Who We Are

Staff

  • Dirk Zeller

    Professor & Director

  • Dr Wanja Nyingi-Moseti

    Senior Research Associate

  • Vania Andreoli

    Research Associate

  • Dillon Ng

    Research Assistant

  • Astraea Wuppermann

    Research Assistant

  • Georgina Lazuardi

    Research Assistant

  • Callum Turner

    Research Assistant

  • Jaime Gonzalo Elices

    Research Assistant

  • Henry Cooper

    Research Assistant

Graduate Students

  • Astraea Wuppermann

    PhD Candidate

  • Dillon Ng

    PhD Candidate

  • Callum Turner

    Master’s Student

  • Georgina Lazuardi

    Master’s Student

  • Jaime Gonzalo Elices

    Master’s Student

  • Julien Magne

    PhD Candidate

  • Rangsiwut Keawsang

    PhD Candidate

  • Jack McElhinney

    PhD Candidate

Alumni

  • Vania Andreoli

    PhD Completion, 2026
    Senior Research Assistant

  • Nico Fassbender

    PhD Completion, 2026

  • Shona Murray

    PhD Completion, 2026

  • Tansy Perera

    Research Assistant

  • Joshua Ang

    Volunteer

  • Erika Teng Gui

    Volunteer

  • Shannon Gethin

    Senior Research Assistant

  • Aiden Muller

    Research Assistant

  • Cody Robinson

    Research Assistant

  • Aryan Kothari

    MSc

  • Dr Kristina Heidrich

    PhD Completion, 2023

  • Dr Lincoln Hood

    PhD Completion, 2023
    Senior Research Assistant

  • Charlotte La

    Research Assistant

  • Matt Ansell

    MSc
    Senior Research Assistant

  • Kai Krueger

    Research Assistant

  • Amy McAlpine

    MSc
    Research Assistant

  • Aidan Schubert

    MSc

  • Tala Van Mierlo

    Research Assistant

  • Dr Gabriel Vianna

    Research Fellow

  • Jane Yang

    MSc

  • Dr Naima Andrea Rodriquez Lopez

    PhD Completion, 2023

  • Louise Hingley

    MSc

  • Tess Lyons

    MSc

  • Ella Rosengart

    MSc

  • Dr David Tickler

    PhD Completion, 2021

  • Rachel White

    Research Assistant

Associates

  • Vania Andreoli

    Research Scientist

    Oceanwise Australia

  • Christopher Golden

    Associate Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health

    Harvard University

  • Daniel Pauly

    Principal Investigator

    Sea Around Us – UBC

  • Joseph Christensen

    Environmental Historian & Lecturer

    UWA

  • Maria Deng Palomares

    Senior Scientist/Project Manager

    Sea Around Us – UBC

  • William Cheung

    Professor & Director

    Changing Oceans Research Unit - UBC

  • Rashid Sumaila

    Professor & Director

    Fisheries Economics Research Unit - UBC

  • Jessica Meeuwig

    Wen Family Chair in Conservation and Director

    Marine Futures Lab