Building circular economies through coral cultivation

Building circular economies through coral cultivation

Project title: Accelerating coral reef conservation, restoration, and sustainable business development in developing nations through the use of ex situ coral spawning Project leads: Dr Rita Rachmawati and Professor Michael Sweet Nations involved: UK, Indonesia...
Abdulrahman Kamal

Abdulrahman Kamal

Abdulrahman Kamal teaches Marketing at the University of Jeddah. Throughout his academic journey, Abdulrahman has been dedicated to sustainability issues, drawing inspiration from the resilience of the Red Sea’s coral ecosystems. Having initially pursued a...
Igor Pessoa

Igor Pessoa

Igor took an undergraduate degree in Oceanography at Rio de Janeiro State University and since then he has been studying pollution sources in marine protected areas. In 2021, Igor receive a scholarship to conduct part of his Ph.D. research at the Paytan Biochemistry...
Ana-Belen Yanez Suarez

Ana-Belen Yanez Suarez

Ana-Belen Yanez Suarez is a National Geographic Explorer for a research grant she was awarded to investigate the cold-water corals’ biodiversity and distribution across oxygen minimum zones on the Galapagos and Isla del Coco on board Falkor 2023. Ana-Belen...
Christine Ferrier-Pagès

Christine Ferrier-Pagès

Christine began her graduate work at the Marine Station of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Paris VI University-CNRS), focusing on the recycling and uptake of nitrogen by microorganisms. Subsequently, she held a postdoctoral position to further investigate the functioning of the...