Javier Sellanes is a Full Professor at the Department of Marine Biology at the Faculty of Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte (FCM-UCN), Chile, and an Associate Researcher at the Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands. He is also the Director of the Aquarium and Museum at FCM-UCN, and its associated Biological … Continued
As a Rapa Nui woman, I have always been connected to the sea, which, for us as islanders is a source of food, tradition, and culture. As islanders the ocean is a source of nourishment, tradition, and culture. Since childhood, I have had a deep curiosity for the sea and its biodiversity. From an early … Continued
Serafina Heirangi Moulton Tepano is a Rapanui multidisciplinary artist who has studied ancestral navigation with the Maori of Aotearoa. She excels as a traditional educator, preserving her native language and passing it on to the children of the island. In addition to her commitment to teaching, Serafina has a passion for surfing and a profound … Continued
Ariadna Mecho is a researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS, Spain). She was awarded a PhD in Marine Science from the Institute of Marine Science in Barcelona (ICM, Spain). After that, she was a postdoctoral researcher for the Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI) at the Universidad Católica del … Continued
Matías Portflitt Toro is a Marine Biologist with a Master in Marine Science, both degrees received from the Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. He is currently coordinator of the outreach area of the Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands – ESMOI and the BiodUCCT Project of the Faculty of Marine Sciences, … Continued
A theater graduate from La Mancha School, she completed a master’s degree in audiovisual production at the School of Audiovisual Media in Barcelona, “Nou Prodigi.” Her career in audiovisual production began in 2012 in Barcelona, working on the production of advertising campaigns and music videos. In 2020, she founded “Joroba Films” in Rapa Nui, directing … Continued
Emilia Ra’a Palma Tuki is a recent graduate of the Universidad Católica del Norte with a degree in Marine Biology. She is proud to be the first Rapa Nui Marine Biologist, always capturing and representing her roots. She is currently working in the Planning and Action Studies Unit for the Marine Space of the Municipality … 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
Fernando Á. Fernández-Álvarez is a postdoctoral researcher in the Marine Science Institute of Barcelona (ICM-CSIC, Spain), funded by the Beatriu de Pinós program (AGAUR, Catalonia). He obtained his Bachelor´s Degree by the University of Oviedo (2011), followed by a Master´s Degree (2012) in the Autonomous University of Madrid and a PhD thesis at the ICM-CSIC … Continued
With Tanja Stratmann from Nioz, The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Rosanne Dodde her research will focus on deep sea sponges. Together they will try to understand the role and importance of deep sea sponges in fixing inorganic carbon on oligotrophic sea mounts. This will largely be done aboard the Falkor (too) using incubation … Continued
