Person: Sheena Talma

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

Person: Michelle Taylor

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

Person: Tea Isler

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

Person: Verity Nye

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

Person: Rosa Tharrats

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

Person: Jason Williams

Jason Williams brings to his role as Engineering Senior Manager two decades of experience in subsea robotics and deep ocean science. As a professional engineer, his career has been defined by his leadership in developing and operating cutting-edge robotic platforms for scientific exploration in the deep ocean. Jason has been with Schmidt Ocean Institute since … Continued

Person: Tom Markwardt

Tom joined Schmidt Ocean Institute in July of 2015.  He brings 23 years of experience in the cruise ship industry.  Most of that was with Lindblad Expeditions, where he worked onboard in the deck department for several years, before transitioning in 2001 to their operations office in Seattle as a purchasing and logistics specialist.  He … Continued

Person: Eric King

Eric King has been involved in the maritime industry for over 30 years. During his career, he has supported organizations engaged in the management of oceanographic research vessels, ocean salvage fleets, and marine construction platforms, as well as ensuring maritime regulatory compliance with domestic and international laws while an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. … Continued

Person: Fiona Breen

Fiona Breen is one of Research Vessel Falkor (too)’s Able Bodied Seaman.  

Person: Cristián Rodrigo

Cristián Rodrigo is an oceanographer who graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. He holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences with a specialization in Applied Geophysics, both earned at the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Mexico. Recently, he obtained a Master’s degree in Astronomy and … Continued