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ECNU, IMBeR, and SCOR Sign Trilateral Memorandum of Understanding

On October 19, East China Normal University (ECNU) held a signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) at its Minhang campus. Representatives from the three parties signed the trilateral MoU: Jian Wu, Assistant President and Executive Dean of the…

New IMBeR National Contacts for Iran and Pakistan

New IMBeR National Contacts for Iran and Pakistan We are delighted to welcome Dr. Maryam Ghaemi as IMBeR’s National Contact for Iran and Dr. Samina Kidwai as the National Contact for Pakistan.   Maryam Ghaemi National Contact for Iran Dr. Maryam Ghaemi is the Head of the Bushehr Oceanography Center at the Iranian National Institute…

New IMBeR National Contacts for Argentina and Russia

We are delighted to welcome new National Contacts for Argentina and Russia. Celeste López-Abbate National Contact for Argentina Dr. Celeste López-Abbate is an Associate Researcher at the Argentine Oceanographic Institute, dedicated to linking the diversity and activity of microbial plankton with the carbon fluxes of the Patagonian Sea (SW Atlantic Ocean). This region is a…

IMBeR Welcomes the New Co-Chair of IMECaN

We are pleased to welcome Juliano Palacios Abrantes as the new Co-Chair of IMBeR’s Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network (IMECaN), from 1 August 2024. Juliano Palacios Abrantes is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries of the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on how climate change is shifting the…

World Oceans Day | Meet Blue Dreams

“Awaken New Depths” “Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate” On World Oceans Day 2024, the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research at East China Normal University, as the leading organization of the “Mega-Delta Programme” endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade, in collaboration with Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park and other organizations, organized the…

IMBeR Welcomes the New Scientific Steering Committee Chair

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dongyan Liu from the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University, as the new Chair of the IMBeR Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), effective immediately, following approval by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and Future Earth. Dongyan is a distinguished scientist with an…