Darren KOPPEL (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Does sediment contamination explain spatial changes in the Antarctic benthic ecosystem?
2019
Gemma CLUCAS (Cornell University, USA)
Evaluating the effectiveness of the South Sandwich Islands marine protected area in protecting penguin prey resources
Sally LAU (James Cook University, Australia)
Exploring how seascape dynamics structure genetic variation in the Scotia Sea
Anna BELCHER (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
Determining Antarctic krill biomass: Can we distinguish krill swarms from space?
2018
Natalia VENTURINI (Universdad de la República, Uruguay)
Diagenetic alterations of suspended particulate organic matter in Antarctic glacier runoff and coastal waters evidenced by amino acids
Jeremy BIRD (University of Queensland, Australia)
Improving techniques for monitoring burrowing petrels. See report here.
Marina do Valle de Chagas AZANEU (University of East Anglia, UK)
On the pathway and modification of the northwestern Weddell Sea shelf water on its way to the Bransfield Strait
Ross WHITMORE (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Exposure and erosion rate records along the Victoria Land Coast from Mackay Glacier to Cape Hallett
Scott HOTALING (Washington State University, USA)
Comparing Antarctic and Arctic eelpout genomes to assess possible convergent evolution of a novel, ice-binding protein. See report here.
Joseph STEWART (Bristol University, UK)
Southern Ocean coral pH-sensitivity and deep-water carbon release via Burdwood Bank. See report and publication here.
Aidan STARR (Cardiff University, UK)
Pliocene-Pleistocene Antarctic iceberg dynamics: a geochronology provenance study of Sub-Antarctic ice rafted debris
Patricia VALDESPINO (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Genomic markers and structural biology of Antarctic microbes
Victoria WARWICK-EVANS (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
Macaroni penguin foraging limits on the north coast of South Georgia
Katherine SHORT (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
A new comprehensive biogeographical history of two species groups of Tardigrades in Antarctica. See report here.
Stanley KO (Rutgers University, USA)
Field calibration of nutrient and temperature proxies in deep-sea coral from New Zealand: towards reconstructing the Southern Ocean biological pump
Shaun BROOKS (University of Tasmania, Australia)
Establishing a connection between visual, biological, and physical disturbance impacts within terrestrial Antarctica. Publication: Insights on the environmental impacts associated with visible disturbance of ice-free ground in Antarctica.
Kate WINTER (Northumbria University, UK)
Quantifying sediment flux through central East Antarctica
2017
Jamey STUTZ (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Using insights from David Glacier, Antarctica to model the non-linear, threshold-driven response of Antarctic outlet glaciers to climate forcing
Angela SREMBA (Oregon State University, USA)
Stable isotope analysis of blue whale bones collected from South Georgia and the South Shetland Islands to understand pre-exploitation feeding ecology
Swan SOW (University of Tasmania, Australia)
High resolution study of the abyssal (Antarctic bottom water) microbial assemblages within the Pacific and Indian sectors of the Southern Ocean