Local Organising Committee in South Africa


Katye Altieri
University of Cape Town, South Africa

Expertise: atmospheric molecules, climate policy


Inge Deschepper

Université Laval, Quebec City Canada 

Expertise: biogeochemical cycles, modelling, Arctic sea ice


Susanne Fietz

Stellenbosch University South Africa

Expertise: Biogeochemistry in aquatic systems, Paleoenvironment, Global Change


Brett Kuyper 

 University of Cape Town, South Africa 

 Expertise: Atmospheric chemistry, mass spec, halocarbons, isotopes

Supporting Team of the SOLAS International Project Office


    Chengcheng Gao 

   MEL, Xiamen, China 


                        Jessica Gier                      

       National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland


Li Li
   MEL, Xiamen, China 

Esther Rickert
GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany

Scientific Organising Committee

  • Minhan Dai (SSC Co-Chair, China)
  • Cécile Guieu (SSC Co-Chair, France)
  • Katye Altieri (LOC chair, South Africa)
  • Thomas Bell (UK)
  • Marcela Cornejo D'Ottone (Chile)
  • Erik van Doorn (Germany)
  • Santiago Gassó (USA)
  • Maria Kanakidou (Greece)
  • Arne Körtzinger (Germany)
  • Mohd Talib Latif (Malaysia)
  • Andrew Lenton (Australia)
  • Anoop Mahajan (India)
  • Jun Nishioka (Japan)
  • Jurgita Ovadnevaite (Ireland)
  • Anna Rutgersson (Sweden)
  • Arvind Singh (India)
  • Guiling Zhang (China)

Early Career Scientist Day Committee


Inge Deschepper

Ph.D. candidate, 

Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada

I study the biogeochemical cycles in the ocean and Arctic sea ice using biogeochemical modelling.


Raquel Flynn

Ph.D. candidate

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

I study the effect of phytoplankton on carbon export and nitrogen cycling in the Atlantic Southern Ocean. 


Moagabo Ragoasha

Ph.D graduate, Lecturer

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

I use numerical models to study the ocean-atmosphere process and the physical drivers of transport in the ocean.


Asmita Singh

Ph.D. graduate

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa and Southern Ocean Carbon-Climate Observatory (SOCCO)

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Smart Places, Cape Town, South Africa

Studied the ecophysiological response of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to iron-addition through photophysiology


Sive Xokashe

Master Candidate

University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

I study the pH of atmospheric aerosols and it's driving factors in the Atlantic Southern Ocean using thermodynamic modelling.