Nicolás Luna Bravo, a marine biologist and ornithologist, is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Natural Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Zu Kiel, Germany, focusing on the foraging behavior of seabirds using telemetry devices and its correlation with climate change. With a Master’s in Marine Sciences and a Bachelor’s in Marine Biology, he has extensive experience studying … Continued
Germán Zapata Hernández currently is working as Postdoctoral Researcher in the Genoa Marine Centre belonging to the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy. His interest involves the biology and ecology of shallow and deep-water benthic environments (e.g., rocky and coral reefs, seagrasses, sediments, seamounts, methane seeps, and fjords). His works integrate biodiversity assessments, community ecology, elements … Continued
Dr Paige Maroni is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from the University of Western Australia (UWA). Maroni received her Ph.D. from UWA in 2023 and her undergraduate degree and fist-class Honours degree from Murdoch University in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Since 2016, Maroni has also actively maintained her position as a Research Associate at the Western … Continued
Yakup Niyazi is a Research Fellow – Marine Geoscientist and Hydrographic Surveyor at the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, The University of Western Australia, Australia. Before pursuing an academic career, he worked as an oil field engineer for three years after obtaining his Batchelor degree in Geological Engineering. As a child grew up in a small … Continued
Jorge Pérez-Schultheiss is a marine biologist and crustacean curator at the Invertebrate Zoology Area of the National Museum of Natural History (AZI-MNHNCL), Chile, and a doctoral student at the Post-Graduation Program in Animal Biology, at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Jorge is interested in the field collection, registration and … Continued
María de los Ángeles Gallardo is a Marine Biologist with a PhD in Biology and Applied Ecology. Her research has primarily focused on the study of decapod crustaceans, with an emphasis on taxonomy, ecology, biological oceanogragraphy, biogeography, and ecophysiology. Over the past years, she has developed particular expertise in deep-sea fauna, exploring how environmental gradients … Continued
Celso Domingos is a PhD student of the Doctoral Program in Marine Science, Technology and Management at the University of Porto and he develop his research activities at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR-UP). In his PhD he is investigating the biodiversity of glass sponges (Class Hexactinellida) from the deep Atlantic, with … Continued
Erin E. Easton is an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and the Director of the UTRGV Marine Ecosystems Institute. Her research focuses on the ecology and evolution of benthic fauna (i.e., those organisms that live in, on, or in association … Continued
Eulogio Soto Oyarzún is a Full Professor at the Marine Science and Natural Resources Faculty, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile, and Director of the Marine Observation Center for Risks Studies on Coastal Environment (COSTAR). He also participates in the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) for Minerals and BBNJ Working Groups; Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI), Ocean … Continued
Javier Sellanes is a Full Professor at the Department of Marine Biology at the Faculty of Marine Sciences, Universidad Católica del Norte (FCM-UCN), Chile, and an Associate Researcher at the Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands. He is also the Director of the Aquarium and Museum at FCM-UCN, and its associated Biological … Continued
