Members
Here you can find a list of all ARCTOS members and PhD students. In the drop-down menu you can either select the member status or the institution the member belongs to.
Laura Castro de la Guardia
Post-doctoral researcher
- Arctic marine ecology
- Phytoplankton phenology
- Ocean primary production
- Coupled ocean-biogeochemical models
- Arctic Research
- Climate
- Ecology
Research interests:
- Arctic marine ecology
- Phytoplankton phenology
- Ocean primary production
- Coupled ocean-biogeochemical models
General interests:
- Arctic Research
- Climate
- Ecology
Cheshtaa Chitkara
PhD candidate
PhD project title:
Diversity and functions of Arctic marine microbial eukaryotes in a climate change perspective.
PhD project description:
To study the diversity and gene expressions of certain genes of protists around Svalbard and at the IsA time series station in Isfjorden, by estimating the change in their diversity with respect to changing environmental conditions.
Start date: Aug 1, 2019
Planned submission date: Aug 1, 2023
Supervisors:
Anna Vader (UNIS, Longyearbyen, Svalbard)
Tove M Gabrielsen (UiA, Kristiansand, Norway)
Scientific publications:
- Sen A., Himmler T., Hong W.L., Chitkara C., Lee R.W., Ferré B., Lepland A., Knies J. (2019) Atypical biological features of a new cold seep site on the Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin (northern Norway). Scientific reports 9, article number 1762 (2019).
- Sen A., Chitkara C., Hong W.-L., Lepland A., Cochrane S., di Primio R., Brunstad H. (2019) Image based quantitative comparisons indicate heightened megabenthos diversity and abundance at a site of weak hydorcarbon seepage in the southwestern Barents Sea. PeerJ 7:e7398
Sabine Cochrane
Senior Scientist
- Taxonomy
- Marine ecology
- Biodiversity
- Polychaetes
Research interests:
- Taxonomy
- Marine ecology
- Biodiversity
- Polychaetes
Estelle Coguiec
PhD candidate
PhD project title:
Seasonality and activity of Arctic zooplankton.
PhD project description:
My PhD will consist in identifying seasonal and diel zooplankton behaviour in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters. The first chapter of my PhD will be about the seasonal light response of Calanus finmarchicus in a high latitude fjord. This response is studied by recording individual behaviour of C. finmarchicus in the laboratory under natural light cycle every month. In parallel, I use acoustic methods to determine the migration behaviour of zooplankton. The second chapter is a long time series of acoustic data from Rijpfjord, Svalbard. The aim is to know how zooplankton’s vertical migration change seasonally and through the year in a known environment. To be able to predict those behaviour under climate change. The third chapter as for purpose to use acoustic data from autonomous drifting observatories, to have a pan arctic image of zooplankton behaviour.
Start date: Nov 2018
Submission date: Oct 2022
Supervisors:
Jørgen Berge (UiT, Tromsø, Norway)
Malin Daase (UiT, Tromsø, Norway)
Laura Hobbs (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK)
France Collard
Post-doctoral researcher
- plastic pollution
- Raman spectroscopy
- Arctic seabirds
- fish toxicology
- sediment
- Svalbard. …
Research interests:
- plastic pollution
- Raman spectroscopy
- Arctic seabirds
- fish toxicology
- sediment
- Svalbard.
Current projects:
- PlastFul (Flagship Plastic in the Arctic)
- FulPlast (NFR/SSF)
Start of post-doc project: Mar 2018
End of post-doc project: Aug 2022
Helena Sofia Gomes Costa
PhD candidate
PhD project title:
The effects of pollutants and infectious disease on the health of the humpback whale.
PhD project description:
For my PhD I will be investigating which pathogens and pollutants the humpbacks whales of the Eastern North Atlantic population are exposed to, and studying the effects of this exposure on their health.
Start date: June 2021
Planned submission date: June 2024
Supervisors:
Courtney A. Waugh (Nord University, Steinskjer, Norway)
Jorge Fernandes (Nord University, Bodø, Norway)
Susan Bengston Nash (Griffith University, Australia)
Scientific publications:
- Costa H, Klein J, Breines EM, Nollens HH, Matassa K, Garron M, Duignan PJ, Schmitt T, Goldstein T and Tryland M (2021) A Comparison of Parapoxviruses in North American Pinnipeds. Front. Vet. Sci. 8:653094. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.653094
Malin Daase
Researcher
- Arctic marine ecology with particular interest in zooplankton ecology (population dynamics and life history adaptations of copepods)
- Effects of variation in the physical environment on zooplankton distribution and life history traits
- Sea ice biota
- Behavioural patterns in zooplankton
- Hydroacoustics. …
Research interests:
- Arctic marine ecology with particular interest in zooplankton ecology (population dynamics and life history adaptations of copepods)
- Effects of variation in the physical environment on zooplankton distribution and life history traits
- Sea ice biota
- Behavioural patterns in zooplankton
- Hydroacoustics.
Running national and international projects:
- Deep Impact: The impact of artificial light on Arctic pelagic ecosystems during the polar night
- CalAct: The impact of light and temperature on Calanus activity patterns in the Arctic
- FADE Ice-free Arctic Ocean: Dead end or new opportunities for biodiversity and habitat expansion
- IMOS Isfjorden Marine Observatory Svalbard
Completed national and international projects:
- Arctic ABC/D/E
- Glider- unmanned ocean exploration
- Marine Night, 2013-2016, Research Council of Norway
- COPPY: Fate of COPePod secondarY production in a changing Arctic
- CLEOPATRA II
Salve Dahle
Project Director
Raphaelle Descoteaux
Post-doctoral researcher
Research interests:
- Polar marine benthic and planktonic ecology
- Meroplankton – early life stages
- Biodiversity
- Molecular methods
- Citizen science and outreach
Research interests:
- Polar marine benthic and planktonic ecology
- Meroplankton – early life stages
- Biodiversity
- Molecular methods
- Citizen science and outreach
Current project: FACE-IT