people

PLAnT core team is based at CIÊNCIAS ULisboa, led by Dr. Catarina Frazão Santos.
The project team includes two Postdoctoral fellows and one PhD student; more students and a project manager will join them in the short-term. In addition to the core team, project PLAnT is supported by an Advisory Board composed of experts
from around the globe, with multiple backgrounds and expertise related to the ocean in general
and Antarctica in specific.

catarina Frazão santos (PI)

Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon, Honorary Research Associate at the University of Oxford, and Integrated Member at MARE-ULisboa. 

catarina pereira santos (post-doc)

Post-doctoral Researcher under ERC project PLAnT, and Integrated Member at the Marine and Environmental Sciences Center (MARE-ULisboa). ​
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francisco borges
​(post-doc)

Post-doctoral Researcher under ERC project PLAnT, and Integrated Member at the Marine and Environmental Sciences Center (MARE-ULisboa).​​

david santos
(consultant)

PhD Student, consultant under ERC project PLAnT, and Researcher at the Marine and Environmental Sciences Center (MARE-ULisboa).

tundi agardy
​(advisory board)

Head of Sound Seas, and  internationally renowned expert in environmental conservation with extensive field and policy experience across the globe.

larry crowder
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Professor at the Oceans Department at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment.

lisa wedding
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Associate professor at the University of Oxford, and former Research Associate at the Stanford University Center for Ocean Solutions. 
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José xavier
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra, member of the British Antarctic Survey, and head of the Portuguese Delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.

Kevin A. Hughes
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Environmental Research and Monitoring Manager at the British Antarctic Survey, and member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings. 

susie grant
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Marine Biogeographer at the British Antarctic Survey, and former Chief Officer of SCAR’s Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System.
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marinez scherer
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, and Coordinator of ocean management at the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change in Brazil.

will McClintock
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Senior Fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara, his lab develops and implements SeaSketch.

Elena gissi
​​(ADVISORY BOARD)

Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Italy and Marie Skłodowska Curie Alumni at Stanford University.​

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