ALEXEY SUKHOTIN
Leading Researcher
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences & KARTESH White Sea Biological Station
Alexey Sukhotin is a marine biologist whose interests cover population ecology, ecological energetics, and the physiology of marine benthic invertebrates at multiple geographic and habitat scales. Particular attention is paid to the growth, reproduction, ageing and energy fluxes in populations of marine bivalves in subarctic and Arctic regions.
CATIA MONTEIRO
Postdoc
CIBIO, Portugal
Cátia Monteiro is a marine biologist with a strong track record on studying the impacts of climate change on macroalgae. She is an expert on algae physiology, taxonomy, biogeography and genetics with a focus on the biogeography of rocky shores communities, its induced changes due to global warming and how these are modulated by their microhabitat.
FERNANDO LIMA
Researcher
CIBIO, Portugal
Fernando P. Lima is a marine scientist studying the consequences of climate change on biodiversity and biogeography. His research tries to integrate processes and mechanisms that operate from the very finest to the broadest scales. He is a co-founder of ElectricBlue CRL, a tech co-op developing instruments for environmental monitoring and bio-logging, and the co-PI in the Atlantic Ocean Coupled Coastal Temperature and Biodiversity Observation Network (CCTBON) project, aiming at collecting temperature and biodiversity data across the entire Atlantic coast for the next decade.
JAKOB THYRRING
Senior Researcher
Aarhus University, Denmark
Jakob Thyrring is a marine ecologist focused on understanding how climate change and human activities intertwin and affect coastal species and ecosystems through time and space. He takes an integrative approach spanning studies of physiology to biogeography to understand how the interplay between physiology, ecology and external stress impact population dynamics and ecosystem structure.
JAN MARCIN WĘSŁAWSKI
Professor
Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jan Marcin Węsławski is a biological oceanographer who worked over 50 months on research vessels and field expeditions to Arctic Russia, Svalbard, Greenland and Ellesmere Island. He is specialised in climate change–biodiversity relations and interested in human-nature relations and focuses on the coastal zone from the Baltic Sea sandy beaches to rocky shores of the Arctic. Director of Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences.
JOANA MICAEL
Reseacher
Southwest Iceland Nature Research Centre, Iceland
Joana Micael is a marine ecologist focused on depicting biodiversity and determine ecological patterns, unveiling marine non-indigenous species with invasive behavior in new environments at high latitudes and trying to understand the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic activities on marine species and habitats.
KATRIN IKEN
Professor
University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Katrin Iken is benthic ecologist with specific interest in high-latitude ecosystems. Her interests include macroalgae and invertebrates, community composition, biodiversity, and food web structure. She works in varied ecosystem types such as rocky intertidal, shallow subtidal kelp forests, Arctic coastal lagoons and continental shelf systems, and deep-sea environments.
MARKUS MOLIS
Professor
The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Markus Molis is an experimental marine ecologist interested in gaining a mechanistic understanding on drivers of species interactions and the assemblage of individuals into entities of more complex ecological organization on intertidal shores in the sub-Artic to Arctic region. He uses manipulative field and lab experiments to unravel the effects of consumers, benefactors, and competitors under different environmental conditions, such as temperature, wave exposure, and freshwater.
MICHAEL BURROWS
Professor
Scottish Association for Marine Science & University of the Highlands and Islands, United Kingdom
Mike Burrows research focuses on the environmental drivers of spatial and temporal patterns of populations and communities of species in shallow coastal areas, with a strong emphasis on the effects of climate change as heatwaves and long-term trends in temperature. Most of the intertidal species he studies in Scotland can be found on Arctic rocky coasts, and Scottish Association for Marine Science has active Arctic researchers in areas as diverse as glaciology, plankton communities and impacts of shipping.
MIKAEL K. SEJR
Professor
Aarhus University, Denmark
Mikael K. Sejr is an Arctic marine ecologist focused on understanding how the many complex changes due to climate change inpacts the Arctic coastal ecosystem. He is especilly interested in studying how the combined impact of decreased sea ice and increased run-off from land changes productivity, carbon flow and biodiversity in the many fjords around Greenland.
NADESCHA ZWERSCHKE
Researcher
Greenlands Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland
Nadescha Zwerschke is a benthic ecologist at the Greenland Climate Research Centre as part of Greenlands Institute of Natural Resources. She is working on benthic communities from the deep sea to the intertidal in Greenland with a focus on drivers of biodiversity distribution and blue carbon.
PAUL E. RENAUD
Research Manager
Akvaplan-niva, Norway
Paul E. Renaud is a community ecologist with an interest in ecosystem structure and functioning, impacts of climate change and human activities on these communities, and the consequences of these impacts for resilience and future system functioning. He focusses on how Arctic seafloor communities are linked with processes on land, and the role of these communities in the broader marine ecosystem. One key element of this research is the monitoring of (changing) biodiversity, both brought on by climate change and by introductions of non-native species.
PHILIPPE ARCHAMBAULT
Professor
Université Laval, Canada
Philippe Archambault is a benthic ecologist specializing in the influence of multi-stressors on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. His work on biodiversity has been used in the development of several management plans in aquaculture and in the development of marine protected areas. This work is also used in the United Nations World Ocean Assessment. He is co-scientific director of ArcticNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence of Canadam and he was cofounder of the Laboratoire Internationale Associé BeBest.
RICARDO SCROSATI
Professor
St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Ricardo Scrosati is interested in the ecology of rocky intertidal systems from subarctic and cold-temperate coasts. He studies the role of foundation species and biological interactions, and he combines experimental and observational approaches to understand species distribution and community structure in rocky intertidal environments from local to regional scales.
RUI SEABRA
Researcher
CIBIO, Portugal
Rui Seabra is a marine biologist and researcher. Rui studies the thermal landscapes of rocky shores worldwide and how environmental complexity drives species’ distributions and vulnerability to warming. He is the co-leader of the Atlantic Ocean Coupled Coastal Temperature and Biodiversity Observation Network (CCTBON), a network monitoring temperature and biodiversity patterns on hundreds of rocky shores across the entire Atlantic, including the Arctic. Rui is also a co-founder of ElectricBlue.eu, a tech co-op developing environmental monitoring and bio-logging instruments.
SERGEJ OLENIN
Professor
Klaipeda University, Lithuania
Sergej Olenin coordinates work of the polar research group at the Institute of Marine Research, and specializes in aquatic invasion biology, benthic ecology, and marine environmental impact assessments. He is interested in species movement and dispersal processes, the adaptation of range-expanding species to new climatic conditions, particularly in the Arctic, and the emergence of novel lagoon-type ecosystems when glaciers melt and retreat.