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Dr. Emanuela Fanelli
Dr. Emanuela Fanelli
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Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: trophic ecology; deep-sea ecology; biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; biological invasions
Prof. Dr. Emilio Fernández
Prof. Dr. Emilio Fernández
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Faculty of Marine Science, University of Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Interests: biological oceanography; marine ecology; primary production; microbial responses to nutrient inputs; coastal anthropization
Prof. Dr. Francisco G. Figueiras
Prof. Dr. Francisco G. Figueiras
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Institute of Marine Research, Spanish National Research Council, 36208 Vigo, Spain
Interests: marine microbial plankton; microbial food webs; phytoplankton; primary production; harmful algal blooms; upwelling ecosystems
Dr. Rodney M. Forster
Dr. Rodney M. Forster
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Department of Biological & Marine Sciences, Hull Marine Laboratory, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
Interests: primary production; optics and underwater light; coastal systems; estuaries; photosynthesis; phytoplankton; microphytobenthos; seaweeds; remote sensing; marine renewable energies
Dr. Martin Gade
Dr. Martin Gade
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Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: coastal remote sensing; SAR; marine surface films; ocean radar backscattering; air-sea interactions; air-sea fluxes
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Prof. Dr. Rafael Garcia-Tenorio
Prof. Dr. Rafael Garcia-Tenorio
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Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA), University of Seville-Junta de Andalucía-CSIC, 41004 Seville, Spain
Interests: levels and behaviour of radionuclides in oceans; Radionuclides as tracers of ocean processes
Dr. Liviu Giosan
Dr. Liviu Giosan
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Interests: oceans; landscapes; climate; civilizations
Prof. Dr. Stephen Giovannoni
Prof. Dr. Stephen Giovannoni
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Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, OR 97331, USA
Interests: ecology, evolution and systems biology of pelagibacterales (SAR11) marine bacteria; new technologies for culturing bacteria; the marine carbon cycle
Dr. Fernando Gomez
Dr. Fernando Gomez
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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: biodiversity; protists; dinoflagellates; toxic microalgae; harmful algal blooms; diatoms; phytoplankton; microzooplankton; parasitism; symbiosis
Dr. Eulàlia Gràcia
Dr. Eulàlia Gràcia
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Marine Sciences Institute - CSIC (Spanish Scientific Research Council), Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: marine geosciences; active processes; marine palaeosmology; geological hazards (earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis); marine paleoseismology; continental margins; tectonics; mid-ocean ridges; back-arc and oceanic basins; active fault systems; acoustic and seismic instrumentation; underwater vehicles (AUVs and ROVs)
Dr. Carlos Guedes Soares
Dr. Carlos Guedes Soares
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Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: marine environment; ship dynamics; marine structures; safety and reliability
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Dr. Tony Gutierrez
Dr. Tony Gutierrez
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Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering (IMPEE), School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Interests: marine microbial ecology; environmental pollution; oil spills; biodegradation; plastics pollution; microbial biotechnology
Dr. Jochen Horstmann
Dr. Jochen Horstmann
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Department of Ocean Surface Dynamics, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
Interests: air-sea interaction; remote sensing of ocean wind, waves, and currents
Dr. Xiaoqiang Hua
Dr. Xiaoqiang Hua
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College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
Interests: information geometry; Riemannian geometry; radar/sonar signal processing; underwater environmental modelling; image processing; machine learning; target detection
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Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan
Interests: marine sedimentology; marine geology; paleoceanography
Prof. Dr. Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen
Prof. Dr. Morten Hvitfeldt Iversen
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1. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmhotz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
2. MARUM and University of Bremen, Leobener Strasse 8, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Interests: biological carbon pump; marine aggregates; carbon export; in situ optics; long-term observatories; zooplankton; phytoplankton; microbial degradation and remineralization
Prof. Dr. Truls Johannessen
Prof. Dr. Truls Johannessen
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Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Interests: global carbon cycle; measurements of ocean physics and chemistry; GHG in an atmospheric, ocean and land system; climate systems
Dr. Harilaos Kontoyiannis
Dr. Harilaos Kontoyiannis
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O. Box 712, GR 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Interests: coastal and deep ocean circulation dynamics (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Gulf Stream); long-term (extra-decadal/climatic) variability in oceanic physical properties (E. Med/Black Sea); flows through sea-straits and over bottom relief (Hellenic Straits and Aegean Sea)
Dr. Nathalie Lefèvre
Dr. Nathalie Lefèvre
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Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Laboratoire d'océanographie et du climat: expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN) - UMR 7159, 75252 Paris, France
Interests: carbon cycle; air-sea CO2 flux; ocean acidification; atlantic ocean
Prof. Dr. Xiubao Li
Prof. Dr. Xiubao Li
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School of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Hainan University, 570228 Haikou, China
Interests: coral reef ecology; coral biology; coral reef restoration; restoration ecology
Dr. Francisco José Lobo
Dr. Francisco José Lobo
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Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-University of Granada), Avenida de las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla, Spain
Interests: marine geology; submarine geomorphology; seismic stratigraphy; sequence stratigraphy; continental shelves; bedforms; contourites; mass movements; submarine valleys
Prof. Dr. Molly Lutcavage
Prof. Dr. Molly Lutcavage
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School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, Gloucester, MA 01931, USA
Interests: physiological ecology of large pelagics; fisheries ecology; fisheries management
Prof. Dr. Damien T Maher
Prof. Dr. Damien T Maher
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Southern Cross GeoScience (SCGS), Southern Cross University, East Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
Interests: water quality; marine ecology; environment; ecosystem ecology; aquatic ecology; climate change; analytical chemistry hydrology; optics
Prof. Dr. Hassan Mahfuz
Prof. Dr. Hassan Mahfuz
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Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
Interests: ocean and offshore structures; computational solid mechanics; nanostructured materials; composite materials and structures
Dr. Joseph M Maina
Dr. Joseph M Maina
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Level 4 12 Wally’s Walk, Room 405, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
Interests: coral reefs; remote sensing; coastal socio-ecological systems; conservation planning; ocean color
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Prof. Dr. Jérôme Mallefet
Prof. Dr. Jérôme Mallefet
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Marine Biology Laboratory, Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain-UCLouvain, Croix du Sud 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Interests: bioluminescence in marine organisms
Dr. Monique Mancuso
Dr. Monique Mancuso
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Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Country (CNR), Messina, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
Interests: microplastics; seawater; sediments; marine organisms; mediterranean sea antarctica; arctic
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Prof. Dr. Laura Martin-Diaz
Prof. Dr. Laura Martin-Diaz
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Andalusian Center for Marine Science and Technology (CACYTMAR), University of Cadiz, 11530 Cadiz, Spain
Interests: ecotoxicology; marine pollution monitoring; climate change; emerging contaminants; ocean warming
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
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Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70121 Bari, BA, Italy
Interests: coastal morphology; coastal dynamic; climate change; sea level change; tsunami; coastal management
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