Who We Are
Staff
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Dirk Zeller
Professor & Director
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Dr Wanja Nyingi-Moseti
Senior Research Associate
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Vania Andreoli
Research Associate
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Dillon Ng
Research Assistant
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Astraea Wuppermann
Research Assistant
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Georgina Lazuardi
Research Assistant
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Callum Turner
Research Assistant
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Jaime Gonzalo Elices
Research Assistant
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Henry Cooper
Research Assistant
Graduate Students
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Astraea Wuppermann
PhD Candidate
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Dillon Ng
PhD Candidate
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Callum Turner
Master’s Student
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Georgina Lazuardi
Master’s Student
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Jaime Gonzalo Elices
Master’s Student
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Julien Magne
PhD Candidate
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Rangsiwut Keawsang
PhD Candidate
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Jack McElhinney
PhD Candidate
Alumni
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Vania Andreoli
PhD Completion, 2026
Senior Research Assistant -

Nico Fassbender
PhD Completion, 2026
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Shona Murray
PhD Completion, 2026
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Tansy Perera
Research Assistant
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Joshua Ang
Volunteer
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Erika Teng Gui
Volunteer
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Shannon Gethin
Senior Research Assistant
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Aiden Muller
Research Assistant
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Cody Robinson
Research Assistant
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Aryan Kothari
MSc
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Dr Kristina Heidrich
PhD Completion, 2023
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Dr Lincoln Hood
PhD Completion, 2023
Senior Research Assistant -

Charlotte La
Research Assistant
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Matt Ansell
MSc
Senior Research Assistant -

Kai Krueger
Research Assistant
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Amy McAlpine
MSc
Research Assistant -

Aidan Schubert
MSc
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Tala Van Mierlo
Research Assistant
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Dr Gabriel Vianna
Research Fellow
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Jane Yang
MSc
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Dr Naima Andrea Rodriquez Lopez
PhD Completion, 2023
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Louise Hingley
MSc
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Tess Lyons
MSc
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Ella Rosengart
MSc
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Dr David Tickler
PhD Completion, 2021
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Rachel White
Research Assistant
Associates
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Vania Andreoli
Research Scientist
Oceanwise Australia
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Christopher Golden
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health
Harvard University
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Daniel Pauly
Principal Investigator
Sea Around Us – UBC
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Joseph Christensen
Environmental Historian & Lecturer
UWA
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Maria Deng Palomares
Senior Scientist/Project Manager
Sea Around Us – UBC
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William Cheung
Professor & Director
Changing Oceans Research Unit - UBC
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Rashid Sumaila
Professor & Director
Fisheries Economics Research Unit - UBC
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Jessica Meeuwig
Wen Family Chair in Conservation and Director
Marine Futures Lab
