Amanda Semler graduated with a PhD in Earth System Science from Stanford University in June of 2024. She is currently working in her PhD lab as a researcher and field technician to finish a few ongoing projects before searching for jobs. Her PhD focused on characterizing the microbial diversity and geochemistry of hydrocarbon seeps – … Continued
Amy Mackintosh is a third year PhD student at Nord University in Norway. Her current research is focused on marine biogeography and projecting the impacts of future climate change on global marine aquaculture regions and species. Amy obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Marine Biology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa where her … Continued
Caterina Maria Antognazza is a biologist, currently a Postdoc researcher in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Science (DiSTA) at the University of Insubria (Italy), where her main focus is on freshwater ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation and the phylogenetic evolution of animals closely related to aquatic habitats. Her research is oriented towards biogeography, phylogenetics and … Continued
Dakota Betz is an M.S. student and lab technician at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography – University of California, San Diego. Under the direction of Dr. Greg Rouse, our lab focuses on invertebrate diversity and taxonomy in the deep sea, particularly around whale falls, sea mounts, methane seeps, and hydrothermal vents. Dakota is currently working … Continued
Davide Oppo is an Associate Professor and the Pioneer Production Endowed Professor of Geology at the School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (USA), where he leads the Sedimentary Basins Research Group. Previously, he served as a Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen (UK) and the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). Davide is … Continued
Dexter Davis is a 2nd year Master’s Student at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) under Dr. Andrew Thurber studying the role of invertebrate infauna in chemosynthesis at a young methane seep in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Using isotopes, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME), and gut content analyses, Dexter aims to decipher the role these macroinvertebrates … Continued
Eugenio Veloso is currently the Chief of the Marine Geology and Geophysics Program at the Chilean Geological Survey (SERNAGEOMIN in Spanish), and president of the Marine Geology Group within the National Oceanographic Commission (CONA). His early research focused on the emplacement dynamics of ophiolitic bodies into continental crust, to better constrain and understand the mechanism … Continued
Eulogio Soto Oyarzún is a Full Professor at Marine Science and Natural Resources Faculty, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile, and Director of Marine Observation Center for Observation and Analysis of the Coastal Ocean (COSTAR). He also participates in Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) for Minerals and BBNJ Working Groups; Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI), Ocean Census, … Continued
Fernanda Sofía Orrego Acuña has been a marine biologist from the University of Valparaíso, Chile since 2022. She currently works in the ichthyology and biophysical interactions laboratory, where she works with geometric morphometry, mainly with oceanic fish larvae, with the intention of knowing their morphology and their interaction with oceanographic conditions. In addition, she works … Continued
Fritz Schiller is finishing his master thesis at the University Oldenburg and the DZMB. His research field are the meiofauna communities, in shelf seas so as in the deep sea, using morphological and genetic analyses. Fritz received his B.Sc. in biology from Oldenburg University and is now at the end of his M. Sc at … Continued
