Keynote speakers SOLAS OSC 2022

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Seattle, USA

Minako Kurisu got her Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2020. After working as a postdoctoral researcher at Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Japan, she is currently a researcher at Research Institute for Marine Resources Utilization, JAMSTEC. She is interested in the cycles of trace metals in the atmosphere and surface ocean. Her research especially focuses on the atmospheric iron (Fe) deposition, including natural and anthropogenic Fe. She has been applied Fe stable isotope ratios and X-ray absorption fine structure analysis for Fe source apportionment and characterization of Fe species in the atmosphere.

Martí Galí is an environmental scientist interested in the interaction between marine plankton and climate, which he studies by means of experimental and sea-going studies, analysis of Earth observation data and models. Over the last 15 years, most of his research has revolved around the biogeochemical cycling of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and related compounds in the upper ocean. He also developed remote sensing algorithms for the estimation of marine DMS emission, which prompted frequent collaboration with atmospheric chemists. Other research areas he is interested in are the biogeochemistry of polar environments and the biological carbon pump. Bio-optics, light-driven processes, microbial ecology and biogeochemical budgets are cross-cutting themes in his research.

Zouhair Lachkar is a senior scientist at New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, since 2014. He received his Ph.D. from University Pierre and Marie Curie, France, and worked as a research scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, between 2007 and 2014. His research interests are in the areas of climate and marine biogeochemistry. In particular, he has been investigating the marine oxygen and carbon cycles in major upwelling systems and their sensitivity to climate perturbations using a hierarchy of numerical models applied to various regions of the World Ocean, with a recent focus on the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean at large.

Edem Mahu is a Marine Biogeochemist and climate scientist at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences of the University of Ghana. Her research interests span Paleoclimatic and environmental reconstructions of marine ecosystems, Marine Pollution (nutrients, microplastics, heavy metals and their fate in the marine environment), understanding redox processes in coastal ecosystems and nature-based solutions. She has received research supports from the IFS, UNESCO-OWSD, the Royal Society, the Meer Wissen Initiative among others. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), a steering committee member of CoastPredict, a co-lead of both EQUISEA and the Global Ocean Corps and Conveyor. She a member of the American Geophyiscal Union among other networks. 

Nadine Mengis is an Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Group Leader at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean research Kiel since October 2021. Her project ‘FOOTPRINTS - From carbon removal to achieving the Paris Agreement’s goal: temperature stabilisation’ aims to investigate the Earth systems response to net-zero CO2 pathways. Nadine is trained in climate physics and holds a PhD in Earth system modelling. She worked on the impact of non-CO2 climate forcing agents on the remaining carbon budget, and the assessment of national net-zero solutions, with a focus on carbon dioxide removal and carbon accounting. Since 2021, Nadine is a member of GESAMP WG41, where she contributes to the development of a comprehensive assessment framework for marine climate interventions.