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
Dr. Gregorio Bigatti is a Principal Researcher of CONICET, Argentina at Laboratorio de Reproducción y Biología Integrativa de Invertebrados Marinos (LARBIM) in the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR) at CCT CONICET-CENPAT. Dr. Bigatti received his Ph.D from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 2005and actually is also Professor of Malacology at the Universidad … Continued
Graziella Bozzano is a senior marine geologist at the Argentine Hydrographic Service (SHN) of the Argentine Navy and an associate researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Buenos Aires. Her scientific interests focus on the understanding of sedimentary processes in deep marine environments, with particular emphasis on the submarine canyon systems … Continued
Dr. Martín Brogger is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR) in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. His research focuses on the taxonomy, reproductive biology, and biodiversity of echinoderms, particularly deep-sea species from the Southwestern Atlantic. He is also a co-founder of the Ibero-American … Continued
Rodrigo Calderón is a Ph.D. fellow at the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences (MACN-CONICET) in Buenos Aires, supported by a doctoral scholarship from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). His research focuses on the taxonomy and reproductive strategies of cold-water stony corals from the Southwest Atlantic. He is particularly interested in these organisms … Continued
Nadia Cerino is a Researcher at the Argentine Naval Prefecture of the chemical Laboratory of the Scientific Forensic Department, (CIPE) where she specializes in nationwide water analysis for effluent contamination. Previously, she served as Chief Scientist aboard the Oceanographic Vessel Bernardo Houssay of the same institution. Additionally, she works as a professor at two universities … Continued
