{"id":2200,"date":"2023-04-03T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/?page_id=2200"},"modified":"2023-04-16T23:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T23:13:01","slug":"international-scientific-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/international-scientific-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"International Scientific Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tInternational Scientific Committee\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Peter-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Peter-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPeter Convey &#8211; Committee Chair<\/h3>\n<p>Peter Convey is a terrestrial ecologist with over 34 years experience of working with the British Antarctic Survey and in a wide range of polar environments (20 Antarctic summers and one winter, multiple Arctic (Svalbard, Greenland, Russia) field or teaching periods).<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Peter&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Peter Convey &#8211; Committee Chair<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Convey is a terrestrial ecologist with over 34 years experience of working with the British Antarctic Survey and in a wide range of polar environments (20 Antarctic summers and one winter, multiple Arctic (Svalbard, Greenland, Russia) field or teaching periods).\u00a0 He has broad and diverse research interests, with over 540 publications (current H Index 58, Web of Science, 70 Google Scholar), including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biodiversity and biogeography of polar terrestrial invertebrates, plants and microbes<\/li>\n<li>Life history and ecophysiological strategies of polar terrestrial biota<\/li>\n<li>Polar ecosystems as models of the past and future global consequences of climate change<\/li>\n<li>Palaeobiogeographical reconstruction of Antarctica<\/li>\n<li>Human impacts, conservation and management in Antarctica<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pete obtained his PhD in Zoology in 1988 from the University of Cambridge, working on the behavioural ecology of dragonflies. He is an &#8216;Individual Merit&#8217; (IMP) senior research scientist (NERC Band 3) at BAS, where he is deputy leader of the core &#8216;Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation&#8217; Team, as well as being a member of the BAS Science Management Team, where he has responsibility for international interactions. He is very active in the development of national and international Antarctic science priorities and collaborative research programmes, in particular through the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). He was Co-Chair of the SCAR Science Research Programme &#8216;Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica&#8217; (2006-2013), and previously a founding member and steering committee member of the &#8216;Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change in Antarctica&#8217; research programme. Until recently, he chaired the SCAR Development Council and was Deputy Co-Chair of the SCAR research programme &#8216;State of the Antarctic Ecosystem&#8217;. He is a member of the SCAR Advisory Group on Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment. In the UK, he has been a member of the National Committee on Antarctic Research since 2005, and of All Party Parliamentary Groups &#8211; on Biodiversity 2010-2015, and The Polar Regions 2016 to present.<\/p>\n<p>Pete has a strong record of University teaching and supervision. He has been an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Birmingham since 2000, a regular Guest Lecturer at UNIS, Svalbard, and a Visiting Professor at the National Antarctic Research Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia (2010-2017). He was awarded an Erskine Fellowship to work at Gateway Antarctica (New Zealand) in 2013\/14. In 2020 he was elected to a prestigious Distinguished Visiting Professorship of Polar Biology at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has supervised 30 (completed) PhD students and has 10 current PhD and Master&#8217;s students, and is a STEM Ambassador. He has been an examiner for 26 PhD and 5 Master&#8217;s theses. Awarded the United Kingdom Polar Medal in 2007, Pete&#8217;s professional standing is further recognised by Fellowship of the Society for Biology and Chartered Biologist status, and Fellowship of the Royal Entomological Society and Cambridge Philosophical Society.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Byron-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Byron-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nByron Adams<\/h3>\n<p>Byron Adams is a biologist who loves searching for patterns in the natural world and then figuring out the processes by which they came to be.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Byron&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Byron Adams<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Byron Adams is a biologist who loves searching for patterns in the natural world and then figuring out the processes by which they came to be. With the support of the US National Science Foundation, Byron has spent the past 20 years studying the terrestrial ecosystems of Antarctica. His work sheds light on the organisms that live there, how they survive such harsh conditions and how they are responding to climate-driven environmental changes. \u00a0He currently serves as Secretary and as a United States representative to the SCAR Standing Scientific Group on Life Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Byron is a big fan of SCAR Biology because it facilitates collaborative interactions and builds capacity by focusing on opportunities for early career researchers &#8211; which leads to better science.