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Jens Terhaar Receives the Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award – About His Career and Work

April 27, 2025
Jens Terhaar Receives the Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award – About His Career and Work

Jens Terhaar received the 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award for his research on the ocean carbon cycle and its effects on climate. We spoke with him about his career path and the work that led to this award. Since completing his PhD in 2019, Jens has made a name for himself with many publications and outreach efforts. His work is about the ocean carbon sink, ocean biogeochemic ...[Read More]

Tatiana Ilyina Receives the Fridtjof Nansen Medal – About Her Career and Work

April 27, 2025
Tatiana Ilyina Receives the Fridtjof Nansen Medal – About Her Career and Work
(Image credit: Bettina Diallo)

Tatiana Ilyina received the Fridtjof Nansen Medal from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for her outstanding research in oceanography. We spoke with her about her career path and the work that led to this award. Here’s what you should know about her. Tatiana Ilyina studied Meteorology/Oceanography during her PhD at the University of Hamburg, continued as a postdoc at the University of Haw ...[Read More]

From Academic Research to Start-Up: A Marine Biologist’s Algae Farming Vision

April 8, 2025
From Academic Research to Start-Up: A Marine Biologist’s Algae Farming Vision
Credit: Mar Fernández-Méndez

We chatted with a marine biologist about her exciting journey from academia to becoming an entrepreneur. Discover how her algae farm start-up came to life, learn about the concept, achievements, and challenges she faced, future plans, and finally her advice as well as her take on the importance of bridging the two worlds of academia and industry.  Dr. Mar Fernández-Méndez is a marine biologist ded ...[Read More]

Book Review: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski

December 13, 2024
Book Review: Blue Machine by Helen Czerski

The engine that is Earth’s ocean takes sunlight and converts it into giant underwater currents and waterfalls, hauling around the ingredients for life: nutrients, oxygen and trace metals like potassium and iron, shaping our coasts and transporting heat.  In her book Blue Machine – How the Ocean Shapes Our World, physicist Helen Czerski takes readers on an enlightening journey through t ...[Read More]