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Josefa Araya Campano recently defended her thesis: “Influence of rainfall and winds on the daily accumulation rates of stranded marine debris on two beaches in central-northern Chile,” earning the title of Marine Biologist from the Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. Throughout her academic journey, she has developed a strong interest in researching marine debris … Continued

Physical oceanographer, Doctor de la Universidad de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, his research areas include tropical climate variability, ocean and climate, climate change, air-sea interaction, multi-model analysis, regional biogeochemical coupled model development. Over the past 20 years, he has been involved in various projects dedicated to the study of the South Eastern Pacific, dealing with regional … Continued

Matthew Lee is a marine ecologist specialising in the study of the meiobenthos, organisms less than a millimetre in size that live in marine sediments. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Centro i~mar, Universidad de Los Lagos in Puerto Montt, southern Chile. His main research interests are the diversity and ecology of the … Continued

Les Watling is Professor of Biology at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. His interests range from ecology of marine sediment communities, community analysis of seamounts in the deep-sea, global biogeography of bathyal and abyssal areas of the ocean, to taxonomy of … 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

As a Rapa Nui woman, I have always been connected to the sea, which, for us as islanders is a source of food, tradition, and culture. As islanders the ocean is a source of nourishment, tradition, and culture. Since childhood, I have had a deep curiosity for the sea and its biodiversity. From an early … Continued

Serafina Heirangi Moulton Tepano is a Rapanui multidisciplinary artist who has studied ancestral navigation with the Maori of Aotearoa. She excels as a traditional educator, preserving her native language and passing it on to the children of the island. In addition to her commitment to teaching, Serafina has a passion for surfing and a profound … Continued

Ariadna Mecho is a researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS, Spain). She was awarded a PhD in Marine Science from the Institute of Marine Science in Barcelona (ICM, Spain). After that, she was a postdoctoral researcher for the Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI) at the Universidad Católica del … Continued

Matías Portflitt Toro is a Marine Biologist with a Master in Marine Science, both degrees received from the Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. He is currently coordinator of the outreach area of the Center for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands – ESMOI and the BiodUCCT Project of the Faculty of Marine Sciences, … Continued

A theater graduate from La Mancha School, she completed a master’s degree in audiovisual production at the School of Audiovisual Media in Barcelona, “Nou Prodigi.” Her career in audiovisual production began in 2012 in Barcelona, working on the production of advertising campaigns and music videos. In 2020, she founded “Joroba Films” in Rapa Nui, directing … Continued