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