Jorge Cardich Salazar is a biologist with a PhD in Geosciences from Federal Fluminense University in Brazil. He is a tenured professor at Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH) and in charge of the marine biology laboratory. Jorge specializes in benthic foraminifera and paleo-oceanography in oxygen-deficient settings, such as the Peruvian Sea. His research interests are … Continued
Electronic Engineer and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de Concepción, Chile. He works as a development engineer at the Center of Instrumentation for Oceanography (CIO), where he focuses on the development of the next generation of monitoring systems and chemical sensors using artificial intelligence methods. On this cruise, he will deploy the Lander “Lafken” … Continued
Biologist Jose Santamaría works at Peruvian Sea Research Institute (IMARPE), where he is part of the Biodiversity Area Team since 2018. He is in charge of the Institutional Scientific Collection, the largest biological collection focused on marine species from Peru. His research focuses on the taxonomy of marine invertebrates, particularly crustaceans and molluscs. He is … Continued
Luis Quipúzcoa is the coordinator responsible for the Marine Benthos Laboratory of the Instituto del Mar del Perú. He is a graduate of the Universidad Particular Ricardo Palma – Faculty of Biological Sciences and has a Master’s degree in Aquatic Resources from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, with extensive experience in field work, … Continued
Michelle Graco is a Biologist and holds a Doctorate in Oceanography from the University of Concepción and Paris VI University. She currently serves as the Coordinator of Research at the Chemical and Geology Oceanography Department at IMARPE. Additionally, she is a professor at the Master of Marine Sciences program at the University Cayetano Heredia (UPCH). … Continued
Nadín Ramírez is an Oceanographer dedicated to work in the Center for Oceanographic Instrumentation in the University of Concepción, Chile, with focus on enhancing the accessibility on scientific equipment, calibrating oceanographic sensors and developing new technologies for ocean exploration. During the last years the exploration under the umbrella of the Millenium Institute of Oceanography, Chile … Continued
Biologist Patricia Ayón is the director of Biological Oceanography Research at the Institute of the Sea of Peru (IMARPE) and is also a professor at Ricardo Palma University. Her scientific interest focuses on the diversity and ecology of zooplankton biovolumes and early stages of commercially important species as anchovy, jack mackerel, hake, squid among others, … Continued
Robert Marquina Herrera is an Oceanographer Technician of the Instituto del Mar del Peru, in the Marine Benthos Laboratory of the Biological Oceanography Unit, since 1990, and has participated in several scientific expeditions aboard national and international research vessels, as a member of the group of researchers of the oceanographic component. Specializing in the analysis … Continued
Communicator at Instituto del Mar del Perú – IMARPE. She works in the development of communication contents and scientific dissemination of IMARPE’s research lines and projects, for digital and traditional media. In addition, she contributes to the planning of communication plans and institutional image. She is specialized in corporate communication, environmental management and scientific dissemination. … Continued
Ursula Mendoza is a Marine Biologist and holds a Doctorate in Natural Science from the Bremen University at the Center of Marine Tropical Ecology. She has a BS in Marine Biology from Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro and a MS in Environmental Geochemistry at the Universidade Federal Fluminense. She was a postdoctoral researcher for … Continued
