BioGeoSCAPES Fellows

This program brings together an international, interdisciplinary cohort of early career researchers (postdocs and senior graduate students) working in experimental and modeling backgrounds in the areas of ocean metabolism, biogeochemical cycling, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, and marine microbiology.

Each Fellow receives a professional development award that can be used for travel related to laboratory exchanges, courses, workshops, conferences or other collaborative efforts. Fellows participate in monthly networking events for at least one year, as well as an in-person workshop. Read more here about the first cohort's August 2024 workshop hosted at Santa Fe Institute (pictured).

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BioGeoSCAPES Fellows

Kenya

Dr. Preston Akenga

Dr. Preston Akenga is a Tutorial Fellow at Kisii University, Kenya. He obtained his PhD in Environmental Chemistry from the...

Germany

Dr. Catherine Bannon

Catherine Bannon just started as a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Manuel Liebeke and Dr. Nicole Dublier at the Max...

Denmark

Dr. Meriel J. Bittner

Meriel J. Bittner is a PostDoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, combining chemical and molecular microbial tools to...

Norway

Michael Dills

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway. As a researcher I...

France

Emile Faure

I am a microbial ecologist willing to gain knowledge on the factors that shape planktonic diversity, and their subsequent impact...

United States

Dr. Edgart Flores

Edgart Flores, holding a PhD in Oceanography from the University of Concepción, Chile, specialized in studying microbial communities and organic...

South Africa, United States

Dr. Raquel Flynn

Raquel Flynn holds a PhD in Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is...

Denmark, Sweden

Dr. Christian Furbo Reeder

Christian Furbo Reeder is a Postdoctoral researcher at Linnaeus University (LNU) in Sweden. He combines molecular biology and bioinformatic tools...

France, India

Dr. Sharvari Gadegaonkar

Sharvari Gadegaonkar, a postdoctoral researcher at CNRS, LOMIC, focuses on deciphering nitrogen-transforming processes in the Southern Ocean and understanding the impact...

Brazil

Dr. Paula Huber

Paula Huber is a microbial ecologist specializing in aquatic microbiomes across marine and freshwater ecosystems. Her research focuses on linking...

Canada, Lebanon, United States

Dr. Loay Jabre

Loay Jabre is a postdoctoral investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He uses various omics tools to explore marine...

Israel

Dr. Coco Koedooder

Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Freddy and Nadine Department of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, IS InterUniversity of Israel (IUI), Eilat, IS...

United States

Dr. Arianna Krinos

Arianna Krinos completed her PhD in Biological Oceanography in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. Her primary area of research emphasis is...

Australia

Dr. Pauline LaTour

I am a marine biogeochemist investigating the interactions between trace metal biogeochemistry and phytoplankton physiology. Over the past couple of...

United Kingdom

Dr. Alastair Lough

Alastair Lough is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds. He received his PhD in 2016 from the...

United States

Dr. Scott McCain

I am a postdoctoral fellow with Gene-Wei Li and Mick Follows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I am currently...

United States

Dr. Julien T. Middleton

Julien T. Middleton is currently a postdoc at the University of California – Santa Barbara. Their work uses non-traditional stable...

Brazil

Thiago Monteiro

I am an Oceanographer with MSc. and PhD in Physical, Chemical and Geological Oceanography. Currently, I am a researcher in...

United States

Dr. Daniel Muratore

Daniel Muratore is a Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. Muratore leverages field observational, statistical, and theoretical modeling...

France

Camille Richon

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at LOCEAN in Paris. I received my PhD in 2017 from the University Paris-Saclay, where...

United States

Dr. Katherine Roche

Katherine Roche is a marine microbial ecologist interested in exploring how phytoplankton diversity and cellular-scale processes impact ocean biogeochemical cycles,...

France, Malaysia, The Netherlands

Dr. Swan Sow

Swan Sow is a polar microbial ecologist. Using genomics datasets, she maps the spatial and temporal community dynamics of prokaryotes...

South Africa, United Kingdom

Dr. Johan Viljoen

I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, working with Bob Brewin on a UKRI-funded project investigating how marine...

Denmark

Dr. Clara Vives

I am a biological oceanographer with a particular interest in bio-optics and phytoplankton physiology. I like to use satellite data...

Sweden, Switzerland

Dr. Anabel von Jackowski

Dr. Anabel von Jackowski is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stockholm University. She obtained her MSc in Marine Microbiology from the...

Australia

Jakob Weis

I am a biological oceanographer and postdoctoral research associate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Hobart, Australia,...