Team

USA team

  • Adam Martiny

    Adam Martiny

    Professor

    UC Irvine & Technical University of Denmark

    Microbial oceanographer who combines genomics and biogeochemical modeling to study marine nutrient cycling, plankton biodiversity, and microbial adaptation to climate change.

  • Harriet Alexander

    Harriet Alexander

    Associate Scientist

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Biological oceanographer who uses meta-omic and computational approaches to study eukaryotic plankton diversity, physiological ecology, and marine microbial community function.

  • Jason Graff

    Jason Graff

    Associate Professor (Senior Research)

    Oregon State University

    Phytoplankton ecophysiologist who uses flow cytometry, bio-optics, and satellite remote sensing to study phytoplankton-bacteria interactions, bloom dynamics, and the ocean’s role in the marine carbon cycle.

  • Luke Thompson

    Luke Thompson

    Research Professor

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

    Marine microbial ecologist and data scientist who develops and uses eDNA tools to study ocean biodiversity, biogeochemical cycling, and ecosystem responses to climate change.

  • Nicole Poulton

    Nicole Poulton

    Senior Research Scientist

    Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

    Phytoplankton ecologist who uses flow cytometry and imaging cytometry to study marine microbial communities, harmful algal blooms, and the biological carbon cycle.

International team

  • Sophie Clayton

    Sophie Clayton

    Principal Research Scientist

    National Oceanography Centre (UK)

    Physical/biological oceanographer who fuses ocean circulation and biogeochemical data to study how eddies, fronts, and mixing shape plankton community distributions.

  • Taichi Yokokawa

    Taichi Yokokawa

    Senior Researcher

    JAMSTEC (Japan)

    Microbial oceanographer who studies bacterial community dynamics, extracellular enzymatic activity, and particle-associated microbial processes in marine and deep-sea environments.

  • Takuro Nunoura

    Takuro Nunoura

    Senior Researcher

    JAMSTEC (Japan)

    Geomicrobiologist who uses culture-based and metagenomic approaches to study archaeal and bacterial diversity and biogeochemical cycling in deep-sea and subseafloor ecosystems.

  • Bernadette Sloyan

    Bernadette Sloyan

    Senior Principal Research Scientist

    CSIRO (Australia)

    Physical oceanographer who uses shipboard and mooring-based observations to study large-scale ocean circulation, mixing, and boundary currents in the Southern, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

  • Lev Bodrossy

    Lev Bodrossy

    Principal Research Scientist

    CSIRO (Australia)

    Environmental genomicist who develops molecular and genomic tools to study microbial community composition and function in marine, estuarine, and terrestrial ecosystems.

  • Jodie Van De Kamp

    Jodie Van De Kamp

    Principal Research Scientist

    CSIRO (Australia)

    Microbial ecologist who uses metagenomics and eDNA to monitor marine microbial biodiversity and ecosystem health across Australia’s coastal and open-ocean observing networks.

  • Eric Raes

    Eric Raes

    Marine Ecologist

    Minderoo Foundation (Australia)

    Marine ecologist who integrates eDNA and genomic tools with biogeochemistry to enable scalable, operational monitoring of ocean biodiversity and health for conservation and fisheries management.