Dr. Giulia La Bianca (pronounced: ˈdʒuːliə) is a benthic ecologist currently working at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) in the UK. Her expertise lies in benthic ecology, deep-sea fauna identification, habitat suitability modelling, and assessing ecosystem services. At PML, she focuses on using artificial intelligence to accelerate species identification from underwater footage. Her work ensures high-quality … Continued
Dr Jenny Gales is Associate Professor of Ocean Exploration at the University of Plymouth, specializing in submarine slope processes and geohazards. Jenny has a passion for submarine landslides, canyons, volcanoes, channels and gullies on high latitude continental margins. She uses cutting-edge technologies to image and measure the seafloor and subseafloor, including shipboard acoustics, coring, marine … Continued
Dr Jesse van der Grient is a quantitative marine ecologist with experience in marine ecology, resource management and marine conservation, combining observational, experimental and modelling data with a link to policy. Her research focuses on how environmental and anthropogenic impacts directly and indirectly affect marine food webs and how this links to ecosystem services, with … Continued
Joe Sharman – Head of Expeditions, The Nekton Foundation and the Ocean Census Joe is a Marine Biologist and Expedition Leader with a background in behavioural ecology and bioacoustics, always with a focus on fieldwork and maritime operations. Joe has coordinated and led marine science expeditions to some of the most remote locations in the … Continued
Moritz Lang is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Natural Hazards and Georisks at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. His research focuses on the investigation of the active magmatic systems beneath the eastern Saronic Gulf, Greece, using drone-based remote sensing. He is currently reconstructing the activity of Methana Volcano in the past through eruption volume … Continued
Nina de Villiers is a Research Assistant at Nekton Mission. Nina is a marine ecologist focused on community structure, biogeography, and diversity of fishes. She completed her Masters at Rhodes University in South Africa where she studied the impacts artificial structures had on fish and benthic communities in an estuary. Her research has focused on … Continued
Pamela is from Argentina, and her research work has focused on studying the diversity and reproduction of deep-sea starfish. She has participated in several expeditions in the South Atlantic, primarily working with samples from a submarine canyon. Describing a new genus and some species has been part of her work. She participated in the biodiversity … Continued
Paul is the Senior Content Producer at Ocean Census, working across expeditions and workshops creating media for outreach via news and social media channels. Coming from a 10 year career in Television, Paul has filmed, produced and directed award winning Natural History, scientific and other factual documentaries for broadcasters including National Geographic, Netflix and the … Continued
Raissa is an oceanographer who has worked on the ecology, conservation, and evolution of diverse marine species and environments, from shallow waters to the deep sea. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Oceanography from the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil; a Diploma in Cinematography from Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Ireland; an Erasmus … Continued
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
