Jessica Leitmanis is a multidisciplinary artist, currently working sculpturally with marine debris rope. Jess has travelled to some of the most remote and truly wild regions of Australia with various organisations to acquire this material—from the rugged South West of Tasmania to salty crocodile country in Cape York. The trials of a castaway life have … Continued
Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger has completed a Master of Studio Art and Master of Fine Art degrees at Sydney College of the Arts – University of Sydney Australia. Her research into evolution, contemporary society and the impact of tourism on island environments has led her to onsite investigations through immersive residencies or eco-tourism in the South Shetland … Continued
Born in 1981 Arawa, Bougainville. Currently based between Sydney and Hakö constituency in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Havini’s work is often a personal response to the politics of location exploring contested sites and histories in the Oceania region; employing photography, sculpture, immersive video and mixed-media installations. Working with living contemporary practitioners … Continued
John Pogonoski is an Ichthyologist at the CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection in Hobart, and has over 25 years’ experience collecting, identifying, curating and documenting Indo-Pacific fishes. John has participated in several RV Investigator voyages including the Great Australian Bight, the North West Shelf and the Sampling the Abyss voyage from Tasmania to the southern … Continued
Dr Will White is senior curator of the Australian National Fish Collection at CSIRO in Hobart. Will’s main research area is taxonomy and systematics of sharks and rays. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the collection, identification, preservation and description of new shark and ray species. He has also authored numerous books on … Continued
Dr Luke Nothdurft is a marine geoscientist based at the Queensland University of Technology. Luke’s research focuses on changes in shallow marine carbonate skeletons and sediment. Using a combination of geological and biological field data and samples, Luke investigates problems around climate change in tropical marine environments over a range of time scales with laboratory-based … Continued
Vikki Lowe is a PhD candidate through Higher Degree by Research at the University of Queensland under Dr Helen Bostock. Her research focuses on the paleoceanography of the Southern Ocean over the last glacial cycle using radiolaria. She completed a B Marine Geoscience at Macquarie University, and a BSc (Hons) at Griffith University. Prior to … Continued
Graeme McMahon is a highly respected award winning cinematographer, director and editor with 20 years of experience. His career started with creating video, photography, editing and graphic design content for the Australian Army Multi-Media Unit where his team won an International Humanitarian Award for one of their projects. Graeme is a highly sort Queensland based … Continued
Jenny Woodman is the Science Communication Manager for Schmidt Ocean Institute. She spent several years covering ocean health and technology for NASA and IEEE Earthzine, where she was lucky enough to join several scientific expeditions at sea. Woodman experienced seafloor mapping, magical wildlife sightings in National Marine Sanctuaries, a little bit of seasickness, and exploring … Continued
Lisa M. Pereira, CMP, holds a Bachelor of Science in Consumer Economics and Communications from the University of Delaware. She furthered her education with a Master’s in Administrative Science and Nonprofit Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed a MiniMBA in Brand Development and Marketing Communications at Rutgers Business School. As a Certified Meeting Professional … Continued
