on characterizing the microbial diversity and geochemistry of hydrocarbon seeps – … Continued
Amy Mackintosh is a third year PhD student at Nord University in Norway. Her current research is focused on marine biogeography and projecting the impacts of future climate change on global marine aquaculture regions and species. Amy obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Marine Biology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa where her … Continued
Caterina Maria Antognazza is a biologist, currently a Postdoc researcher in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Science (DiSTA) at the University of Insubria (Italy), where her main focus is on freshwater ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation and the phylogenetic evolution of animals closely related to aquatic habitats. Her research is oriented towards biogeography, phylogenetics and … Continued
Dakota Betz is an M.S. student and lab technician at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography – University of California, San Diego. Under the direction of Dr. Greg Rouse, our lab focuses on invertebrate diversity and taxonomy in the deep sea, particularly around whale falls, sea mounts, methane seeps, and hydrothermal vents. Dakota is currently working … Continued