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Claudia-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Claudia-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nClaudia Colesie<\/h3>\n<p>Claudia Colesie is a lecturer in Physiological Plant Ecology at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. She grew up in Germany and was awarded a PhD in 2014 for her work on biological soil crusts in continental Antarctica.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Claudia&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Claudia Colesie<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Claudia Colesie is a lecturer in Physiological Plant Ecology at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. She grew up in Germany and was awarded a PhD in 2014 for her work on biological soil crusts in continental Antarctica. Her research focuses on stress eco-physiology, and various aspects of primary producers&#8217; responses to the environment, aiming to reveal traits that permit cryptogams (mainly lichens and mosses) to exist and persist in extreme terrestrial habitats. In her research, she investigates fundamental questions in the biology of lichens and mosses, such as their acclimation potential to changing environmental conditions. Claudia has been working on research projects on both poles in collaboration with Antarctica New Zealand, the Spanish Antarctic Programme and the British Antarctic Survey and the British Ecological Society. She is currently involved in projects studying the spatial distribution patterns of Antarctic vegetation at various sites along the Antarctic Peninsula. \u00a0<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cowan-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cowan-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDon A Cowan<\/h3>\n<p>Don Cowan was educated (BSc, MSc, PhD) at the University of Waikato (New Zealand) and completed a 4-year period of postdoctoral research under the supervision of Professor Roy Daniel before moving to a Lectureship at University College London (UK) in 1985.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Don&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Don A Cowan<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don Cowan was educated (BSc, MSc, PhD) at the University of Waikato (New Zealand) and completed a 4-year period of postdoctoral research under the supervision of Professor Roy Daniel before moving to a Lectureship at University College London (UK) in 1985. After 16 years in London he was appointed to the Chair of Microbiology and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at the University of the Western Cape (RSA), where he established the Institute for Microbial Ecology and Metagenomics. In 2012 he moved to the University of Pretoria where he is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, and is currently the Director of both the <strong>Genomics<\/strong> <strong>Research Institute <\/strong>and the <strong>Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;s research is in the fields of <em>microbial ecology, microbial genomics <\/em>and<em> applied microbiology<\/em>, where he and his team use modern &#8216;omics&#8217; methods to understand the diversity and function of microorganisms in different environments. Much of his research focuses on the microbiology of extreme environments, including hot (Namib) and cold (Antarctic) desert soils, but he also supervises research projects investigating the rhizospheric zones of economic crop plant species, and is currently leading the pan-African <em>African Soil Microbiome<\/em> project.\u00a0 He works with many other research laboratories in South Africa and across the world.<\/p>\n<p>Don has published over 420 research papers, review articles and book chapters and sits on the Editorial Boards of 10 international journals.\u00a0 He has a Scopus H-index of 57.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of his career, Don has trained and graduated 48 PhD students and 52 MSc students.\u00a0 As Director of the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, he currently supervises or co-supervises a team of 2 research fellow, 3 postdoctoral researchers and 5 PhDs.<\/p>\n<p>Don also holds the posts of Professor Emeritus at the University of the Western Cape, was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa in 2007, as a Member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa in 2008, and as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2009. He was awarded the University of the Western Cape Vice-Rector&#8217;s Award for Research Excellence in 2008 and the South African Society for Microbiology Medal for Research Excellence in 2009.\u00a0 He is a past President of the Royal Society of South Africa. He received the National Science and Technology Forum <em>Capacity Development<\/em> award in 2014.\u00a0 In April 2015 he received the University of Pretoria&#8217;s highest research award, the Chancellor&#8217;s Medal. He was elected as a Fellow of African Academy of Sciences in March 2017. Most recently, he was awarded an NRF A1 rating, the 2019 Royal Society of South Africa&#8217;s John F.W. Herschel medal and the University of Pretoria&#8217;s 2020 Exceptional Supervisor&#8217;s Award, and the 2021 South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Gold Medal.