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The Team

Our team comprises more than sixty academics working at the forefront of marine science, as well 
as media creatives and communications experts bringing the survey onto the world-stage.
Stephen Catlin
Executive Chairman
Project Chair
Rachel Delhaise
Head of Sustainability
Steering Committee
Ashley Stockwell
Chief Marketing Officer
Steering Committee
Charles Clover
Co-founder and Executive Director
Steering Committee
Clare Brook
Chief Executive Officer
Steering Committee
George Duffield
Co-founder
Steering Committee
Gail Fordham
Seascape Survey
Science Programme Manager
Jade Rolph
Seascape Survey
Programme Manager
Jo Coumbe
Jo Coumbe
Communications Director
Communications and Outreach Lead
Emma Nicol
Marketing and Communications Officer
Social Media
Hannah Le Brocq
Development Manager
Education Programme
Victoria Turner
Education Lead
Education Programme
Professor Callum Roberts
Professor of Marine Conservation
Chief Scientist
Professor Dan Charman
Pro Vice Chancellor
Project Champion
Professor James Scourse
Professor of Physical Geography
Lead Researcher (seascape carbon)
Chloe Severn
Seascape Survey
Project Manager
Irene Christophers
Seascape Survey
Administrator
Dr Ceri Lewis
Associate Professor in Marine Biology
Lead Researcher (marine life)
Dr Adam Porter
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researcher (marine life)
Dr Ruth Thurstan
Associate Professor in Marine Social-Ecological Systems
Lead Researcher (human influence)
Dr Jamie Shutler
Professor of Earth Observation
Lead Researcher Researcher (seascape carbon and human influences)
Dr Kristian Metcalfe
Associate Professor in Marine Conservation Science
Researcher (marine life)
Professor Tim Lenton
Director, Global Systems Institute
Researcher (human influences)
Dr Paul Halloran
Associate Professor
Researcher (human influences)
Dr Tom Roland
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Professor Rod Wilson
Professor of Integrative Animal Physiology
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Richard Tennent
Senior Research Fellow
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Zoe Roseby
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Ben Harris
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researcher (marine life)
Dr Dan Ford
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Beatriz Arellano-Nava
Postdoctoral Researcher
Researcher (human influences)
Dr Julie Hawkins
College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Researcher (human influences)
Mara Fischer
PhD student
Researcher (marine life)
Tara Williams
PhD student
Researcher (marine life)
Annabel Kemp
Graduate Research Assistant
Researcher (human influences)
Dr Chris Kerry
Postdoctoral Research Assocaite
Researcher (human influences)
Dr Rebecca Parker
Postdoctoral Fellow
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Riyad Hossain Bhuiyan
Postgraduate Research Student
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Jennifer Watts
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Researcher (human influences)
Mollie Rickwood
Graduate Research Assistant
Researcher (human influences)
Dr Torsa Sengupta
Research Technician
Technician (seascape carbon and marine life)
Professor Martin Solan
Professor of Marine Ecology
Researcher (marine life)
Professor Jasmine Godbold
Professor of Marine Ecology
Researcher (marine life)
Professor Carlos Duarte
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Carlos Angulo-Preckler
Research Scientist
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Chuancheng Fu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Sophie Ward
Research Fellow
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Dr Sarah Bradley
Earth Scientist
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Professor Jack Middleburg
Head of Geosciences and Earth Sciences
Researcher (seascape carbon)
Professor Tim Smyth
Head of Science - Marine Biogeochemistry and Observations
Task Lead (human influence)
Professor Pennie Lindeque
Head of Science: Marine Ecology and Biodiversity
Researcher (human influence)
Dr Vassilis Kitidis
Marine biogeochemist
Researcher (human influence)
Professor James Fishwick
Head of Operations and Technology
Researcher (human influence)
Dr Karen Tait
Microbial Ecologist
Researcher (human influence)
Dr Sarah Breimann
Analytical chemist
Researcher (human influence)
Dr Jackie Raw
Carbon Project Developer
Researcher (marine life)
Professor Ronel Nel
Associate Professor
Researcher (marine life)
Sabrina Sykes
PhD Candidate
Researcher (marine life)
Dr Maria Lourdes ‘Deng’ Palomares
Senior Scientist and Project Manager of the Sea Around Us
Researcher (human influence)
Dr Daniel Pauly
University Killam Professor, UBC
Researcher (human influence)
Mary Ann Bimbao
Executive Director, Quantitative Aquatics
Researcher (human influence)

The Partners