Yerko Ignacio Castillo Vergara is a student of Marine Biology degree at Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile. He also as a student he participates in the benthos laboratory of the University of Valparaíso directed by professor Eulogio Soto. He is currently working on his thesis with benthos samples collected by the scientific cruiser R/V Falkoor Too … Continued
Matilde is geophysicist currently working at OGS (Italy) with an IODP postdoctoral fellowship studying the sediments of the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Previously, she was at IPGP (Paris) using advanced seismic methods to characterize the sediments at the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge. She specializes in signal and seismic processing but her interests span a variety of geophysical … Continued
Jill Pelto is a climate artist based in Washington in the United States whose work focuses on communicating human-environment connections. She incorporates scientific data into watercolor paintings to share the emotion behind these stories of change, whether overwhelming or hopeful. Her work is inspired by her fieldwork in places like the alpine glaciers in Washington, … Continued
Alastair is a physical volcanologist/geologist at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Currently a NERC Postdoctoral Research Assistant, his research uses both field and stratigraphic studies to reconstruct past volcanological events, investigate long-term eruptive histories and further understand volcanic processes in order to better mitigate volcanic hazards. He has conducted geological fieldwork in over 10 countries … Continued
Amalia Valdivieso is an undergraduate student in the geology degree at the University of Chile. She is currently in her fifth year and is working alongside Rodrigo Fernández, Sion Moraga, and Marianne Heberlein on projects involving sedimentary cores from Patagonia and Antarctica. On this expedition, she is interested in sedimentology work and aims to gain … Continued
Anke Zernack is a senior researcher in the Volcanic Risk Solutions group at Massey University. She uses stratigraphic field mapping together with sedimentological and geochemical approaches to reconstruct volcanic processes, eruption histories, and magmatic evolution of long-lived stratovolcanoes, including remobilisation and resedimentation of volcanic material through debris avalanches and lahars. Her research also investigates primary … Continued
Colombina Valdés Valenzuela is a marine biologist from the Austral University of Chile and is part of the Laboratory of Biological Oceanography (LOCEB) at the same institution. Her career has focused on high-latitude research within the Center for the Dynamics of High Latitude Marine Ecosystems (IDEAL), aiming to understand the effects of climate change in … Continued
Diego Droguett Valenzuela is an undergrade student of Marine Biology. He is currently working on his undergraduate thesis, which focuses on the study of the composition of the benthic macrofauna of a fjord in Chilean Patagonia, and its relationship with sediment geochemistry. Since last year, Diego has assisted in the research of the Observation Program … Continued
Gianluca Fedele Ansaldi is an undergraduate student of Marine Biology at Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile. He is currently dedicated to studying deep-sea benthic ecology, biodiversity, and taxonomy, mostly annelids and macrofaunal communities of the Southeast Pacific Ocean, in his undergraduate thesis. He’s also a firefighter volunteer in Valparaiso, Chile. Gianluca in 2023 participated as a … Continued
Monica is a postdoctoral fellow within the Marine Geology and Seafloor Surveying Group at the University of Malta. Her research focuses on geohazards, emphasizing the integration of onshore and offshore datasets. She uses digital topography tools for detailed geomorphological mapping of subaerial and marine environments. Her work investigates markers for landscape development, especially following significant … Continued
