Emily Aguilar-Pine is a research assistant in the lab of Dr. Brett Baker in the department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research in Dr. Baker’s lab revolves around metagenomic data generation and analysis of bacteria and archaea living in marine sediments. Her main goal in this work is to … Continued
Dr. Danilo L. Calliari is an associate professor in the Oceanography and Marine Ecology laboratory (Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences), Faculty of Sciences of Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Main research interests by Dr. Calliari include the ecophysiology of plankton and environmental modulation of their vital rates, the biogeochemistry of carbon in the pelagic … Continued
Cecilia Alonso is a microbial ecologist and Associate Professor at the Centro Universitario Regional del Este (Universidad de la República, Uruguay). Her research focuses on aquatic microbial communities, particularly bacterioplankton, and their role in processes of the carbon cycle, as well as in the development of microbial indicators of environmental quality. She is interested in … Continued
Dr. Brett J Baker is an associate professor in the departments of Integrative Biology and Marine Science (Marine Science Institute) at the University of Texas Austin. He is the co-director of the Center for Planetary Systems and Habitability at UT Austin. Dr. Baker’s research focused on understanding the ecology and evolution of microbes that have … Continued
Christine Laquet is a French visual artist whose practice bridges environmental inquiry, speculative thinking, and embodied experience. Her research spans meteorites carrying traces of life’s origins, cyanobacteria that later gave rise to it, the return of the wolf as a figure of fear and resilience, and, more recently, the ocean — where micro- and macro-organisms … Continued
Dr. Celeste López-Abbate is an Associate Researcher at CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina), based at the Argentine Institute of Oceanography. Her previous academic experience includes leading multidisciplinary projects on marine biogeochemistry in the Southwest Atlantic. Her research focuses on understanding how microbial plankton diversity and activity influence carbon fluxes in the … Continued
Ana Paula Osiroff is a physical oceanographer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, holding a Licentiate degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA). She currently works full-time as a researcher at the Servicio de Hidrografía Naval under the Ministry of Defense. Her expertise focuses on continental shelf dynamics, shelf-open ocean interactions, and the analysis of hydrographic … Continued
Celeste Antieco is an oceanography student who works at the Naval Hydrographic Service in the dynamic oceanography department, focusing on satellite imagery.
Ph.D. student Azul Gilabert is based at the Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET-UNS), where she also completed her B.Sc. in Oceanography. Her work is embedded within national and international research initiatives focused on understanding oceanic processes in the Southwestern Atlantic. Her research explores the role of microbial interactions in the marine carbon cycle, with a … Continued
