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Nina de Villiers is a Research Assistant at Nekton Mission. Nina is a marine ecologist focused on community structure, biogeography, and diversity of fishes. She completed her Masters at Rhodes University in South Africa where she studied the impacts artificial structures had on fish and benthic communities in an estuary. Her research has focused on … Continued

Pamela is from Argentina, and her research work has focused on studying the diversity and reproduction of deep-sea starfish. She has participated in several expeditions in the South Atlantic, primarily working with samples from a submarine canyon. Describing a new genus and some species has been part of her work. She participated in the biodiversity … Continued

Paul is the Senior Content Producer at Ocean Census, working across expeditions and workshops creating media for outreach via news and social media channels. Coming from a 10 year career in Television, Paul has filmed, produced and directed award winning Natural History, scientific and other factual documentaries for broadcasters including National Geographic, Netflix and the … Continued

Raissa is an oceanographer who has worked on the ecology, conservation, and evolution of diverse marine species and environments, from shallow waters to the deep sea. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Oceanography from the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil; a Diploma in Cinematography from Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Ireland; an Erasmus … Continued

Sheena Talma is a marine biologist from Seychelles focusing on deep-sea ecosystems and understanding fish species distribution in the South West Indian Ocean using visual surveys. Her work previously centered on genetics and fisheries, and she has participated in numerous expeditions across the Indian Ocean, including both EEZs and high seas, contributing valuable insights into … Continued

Senior lecturer Dr Michelle Taylor’s research focuses on how well-connected populations in the deep sea are genetically across depth, areas, and time – looking at their evolutionary relationships, their community structures, and what drives where they thrive. She runs a lab group at the University of Essex that has a focus on marine population genomics, … Continued

Tea Isler is a PhD student at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany. Her interests focus around 3D reconstruction of hydrothermal vents in polar regions using photogrammetric techniques and processing and interpretation of multibeam data from both ship and ROV/AUVs echosounders.  Tea has a background in Mathematics and … Continued

Dr Verity Nye is Science Manager, Workshops, Network & Awards at the Ocean Census. Verity is a marine ecologist whose research has focused on biodiversity, life-history biology and biogeography, especially in the deep sea. Her research has revealed patterns of life and life-cycles of organisms in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems, including the discovery and description of … Continued

Working mostly with fabric, Rosa Tharrats (*Barcelona, lives and works in Barcelona) also uses a range of mediums, including installation, sculpture and performance. She’s particularly interested in the synchronicities and patterns of nature intuitively using all sorts of materials. She traces, modifies and forges alliances that enhance the transformation of those materials, turning their qualities … Continued