Professor at the Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion University, with a B.Sc at the Chestnut Hill College. She completed her M.Sc in Physical Oceanography and her PhD in Marine Sciences and Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Her research focuses on understanding physical and biological ocean interactions, temperature control of marine populations, descriptive physical oceanography and mathematical modeling of marine ecosystems. Throughout her career, she has been a member of numerous international scientific committees, among which is the Polar Research Board.

Her recent studies have focused on the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Associate Professor of marine and polar biogeochemistry at SUSTech, Southern University of Science and Technology (Shenzhen, China). Prof. Hopwood completed a MSc in Chemistry at The University of Manchester (UK) followed by a PhD in Ocean and Earth Science at The University of Southampton (UK) and work as a postdoc at GEOMAR, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany).

His research focuses on how climate change affects the supply of micro-nutrients (such as iron, Fe) to the coastal ocean. By combining the results of research cruises, mesocosm experiments, and process studies, he aims to understand how the biogeochemistry of the ocean responds to change.

He has worked extensively in Greenland and Svalbard and now collaborates with researches at IDEAL, providing expertise in the collection and analysis of environmental samples for trace chemical analysis with a special interest in the role of ocean freshening as a driver of shifting biogeochemistry around the periphery of Antarctica.

Head of the “Marine Geology” section of the Alfred Wegener Institute.

His research focuses on understanding the dynamics of atmospheric-oceanic interactions in the Southern Pacific Ocean on temporal scales; climatic and oceanic variability in the Southern Hemisphere on a millennial scale along with its importance for climate links during the last glaciation; and climatic and oceanic variability in the Holocene, obtaining the highest possible resolution by using sediment archives from the Northern (Mediterranean Sea) and the Southern Hemisphere (off South America, Southern Ocean).

Head of the “Marine Geology” section of the Alfred Wegener Institute.

His research focuses on understanding the dynamics of atmospheric-oceanic interactions in the Southern Pacific Ocean on temporal scales; climatic and oceanic variability in the Southern Hemisphere on a millennial scale along with its importance for climate links during the last glaciation; and climatic and oceanic variability in the Holocene, obtaining the highest possible resolution by using sediment archives from the Northern (Mediterranean Sea) and the Southern Hemisphere (off South America, Southern Ocean).

Doctor in Marine Geology from the University of Bremen and researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute.

She is devoted to researching paleoclimate at high latitudes with special focus on polar sea ice coverage during past climate fluctuations. She is leading a HGF Young Investigator Research Group working on biomarker-based environmental reconstructions.

Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California San Diego.

She studied Biological Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and completed her Master’s and Doctorate in Biological Oceanography at the University of Washington, United States.

Throughout her career, she has devoted her time to the study of the ecology and physiology of polar phytoplankton, the plankton carbon cycle, long-term changes in marine ecosystems, and the effect of climate change on phytoplankton communities, among other subjects.