Dr Rob Hall is a physical oceanographer with research interests in the field of shelf sea and deep ocean fluid dynamics, diagnosed from both observations and numerical model simulations. He has a specific interest in internal waves and internal tides, their interactions with complex topography such as submarine canyons and seamounts, their effect on turbulent … Continued
Trained in biology and oceanography, Guillem started his scientific career in the study of deep-sea benthic ecology by means of remoted operated vehicles (ROVs), mainly focused on how environmental variables and seafloor parameters determine species distribution. With time his interest in benthic species capable of creating habitats grew and thus, he started to look at … Continued
I am a final-year PhD student at the University of Bristol, UK, where I study the chemistry of deep-sea coral skeletons. In Bristol, our research aims to understand how these corals build their skeletons, as well as how resilient they and the biological communities they support are to future changes in our oceans. We also … Continued
Daniel Fornari – Emeritus Research Scholar, Geology and Geophysics Dept. and MISO Facility, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, MA USA. Dan is a leading researcher in the study of volcanic and hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges, especially the East Pacific Rise near 9° 50’N, seamounts, and in the study of the structure and … Continued
Emmeline Broad (she/her) Title and Institution: PhD candidate, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Emmeline is a 2nd year Environmental Sciences PhD candidate at Memorial University based in 4D Oceans Lab. Emmeline holds a MSci in Marine Biology from the University of Southampton (UK), and has a background in deep-sea ecology with a particular interest in the conservation … Continued
Claudio Lo Iacono works as senior scientist at the Marine Sciences Institute of the Spanish National Research Council, ICM-CSIC. Claudio received in 2004 his PhD in sedimentary geology at the University of Naples in Italy, and then worked as a research scientist at the National Oceanography Centre of Southampton, UK. His research implies the use … Continued
Catherine Wardell is a seafloor and habitat mapping scientist at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, United Kingdom. She has an MSci in Oceanography and is also undertaking a PhD in habitat mapping at the University of Southampton. Following her MSci degree she worked as a hydrographic surveyor before returning to academia and has extensive … Continued
Aaron is a marine geologist investigating the geomorphology of continental margins. He uses quantitative techniques to analyze geophysical and sedimentological data to solve problems related to seafloor landscape change and marine hydrogeology. Aaron is is principal investigator at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (USA). Aaron holds a MSc in geomorphology from the University of … Continued
Ana-Belen Yanez Suarez is a National Geographic explorer for a research grant she was awarded to investigate the cold-water corals’ biodiversity and distribution across oxygen minimum zones on the Galapagos and Isla del Coco on board Falkor (too) 2023. Ana-Belen contributed to systematically characterizing the Galapagos seamount deep-sea ecosystems at the Charles Darwin Research Station … Continued
Andrea Giulia Varzi is a PhD candidate at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. She has a BSc in Geological Sciences and Technologies and a MSc in Marine Sciences. After the graduation, in March 2021, she worked as a research assistant within the project Cresci Blu Reef, which focuses on Coralligenous bioconstructions. In particular, she was … Continued
