Thomas Förster

Thomas Förster was born in 1966 on the island of Ruegen close to Stralsund in Germany. He studies museology and achieves his PhD in underwater archeology. He is specializing in shipwrecks and conceives several exhibits while he works for the regional department of archeology from 1994 to 2005. Since 2006 he is working for the german oceanographic museum in Stralsund, in charge of exhibits and s [...]

Peter Korduan

Peter Korduan is a geodesist. After several years as a land surveyor he started to work with the University of Rostock (Germany) in 1999 to do research in the field of Meta Information Systems for Precision Agriculture. He finishes his PhD in computer engineering developing open sourced Internet-GIS and giving lectures in advanced GI-technologies. He is currently employed for the scientific suppor [...]

Henning May

Henning May is a trained research and technical diver. After finishing his Diploma in Geography at the University of Kiel (Germany), he worked as a scientist in the Junior Research Group "Sea Level-Rise and Coastal Erosion". His passion for diving makes him leave academia and to become the diving supervisor at the "Ozeaneum Stralsund". He is currently in charge of all underwater work in the aquari [...]

Stefan Bräger

Stefan Bräger is a trained cetologist and research diver. After finishing his MSc in zoology at the Kiel University (Germany) and his PhD in marine science at the University of Otago (New Zealand), he decided to leave academia and to work in marine conservation and research. For the past six years he has been with the German Oceanographic Museum (DMM) in Stralsund while collaborating closely with [...]

Hilmar Hinz

Dr. Hilmar Hinz graduated in Marine Biology from Newcastle (United Kingdom) in 1994. He further completed a Masters Degree in Biology at the University of Oldenburg (Germany). In 2001 he joined the Coastal Resource Ecology and Management at the School of Ocean Sciences (Bangor University, UK) working on Essential Fish Habitats. In 2006 he completed his PhD. He is currently employed by the Universi [...]

Katrin Bohn

Katrin Bohn graduated in Geo-Ecology from the University of Potsdam (Germany) in 2008. During her degree, she chooses Marine Ecology as her main study focus during exchange visits to the University of Plymouth (UK), the Marine Biological Association (Plymouth, UK) and the School of Ocean Sciences (Bangor University, UK). Since 2008, she is undertaking a PhD at the School of Ocean Sciences at Bang [...]

Kim Selkoe

She completed her Ph.D. in marine ecology in 2005 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Following that she took a postdoctoral position at the Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology where she is still working today. In parallel, she is working at the National Center for Ecological Analysis, an institute at UC Santa Barbara, where she has a research faculty status. Her work in Hawaii is [...]

Benjamin Halpern

Ben Halpern works as a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He studied biology at Carlton College, but only realized later that this was the direction he wanted to take. After volunteering at the Aquarium and a conservation organization in Boston, that he discovered his interest in marine conservation. He went back to University, this time in California where he com [...]

Fiorenza Micheli

Fiorenza Micheli is a professor of marine biology at the University of Stanford. Her field of expertise is marine ecology and marine conservation. She is originally from Italy but has spent the last 20 years of her life in the United States. She started as a behavioral ecologist, and then shifted more and more onto conservation and management of marine ecosystems and marine resources. Currently [...]

Jean-Michel Culioli

Jean-Michel has been working on the environment and the protection of the natural reserve of the Mouths of Bonifacio since 1998. He started out as an ethiologist and a fisheries biologist, but by integrating the Office of Environment Corsica, he opened himself up to seabirds and cetaceans. The proliferation of these observations allowed him to have a global vision as a manager.

Jean-Marie Dominici

Jean-Christophe Vié

Jean-Christophe started his career as a wildlife veterinarian with a main interest in primates. He then completed a PhD in ecology. He worked on a range of species such as the Arabian oryx, marine turtles, manatees, primates, caimans, serpents and was also heavily involved in the design and management of protected areas, as well as public awareness campaigns. He recently completed the publication [...]

Aurélia Chery

At the STARESO base, Aurelia navigates between fieldwork and data analysis. Diving instructor and professional diver, she is a specialist in the study of posidonia and giant limpets. Aurelia is participating in a study on plankton aboard Fleur de Passion.

Jean-Henri Hecq

Jean-Henri is a senior scientist with strong expertise in marine plankton, ecohydrodynamics and modelling. His current interests focus on Antarctic and Mediterranean coastal areas and in particular their sensitivity to the environmental constraints and especially their response to climate changes. In the Southern Ocean, Jean-Henri is mainly involved in projects focusing on the Terre Adelie area.

Pierre Lejeune

Pierre is the director of the Underwater and Oceanographical Research Station STARESO at Calvi in Corsica. His activities include the development and coordination of scientific programs. Pierre is specialist in the behaviour of fish and the logistics of coastal oceanology. He took part in many international missions, of which several missions of diving in saturation with the NOAA, as well as an I [...]

Delphine Gambaiani

Since 2005, Delphine has been working with Souffleurs d'Ecume for the conservation of cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea. She's always been passionate about oceans and studied oceanography and conservation biology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa (US) and Plymouth (UK). Thanks to the Antinea foundation and its vessel Fleur de Passion, Delphine and her team were able to successfuly test the REPCE [...]

Céline Arnal

Céline Arnal, a doctor in marine biology, created Cybelle Méditerranée to promote a data sharing system on studies of whales, dolphins, moonfish and jelly fish. The objective was to collect data and sightings provided by leasure sailors and amateur divers in the Mediterranean. These are put online to help scientists collect important data without having to dip into their budgets to go on site. Thi [...]

Arnaud Cazenave de la Roche

Arnaud Cazenave de la Roche is the president of the SEAS Society (Society for the study of marine archaeology) based in Saint Florent. Within the framework of archaeological mapping of the Gulf of Saint Florent, he brought to light two wrecks dating back to the Renaissance. After having analysed the remains, dated the cannons and studied the archives, Arnaud was able to determine that the wrecks c [...]

Charles Pinelli

Charles Pinelli is the President of the association of the Friends of Agriate (a region in North Corsica). This school teacher is passionate about the heritage of his country and about exploring archaeology sites, as well as studying dolphins and whales, especially dolphin species which remain in the Gulf of Saint Florent. In collaboration with archaeologists and scientists, he organizes the site [...]

Greg Marshall

Greg Marshall is Vice President of National Geographic's Remote Imaging Program. He earned a B.A. in International Relations from Georgetown University and an M.S. in Marine Environmental Science from SUNY Stony Brook. In 1986 he conceived and began developing the Crittercam concept. In 1995 he joined National Geographic and established the Remote Imaging Department for research and conservation [...]

Pascal Mayol

Whale whisperer and envoy of the REPCET project on avoiding collisions with whales, Pascal fascinates everyone aboard Fleur de Passion with tales of sperm whale encounters in the Mediterranean. He never tires of answering the crew's questions on these mysterious creatures, and as a specialist in environmental management, he is well-placed to answer them. What Pascal most wants to see is web-based [...]