Person: Irene Susini

I have a background in Animal Behaviour and hold master’s degrees in Conservation and Oceanography. Between my postgraduate degrees, I worked as an ROV Image Analyst at a technology-focused marine consultancy, where I developed my passion for marine science and published my first research papers. I also worked as a Journal Specialist for the open-access, … Continued

Person: Inés Bruno

My name is Inês Bruno, and I am a marine biologist, currently working with the Azores Deep-sea Research Group at Okeanos Institute.Within the group, my work centres on video annotation: identifying and annotating selected cold-water coral, sponge, echinoderm, and crustacean species down to the second to validate the SACFOR annotation method used by the group. … Continued

Person: Gilberto Bergamo Neto

I’m a biologist; I completed my undergraduate studies in the taxonomy of polychaetes and my master’s degree in the reproduction and development of an invasive polychaete species, both conducted in the Department of Zoology at the University of São Paulo. I conducted my PhD in the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo, supervised … Continued

Person: Gabriela Maurício de Alencar Filgueiras

My name is Gabriela Maurício de Alencar Filgueiras, and I am a fifth-year undergraduate student in Oceanography at the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo (IOUSP), Brazil. Since my first year, I have been a member of the Deep-Sea Laboratory (LAMP) at IOUSP, under the supervision of Prof. Paulo Sumida, where I have … Continued

Person: Gabriel Fontanella Pileggi

I started my research at the LigninLab at the University of Sâo Paulo, focusing on genes that could be involved in the lignification process in grasses. We also worked on selecting sugarcane varieties that produce bioplastic precursors. After spending time during an internship working on the conservation of sea turtles at Project TAMAR, I discovered … Continued

Person: Flávia Masumoto

I am Flávia Masumoto, a Brazilian oceanographer from the University of São Paulo. I received my Master’s degree in Oceanography from the University of São Paulo in 2025, where I investigated the presence of microplastics ingested by deep-sea fishes. I am currently a research assistant at the Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, where I analyze … Continued

Person: Ana Laura Piol

I am Ana Laura. I am a master’s student at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), where my research focuses on underwater photogrammetry for reef mapping. I am part of the Marine Geosciences Laboratory (LaboGeo) at UFES, where I have conducted research on habitat mapping. I am a calm and easygoing person, and I … Continued

Person: Ali Mashayek

Ali is a faculty member in the Department of Earth Sciences and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, and a Physics Fellow at Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge. He is also affiliated with the National Oceanography Centre, UK. Within Cambridge, he is also associated with the Institute for Energy & Environmental Flows, the Centre for Climate Repair, the Quantitative Climate and Environmental … Continued