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Blanca-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Blanca-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBlanca Figuerola<\/h3>\n<p>Blanca Figuerola is currently a Beatriu de Pin\u00f3s \/ Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona (ICM-CSIC).<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Blanca&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Blanca Figuerola<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>(Antarctic Conservation and Management, Australian Antarctic Division)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blanca Figuerola is currently a Beatriu de Pin\u00f3s \/ Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona (ICM-CSIC). Her research sits between the established disciplines of marine biodiversity, ecology and paleoecology. After completing her PhD at the University of Barcelona, she received numerous grants\/fellowships including competitive fellowships such as the COMNAP Antarctic Fellowship (2016).<\/p>\n<p>During her research career, she has participated in 16 multidisciplinary projects (10 as Principal Investigator) involving field and laboratory experiments in Antarctic (5 Antarctic projects; 2008-2022), temperate and tropical regions. She has\u00a0also recently been involved in the\u00a0first Marine Ecosystem Assessment of the Southern Ocean (MEASO).<\/p>\n<p>Her current research focuses on assessing the responses of marine calcifiers and their associated microbiome to environmental changes and the reconstruction of natural and human-induced environmental changes in coastal regions using their natural archives.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jin-Kim-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Jin-Kim-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJin-Hyoung Kim<\/h3>\n<p>Jin-Hyoung Kim is a principal research scientist of Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and professor of University of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Jin-Hyoung&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Jin-Hyoung Kim<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jin-Hyoung Kim is a principal research scientist of Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and professor of University of Science and Technology. He received Ph.D. in marine biology and fishery from department of Ocean Science at the Inha University in 2009. He conducted post-doctoral work at the West Vancouver Laboratory of Fisheries and Oceans Canada for 5 years. Since joining KOPRI in 2016 he has been focusing on Antarctic fish research including physiology, genomics, and aquaculture. He is a leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/antagen.kopri.re.kr\/\">Polar Genome Project<\/a> (2020-2025) of KOPRI, collecting whole genome sequences from the Antarctic animals, and finding useful genetic resources.<\/p>\n\t<h3><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sara-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Sara-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><br \/>\nSara Labrousse<\/h3>\n<p>Sara Labrousse is an Antarctic ecologist at CNRS (Laboratoire d&#8217;Oc\u00e9anographie et du Climat (LOCEAN) in Paris) studying the ecology and demography of Antarctic predators.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Sara&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Sara Labrousse<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sara Labrousse is an Antarctic ecologist at CNRS (Laboratoire d&#8217;Oc\u00e9anographie et du Climat (LOCEAN) in Paris) studying the ecology and demography of Antarctic predators. Her work focuses on the role of the cryosphere in the functioning of the Antarctic ecosystem. In particular, the mechanisms by which the biotic and abiotic characteristics associated with sea ice and the underlying oceanographic conditions structure the Antarctic ecosystem. In particular, she studies the feeding ecology and demography of top predators (mammals and seabirds) inhabiting the Antarctic sea ice region. The development of fine-scale sea ice satellite products now provides an unprecedented opportunity to better understand the responses of sea ice-dependent species to climate change. Her research draws heavily on these recent advances and uses acoustic, satellite, oceanographic and behavioral data.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating with a PhD in Antarctic marine ecology in December 2016, Sara completed her PhD at LOCEAN (Paris) and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS, UTAS, Hobart). She studied the foraging ecology of Kerguelen Islands southern elephant seals under the Antarctic sea ice in relation to oceanographic conditions. She was then a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, Boston) and the University of Minnesota to study the influence of sea ice variability and coastal polynyas on the emperor penguin population around Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>She is involved in expert groups of the SCAR, working groups of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), is co-chair of the AniBOS (&#8220;Animal Borne Ocean Sensors&#8221;) ethics committee, and now co-PI of an Antarctic polar program in Terre Ad\u00e9lie.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jasmine-Lee-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jasmine-Lee-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJasmine Lee<\/h3>\n<p>Jasmine is an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/royalcommission1851.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1851 Research Fellow<\/a> in the Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation team at the British Antarctic Survey.