Morten Larsen, currently a research engineer at the University of Southern Denmark, brings a diverse skill set and extensive experience to the research team. His past roles include a position as an Assistant Professor in Marine Biogeochemistry, working as a sensor engineer, and developing underwater instrumentation, encompassing hardware, electronics, and optical trace oxygen sensors. Morten … Continued
Lizt Selene Sibila Osorio Pando is affiliated with the Metagenomic Lab led by Asunción Lago-Lestón at the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE) in Mexico, where she conducts her research focusing on the ecological role of free-living bacterial and archaeal communities in the deep-water region within the Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone … Continued
Peter von Dassow is a phytoplankton biologist and oceanographer. He has been a professor in the Biological Sciences Faculty at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile since 2010, is one of the principal investigators of the research center Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía de Chile and is an associate fellow of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn … Continued
Sina Schorn is an environmental microbiologist currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Sina is interested in the microorganisms and their activities responsible for the emission of greenhouse gases from aquatic environments, including marine coastal sediments and anoxic marine and freshwater basins. In her current position, she is investigating … Continued
Tim D’Angelo is a Senior Research Associate at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine. After spending nearly eight years as a researcher in the lab of Dr. Beth Orcutt, studying the microbial ecology of the marine deep biosphere, Tim currently utilizes his experience in multiple labs within the Bigelow Laboratories. Tim … Continued
Maria Pachiadaki is a Marine Microbiologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA. Maria aims to unveil the mysteries of the microbial life of the aphotic ocean realm. She is particularly interested in the identity, function and activity of the microorganisms inhabiting oxygen-depleted marine systems, and their effects on global ecosystem processes. She also works … Continued
Alessandra Savini is Associate Professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, where she teaches introductory courses in submarine geomorphology. She is a marine geoscientist with expertise in seafloor imaging and mapping using geophysical data and RGB underwater still images and videos. She has contributed to the development of advanced … Continued
Gaspar González is a Geographer, currently serving as a Geographical Information System Analyst for the Continental Shelf Project of Chile at the National Department of State Borders and Boundaries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. He takes part of this expedition as an Observer designated by the State of Chile.
Tauroa Aguilera Hey (Rapa Nui, 1997) is an artist who lives and works in Easter Island, Chile. He has a degree in visual arts with a major in painting from the Finis Terrae University (Santiago, Chile). His work focuses mainly on the representation, preservation, and development of art and culture Rapa Nui; this has led … Continued
Carlos F. Gaymer is a Full Professor at the Department of Marine Biology at the Faculty of Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile, and Director of the Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI). He is also Director and associate researcher of the Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA). … Continued
