Emily Cowell (she/her) Title and Institution: Ph.D. student, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Emily Cowell is a 5th year PhD candidate in the Cordes Lab at Temple University (Philadelphia, USA). She has a B.Sc in Marine Biology from Newcastle University (UK) and her M.Res from the National Oceanography Center (Southampton UK) through the University of … Continued
Sergio Cambronero (he/him/el) Title and Institution: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica Sergio Cambronero-Solano is an associate professor at the Department of Physics of Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica and director of development at local NGO Colectivo Internacional Pelagos Okeanos. He has a B.Sc in Marine Biology from Universidad Nacional, same institution where … Continued
Odalisca Breedy Shadid (she/her/ella) Title and Institution: Professor of Biology, Center for Research of Marine Sciences and Limnology (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica Odalisca Breedy is a biology professor at the Center for Research of Marine Sciences and Limnology (CIMAR) at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San José, Costa Rica. Her research specializes in … Continued
Diva Amon (she/her) Title and Institution: Director, SpeSeas, Trinidad & Tobago, and Scientific Advisor, Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Bio: Diva Amon is a Caribbean marine biologist focused on the little-known habitats and animals of the deep ocean and how our actions are impacting them. She works at the nexus … Continued
Beth Orcutt (she/her) – CO-CHIEF SCIENTIST Title and Institution: Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine, USA Beth Orcutt is a Senior Research Scientist and interim Vice President for Research at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in the USA. She directs the Deep Biosphere Laboratory which specializes in the study of the life … Continued
Jorge Cortés-Núñez (he/him) – CO-CHIEF SCIENTIST Title and Institution: Professor Emeritus of Biology, Center for Research of Marine Sciences and Limnology (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica Jorge Cortés is a researcher at the Center for Research in Marine Sciences and Limnology (CIMAR) and Professor Emeritus at the School of Biology, University of Costa Rica. He … Continued
Sabrina is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Joint Program in Chemical Oceanography. Her current research focuses on studying microbial life from extreme environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents, serpentinite mud volcanoes, and terrestrial soda lakes, as analogs for life possible on other celestial bodies with … Continued
Dr. Corinna Breusing is a marine research associate at the University of Rhode Island. She received her Ph.D. degree in Biological Oceanography from the University of Kiel in collaboration with the Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, in 2016. Corinna’s work primarily focuses on the evolutionary biology of marine microbial symbioses, including the role … Continued
Jaycee is a physical scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey Global Marine Mineral Resources project. She assists in the research of deep ocean minerals within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and throughout the Earth’s oceans. Jaycee helps process core and rock samples, as well as the geochemical characterization of marine mineral samples. In 2022, she joined a … Continued
Eric Ryberg is a postdoctoral researcher and environmental chemist in the Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Prior to joining the Woods Hole community in 2021, he was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences. He received his B.A. in Chemistry … Continued
