Siara Mitchell is a current graduate student in the Rouse lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Rouse lab focuses on the diversity and identification of benthic invertebrates worldwide, with particular emphasis on chemosynthetic deep-sea environments and whalefalls. Her M.S. research project involves identifying and describing new species of pycnogonids (sea spiders) from methane seeps … Continued
Milan Sengthep, a Thai-American Ph.D. student in the Biological Sciences department at Lehigh University, studies deep-sea ecology under Dr. Santiago Herrera in the Oceans Research Center. She explores deep-sea ecosystems through the lens of environmental DNA (eDNA) to uncover patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem function in unexplored ocean habitats. Her research focuses on using molecular … Continued
Morgan Will is currently a PhD candidate in the Cordes Lab at Temple University, studying the spatial distribution and community structure of cold-water benthic invertebrates. Her current research focuses on Lophelia reef communities, exploring and modeling the links between reef structure and associated invertebrate community distributions. She is also investigating ocean carbonate chemistry, developing models … Continued
Dr. María Emilia Bravo is a marine biologist who holds a permanent position as a scientific researcher at IGeBA (CONICET) and the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (FCEN-UBA). Dr. Bravo specializes in the benthic ecology of invertebrates and pioneered the first discoveries of chemosynthetic ecosystems in Argentina, both in coastal … Continued
Lisandro Scarrone is a Biology student at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Since 2023, he has been working under the supervision of Dr. Emilia Bravo on projects focused on the ecology of invertebrates from deep-sea cold seep ecosystems. His work includes the processing and taxonomic classification of benthic samples, as well as field and … Continued
Dr. Juan Cruz Carbajal is a researcher and assistant lecturer at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos (DCAO) at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). He earned his doctoral degree from UBA, conducting his Ph.D research at the Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos (CESIMAR, CONICET) in Puerto Madryn, and … Continued
Ele Beruschi is an Oceanographer specialized in Marine Biology, graduated from the National University of the South (UNS). He is currently pursuing a PhD at the Argentine Institute of Oceanography (IADO-CONICET), where he is a member of the Research Group in Chemistry of Transitional Environments (GIQAT). His doctoral project focuses on understanding the role of … Continued
Florencia Belén Rial is a Ph.D. student at the Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Her research is based at the Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO-CONICET), where she is a member of the Research Group in Chemistry of Transitional Environments (GIQAT). Her doctoral work focuses on the sulfur cycle in coastal environments, investigating … Continued
Melisa Fernández Severini is an Independent Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and co-director of the Transition Environments Chemistry Research Group (GIQAT) at the Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO) in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. She previously held postdoctoral and research associate positions at IADO, consolidating her expertise in marine and estuarine chemistry. … Continued
Lucía is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Biological Sciences at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN). She is a member of the Laboratory of Biology of Marine Invertebrates (DBBE, UBA). She is currently involved in a project that focuses on the reproductive features of marine … Continued