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Jasmine&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Jasmine Lee<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jasmine is an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/royalcommission1851.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1851 Research Fellow<\/a>\u00a0in the Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation team at the British Antarctic Survey. She is a conservation scientist and her research focuses on understanding how terrestrial biodiversity will be impacted by threatening processes (e.g. climate change, human activity, non-native species) and how conservation can help to mitigate these threats.<\/p>\n<p>You can find her on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaszzyJas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JaszzyJas<\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Klaus-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Klaus-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKlaus Meiners<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Klaus Meiners is a Senior Research Scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division. His work also contributes to the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) as well as the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) initiatives.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Klaus&#8217; full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Dr Klaus Meiners<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Klaus Meiners is a Senior Research Scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division. His work also contributes to the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) as well as the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) initiatives. His research revolves around understanding the role of sea ice in structuring Antarctic marine ecosystems and driving Southern Ocean biogeochemical processes. Key research interests include:<\/p>\n<p>Physical-biological processes in the ice-covered Southern Ocean: understanding links between sea ice and primary and secondary production<\/p>\n<p>Integration of Southern Ocean observations and modelling efforts: meta-analyses of historical sea-ice core data<\/p>\n<p>Sea ice bio-optical properties: autonomous observatories and platforms, under-ice habitat mapping.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Simon-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Simon-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSimon Morley<\/h3>\n<p>As a marine biologist my research focuses on how animal traits evolve to match the natural variability in their environment, and how vulnerable this makes ecosystems when conditions change beyond the norm.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Simon&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Simon Morley<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a marine biologist my research focuses on how animal traits evolve to match the natural variability in their environment, and how vulnerable this makes ecosystems when conditions change beyond the norm. We use this understanding to better predict future global patterns of biodiversity, providing the scientific advice to conservation organisations and policy makers. I aim to share my enthusiasm for the amazing life in our oceans and champion the value of life in the oceans, not just for the intrinsic value of biodiversity, but for the key ecosystem services it provides to human society.<\/p>\n<p>I trained to be a marine biologist (BSc at Uni of Liverpool), fish biologist (MSc at Uni of Plymouth) and then a fish physiologist (PhD Uni of Liverpool). After a postdoc investigating the combined effect of temperature and oxygen on the life history of a bryozoan I moved to the British Antarctic Survey in 2001. I then spent 2 full years as a fisheries scientist on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia before spending the last 17 years concentrating on physiological studies of marine animals on the Antarctic Peninsula and beyond. I am now one of the team that drives marine science at Rothera research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, spending short periods in the summer as senior marine scientist on station.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nathalie-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Nathalie-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNathalie Pattyn<\/h3>\n<p>Nathalie Pattyn, MD, MPsy, MSc, PhD, has a mixed clinical, research and operational background. She has been deployed with special forces unit as a medical officer in the Middle East and the Sahel; and on numerous occasions as the sole physician to Antarctica stations.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Nathalie&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Nathalie Pattyn<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nathalie Pattyn, MD, MPsy, MSc, PhD, has a mixed clinical, research and operational background. She has been deployed with special forces unit as a medical officer in the Middle East and the Sahel; and on numerous occasions as the sole physician to Antarctica stations. The longest of these Antarctic deployments totalled 15 months, during which she was the physician at Halley VI station (British Antarctic Survey), whilst setting up a new Life Sciences lab for the European Space Agency. In all these deployments, she combined clinical work with research on human performance. She is still a practising emergency physician and flight surgeon. In 2010, she founded the first multidisciplinary