Meet our fellows
We've finally reached our full capacity! Find out more about our fellows here - from podcasts to profile interviews, posters to presentations!
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Asia Alsgaard
| Early human marine subsistence in South Africa SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour (Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion) Recruitment call: 1 Contact: asia.alsgaard@uib.no Asia has some wild stories from the field in our podcast series |
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Jeremy Beller
| Early human adaptation to shifting coastlines in southern Africa SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour (Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion) Recruitment call: 3 Contact: jeremy.beller@uib.no |
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Ola Berta
| Social anthropology on changing human-ocean relations Intro: Sovereignty by mutuality: connections and disconnections in a Big Ocean State Department of Social Anthropology Recruitment call: 2, Outgoing fellowship (Radboud University, Netherlands) Contact: ola.berta@uib.no Get to know Ola in his profile article! |
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Joao Bettencourt
| Physical fjord oceanography Intro: Our fjord futures: Sustainable Norwegian fjords in the Anthropocene Recruitment call: 1 Contact: joao.bettencourt@uib.no |
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Kurt H. Wogau Chong
| Climate and early human development in coastal Southern Africa Department of Earth Science & SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour Recruitment call: 2 Contact: kurt.chong@uib.no |
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Virginie Comorge
| Salmon louse biology and immunemodulation Intro: Could the filament be the weak point of salmon louse?: Role of salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus frontal filament - associated proteins in immune modulation and parasite attachment Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) Recruitment call: 2 Contact: virginie.comorge@uib.no Meet Virginie in her profile article |
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Gillian Damerell
| Air-sea interactions Intro: From the weather to marine life: air-sea interactions in the Nordic Seas Recruitment call: 2 Contact: gillian.damerell@uib.no |
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Damaris B. Daniel
| Marine aspects related to human health Department of Clinical Medicine Recruitment call: 2 Contact: Damaris.Daniel@uib.no |
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Paul Dees
| Marine biogeochemical hazards Recruitment call: 1 Contact: paul.dees@uib.no In this podcast episode you can learn a bit more about a favourite norwegian pastime that Paul has been embracing: mushroom hunting! |
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Chloe Game
| Informatics for marine sustainability Recruitment call: 4 Contact: chloe.game@uib.no |
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Konstanze Haubner
| Ice-ocean interactions Recruitment call: 2 Contact: konstanze.haubner@uib.no Find out more about Konstanze and her research in her profile article |
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Mònica Pons Hernández
| Regulatory and governance challenges related to ocean sustainability Recruitment call: 5 Contact: monica.pons@uib.no
The latest and final arrival to the SEAS programme - Monica is joining us in February 2025! |
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Frida Snilstveit Hoem
| Climate and marine biogeochemical cycling Recruitment call: 3 Contact: frida.hoem@uib.no |
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Bashar H. Elkhorbatly
| Mathematical and statistical methods for marine sustainability Intro: Introduction to Bashar's research: Mathematical theory of long waves in coastal hydrodynamics Recruitment call: 1 Contact: bashar.elkhorbatly@uib.no |
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Aiste Klimasaukaite
| Epistemic, value-based, and societal aspects of marine sustainability Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities Recruitment call: 1 Contact: aiste.klimasauskaite@uib.no Aiste talks to Juan about blue economy and optimism in this episode of the podcast series |
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Daniel Koestner
| Optical ocean technology Department of Physics and Technology Recruitment call: 1 Contact: daniel.koestner@uib.no It's not all about optics - Daniel's also famous for his video game music! |
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Le Ba Vinh
| Marine natural product chemistry Recruitment call: 4 Contact: vinh.ba@uib.no |
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Morgane Le Saout
| Ocean observation technology Recruitment call: 3 Contact: Morgane.Saout@uib.no |
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Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad
| Topological and geometric machine learning for marine sustainability Recruitment call: 1, Outgoing fellowship (Imperial College, London, UK) Contact: samaneh.a.mofrad@uib.no |
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Nazar Mohamed
| Marine aspects related to human health Intro: Impact of microplastics on kidney health: a study on a rat model Department of Clinical Medicine Recruitment call: 1 Contact: nazar.mohamed@uib.no |
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Claudiu Eduard Nedelciu
| System dynamics and ocean-human interactions Intro: Beyond deep sea mining: shaping narratives for a socially and ecologically safe future Recruitment call: 1 Contact: claudiu.nedelciu@uib.no |
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Leila Neimane
| Regulatory and governance challenges related to ocean sustainability Intro: Law and wind farms in the Baltic Sea and North Sea Recruitment call: 1 Contact: Leila.Neimane@uib.no |
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Israel Nyarubeli
| Safety and working conditions for maritime workers Department of Psychosocial Science Recruitment call: 3 Contact: israel.nyarubeli@uib.no |
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Mauro Passarella
| Deep-sea mineral resources Recruitment call: 1 Contact: mauro.passarella@uib.no |
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Ellie Pryor
| Climate and early human development in coastal Southern Africa Department of Earth Science & SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour Recruitment call: 4 Contact: ellie.pryor@uib.no |
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Shreesha Sadashiva Rao
| Fish immunology Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) Recruitment call: 1 Contact: shreesha.rao@uib.no Want to hear a bit more about Shreesha and his research into vaccines and lumpfish? Check out his podcast episode, hosted by Juan Get to know Shreesha in his profile article |
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Bichitra Nando Sahoo
| Smart marine sensor technology, acoustics & nano technology Department of Physics and Technology - SFI Smart Ocean Recruitment call: 2 Contact: bichitra.sahoo@uib.no |
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Håkon Sandven
| Marine optics Intro: The marine light climate in a changing ocean Department of Physics and Technology Recruitment call: 2, Outgoing fellowship (University of Glasgow, UK) Contact: hakon.sandven@uib.no |
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Zoran Sargac
| Marine larval biology Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) Recruitment call: 2 Contact: zoran.sargac@uib.no Learn more about Zoran and his love of parasites in his profile article! |
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Amit Sharma
| Safety and working conditions for maritime workers Department of Psychosocial Science Recruitment call: 2, Outgoing fellowship (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Contact: amit.sharma@uib.no Hear more from Amit in his profile article. |
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Paul Thomas
| Smart marine sensor technology, acoustics & nano technology Department of Physics and Technology - SFI Smart Ocean Recruitment call: 2 Contact: paul.thomas@uib.no |
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Juan Manuel Valero Rodríguez
| Coastal ecology Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) Recruitment call: 1 Contact: juan.m.rodriguez@uib.no Master of the podcast series interviews, researching the secret life of algae! Hear more about Juan and his research in his profile article |
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Rosa Vargas-Magana
| Mathematical and statistical methods for marine sustainability Recruitment call: 2 Contact: rosa.vargas@uib.no |
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Thomas Volker
| STS research on responsible and circular aquaculture Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities Recruitment call: 2 Contact: thomas.volker@uib.no |
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Liaqat Zeb
| Marine natural product chemistry Recruitment call: 2 Contact: Liaqat.Zeb@uib.no |
Alumni
Diego Rodriguez Hernandez; Andreas Alexander; Md Jamilur Rahman
What is everyone up to!?
35 fellows makes for busy times - we try to keep track of some of their activities here!
Social media
The fellows are active online:
Articles about SEAS
Check out the news archive and researcher profiles here.
Blog
You can follow the adventures of our SEAS fellows in their blog!
Podcast
Our fellows also produce a podcast series where you can find out a bit more about them all - from their individual research areas, life as a SEAS postdoc, their hobbies and what what they like most about living in Bergen (hint - it's generally not the rain).
You can also follow on mixcloud.
