Callum Stone

BA Hons in Adventure Media from the University of Cumbria, Newton Rigg

Academic Interests: Coastal and marine law, conflict resolution, and tourism and recreation

Nationality: Welsh

Charlotte Houston

Honours BA from the University of Toronto, Canada -- majors in Environmental studies and Ethics, Society & Law with a minor in Environmental Ethics.

Academic Interests: Marine spatial planning and integrated coastal zone management, and management of marine protected areas, ecosystem services, and ecological restoration.

Hometown: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality: Canadian

Chelsey Mae Karbowski

Thesis:
A first assessment of sea lice abundance in Arnarfjörður, Iceland : sentinel cage sampling and assessment of hydrodynamic modelling feasibility

Previous degree:
Bachelor of Arts, Double Advanced Major in Aquatic Resources and Public Policy with Social Research, from St. Francis Xavier University in Canada

Nationality: Canadian

Emë Winsome

B.A.S from The Evergreen State College in marine biology and visual arts.

Academic Interests: 

Nationality: American

Jean-Phillip Sargeant

Thesis:
Assessing the cooperative management regime in Gwaii Haanas national park reserve, national marine conservation area reserve and Haida heritage site

Previous degree:
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geography with a concentration in Resource Management from the University of Victoria

Nationality: Canadian

Laura Nordgren

Thesis:
Opportunity costs of growth-overfishing : socioeconomic evaluation of the beach-seine fishery, Bay of Ranobe, Madagascar

Previous degree:
Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in International Business and Marketing - Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Porvoo, Finland.

Nationality: Finnish

Lisa Hentschel

Thesis:
Understanding species-microplastics interactions : a laboratory study on the effects of microplastics on the Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus

Previous degree:
B.Sc. Environment- and Natural Resource Management.

Nationality: German /Austrian.

Madeline Young

Thesis:
Marine animal entanglements in mussel aquaculture gear : documented cases from mussel farming regions of the world including first-hand accounts from Iceland

Previous degree:
BSc in Marine Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Nationality: Canadian

Niklas Karbowski

Thesis:
Assessment of sea lice infection rates on wild populations of salmonids in Arnarfjörður, Iceland

Previous degree:
Bachelor of Science in Environmental sciences from the University of Bielefeld, Germany

Nationality: German

Nina Sterc

Master, English Language and Literature and Information Science

Academic Interests: Marine Conservation

Nationality: Croatian

Sarah Lawrence

Thesis:
An analysis of common Guillemot Uria aalge chick diet, Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica productivity, and Great Skua Stercorarius skua diet on Mingulay, Outer Hebrides

Previous degree:
BSc (Hons) Conservation Biology and Ecology from the University of Exeter, UK

Nationality: British

Sarah Marschall

Thesis:
Interpretation in wildlife tourism : assessing the effectiveness of signage to modify visitor’s behaviour at a seal watching site in Iceland

Previous degree:
Environmental Sciences (B. Sc.) at the University of Oldenburg, Germany

Nationality: German

Silvia Heckert

Bachelor of Arts in History and Art from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany

Academic Interests: Marine conservation, renewable energies, political processes and issues

Nationality: German

Tuula Matinen

Bachelor of Business Administration, focusing in International Business. HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Sea law and other related to marine transports, overall environment protection and the Baltic Sea preservation

Nationality: Finnish

Victor Buchet

Thesis:
Impact assessment of invasive flora species in Posidonia oceanica meadows on fish assemblage : an influence on local fisheries? : the case study of Lipsi Island, Greece

Previous degree:
BA in Geography and Planning at Lille 1 University, Science and Technology, University of Lille Nord de France

Nationality: French