oceanography

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

Jacqueline Behncke April 27, 2025

(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

Jacqueline Behncke April 8, 2025

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

Jacqueline Behncke December 13, 2024

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]

Sailing for Science: How Data from Sailing Races Advances Ocean Research

Jacqueline Behncke November 12, 2024

The tracks of the 33 competitors from the last Vendée Globe sailing race edition in 2020-21. (Credit: Erwan Rivault)

The Vendée Globe began on November 10th, with 44 participants embarking on the world’s toughest sailing race. This non-stop, single-handed round-the-world yacht race challenges skippers to circumnavigate the Southern Ocean. The race starts in France, traverses the North Atlantic, and heads directly into the Southern Ocean. Despite taking place during the austral summer, the conditions remain ...[Read More]