research unit in the Royal Military Academy in Belgium, VIPER, with professor Xavier Neyt, to promote a 360\u00b0 degrees approach to human performance by combining engineering, psychology and biomedical science. She is the official Belgian delegate (since 2012) to the Joint Expert Group on Human Medicine and Biology of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the Council Of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP). She serves as an expert to the European Space Agency, as member of the Topical Team on Human Performance (2011-2013), the Isolation Steering Committee and the Topical Team on Human Performance research in Analogue Environments (2022-). She is currently an Invited Researcher at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (Centre d&#8217;\u00e9tudes avanc\u00e9es en m\u00e9decine du sommeil, H\u00f4pital du Sacr\u00e9-Coeur), beyond her usual academic appointments as an Associate Professor in Human Physiology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel; and in Human Performance at the Royal Military Academy. She also serves as a Lt Col in the Belgian Defence (Medical Component).<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonio-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Antonio-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAntonio Quesada<\/h3>\n<p>Antonio Quesada (13\/8\/1963) is full professor at \u00a0Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid (Spain). PhD since 1990, and enjoyed posdoc periods at Durham University, UK (1990-91), Universit\u00e9 Laval , Canada (1991-92 y 1993-94), Lake Biwa Research Institute, Japan, (1996).<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Antonio&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Antonio Quesada<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Antonio Quesada (13\/8\/1963) is full professor at \u00a0Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid (Spain). PhD since 1990, and enjoyed posdoc periods at Durham University, UK (1990-91), Universit\u00e9 Laval , Canada (1991-92 y 1993-94), Lake Biwa Research Institute, Japan, (1996). Regarding research, he has related to cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins research since 1986, and in polar research since 1993. he has participated in about 20 polar expeditions both to the Arctic and to the Antarctic as researcher. Resulting from his research he has published more than 175 papers, most of them in international journals, and among them in 15 of the top-10 journals in the \u00a0Journal Citation Report (including Science, Nature Climate Change, Science Advances, BAMS, etc). His H index is 50 and has been cited more than 7500 times (Scholar Google). He has participated in 35 competitive research projects, 11 international and has coordinated 2 European projects.\u00a0 Regarding management, hje has been the manager of the Spanish Scientific Polar Program from 2013 to 2017, and from 2017 executive secretary of the Spanish Polar Committee. He is the Spanish representative in the Committee for Environmental Protection (Antarctic Treaty System), Spanish delegate at COMNAP, alternate head of delegation at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative meeting, and alternate Senior Arctic Official to the Arctic Council since 2017. he has been member of the Executive Committee of European Polar Board for 4 years and has been elected as Chair of COMNAP in 2021.<\/p>\n\t<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sharon-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.confer.co.nz\/scarbiology2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sharon-Circle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSharon Robinson<\/h3>\n<p>Sharon Robinson studies how Antarctic plants respond to climate change. She uses radiocarbon signatures, left behind in the atmosphere by nuclear testing, to date mosses and track environmental change around the coast of Antarctica.<\/p>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead Sharon&#8217;s full bio here\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPreview\n\t\t\tmodal-\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"modal-title-\">Prof Sharon Robinson<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sharon Robinson studies how Antarctic plants respond to climate change. She uses radiocarbon signatures, left behind in the atmosphere by nuclear testing, to date mosses and track environmental change around the coast of Antarctica.\u00a0 Her group identifies the sunscreens plants make to protect themselves from elevated UV-B radiation due to ozone depletion. She is also applying new technologies, including the use of drones in Antarctica, to remotely monitor plant health and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon was educated in the UK, completing her PhD at University College London and she has worked in the USA and Australia. Currently she is Dean Researcher Development at the University of Wollongong and Deputy Director Science Implementation of the ARC Special Research Initiative<em>, <\/em><em>Securing Antarctica&#8217;s Environmental Future (SAEF) <\/em><em>Program<\/em>. \u00a0She is currently a member of the United Nations Environment Programme Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, the SCAR ANTOS Expert Group and a Faculty member for the <em>Homeward Bound<\/em> Women&#8217;s leadership Program. She first visited East Antarctica in 1996 and has been on 13 expeditions to continental Antarctic and sub- and maritime Antarctic islands with the Australian and Chilean Antarctic programs. 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