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The SEAS Programme is growing fast!

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"You're gonna need a bigger boat!" Jaws, 1975. We've outgrown the boat from our first adventure in 2022.
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E. Farmer

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The SEAS Programme is growing - we'll be jumping from 12 fellows to over 30 this year - exciting times!

The fellows from Call 2 are arriving and getting settled into Bergen.

Call 2 Fellows:

Virginie Comorge 

Salmon louse biology and immunemodulation, Department of Biological Sciences

Thomas Völker

STS research on responsible and circular aquaculture, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Håkon Sandven

Marine optics, Department of Physics and Technology

Gillian Damerell

Air-sea interactions, Geophysical Institute

Liaqat Zeb 

Marine natural product chemistry, Department of Chemistry

Damaris Benny Daniel

Marine aspects related to human health, Department of Clinical Medicine

Rosa María Vargas-Magana

Mathematical and statistical methods for marine sustainability, Department of Mathematics

Ola Gunhildrud Berta

Social anthropology on changing human-ocean relations, Department of Social Anthropology

Kurt Heinrich Wogau Chong

Climate and early human development in coastal Southern Africa, Department of Earth Science & SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour

Amit Sharma

Safety and working conditions for maritime workers, Department of Psychosocial Science

Zoran Šargač

Marine larval biology, Department of Biological Sciences

Konstanze Haubner

Ice-ocean interactions, Climate Narratives, Department of Earth Sciences

Andreas Alexander

Ice-ocean interactions, Climate Narratives, Department of Earth Sciences

 

Call 1 Fellows:

Leila Neimane

Regulatory and governance challenges related to ocean sustainability

Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad

Topological and geometric machine learning for marine sustainability, Department of Informatics

Juan Manuel Valero Rodríguez

Coastal ecology, Department of Biological Sciences

Master of the podcast series interviews, researching the secret life of algae!

Aistė Klimašauskaitė

Epistemic, value-based, and societal aspects of marine sustainability, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Aiste talks to Juan about blue economy and optimism in this episode of the podcast series

Paul Dees

Marine biogeochemical hazards, Geophysical Institute

In this podcast episode you can learn a bit more about a favourite norwegian pastime that Paul has been embracing: mushroom hunting!

João Bettencourt 

Physical fjord oceanography, Geophysical Institute

Eduard Nedelciu

System dynamics and ocean-human interactions, Department of Geography

How's Ed settling into life in Bergen?

Bashar Hussien Elkhorbatly

Mathematical and statistical methods for marine sustainability, Department of Mathematics

Nazar Mohamed

Marine aspects related to human health, Department of Clinical Medicine

Asia Alsgaard

Early human marine subsistence in South Africa, SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour (Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion) 

Asia has some wild stories from the field!

Mauro Passarella

Deep-sea mineral resources, Department of Earth Science

Daniel Koestner

Optical ocean technology, Department of Physics and Technology

It's not all about optics - Daniel's also known for his video game music!

Diego Rodriguez Hernandez

Marine natural product chemistry, Department of Chemistry

Want to hear about Diego and ultimate frisbee!?

Shreesha Sadashiva Rao

Fish immunology, Department of Biological Sciences

Want to hear a bit more about Shreesha and his research into vaccines and lumpfish? Check out his podcast episode, hosted by Juan!