Our team
The Sustainable Ocean Community broadens my view on the ocean as a living organism.
Dr. Nicole Bale Nicole works at the Microbiology & Biogeochemistry Department of NIOZ and focuses on the lipids of bacteria and archaea.
Dr. Sabine Gollner Sabine works at the department of Ocean Systems at NIOZ where she investigates the ecology of deep-sea communities and how these communities are shaped by extrinsic controls and biological interactions over time.
Dr. Erik de Lange Erik works at the UU Faculty of Humanities and focuses his research on the international history of the sea. Central themes are diplomacy on the sea, the role of maritime violence and imperial expansion across the sea.
Dr. Cale Miller Cale works at the UU Faculty of Geosciences and focuses on the movement and cycling of dissolved inorganic carbon in temperate mudflats and arctic fjord systems.
MSc. Herman de Munnik Herman is a PhD student at the Estuarine & Delta Systems Department of NIOZ on Yerseke.
Prof. dr. Alex Oude Elferink Alex works at the UU Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance and is an expert in the field of public international law, with a focus on the law of the sea.
Prof. dr. Erik van Sebille Erik works at the UU Faculty of Science where his research focuses on how ocean currents transport heat, nutrients, marine organisms and plastic litter and he investigates the effectivity of public engagement activities.
Henriette de Waal Henriette is the communication advisor at NIOZ and facilitates communication and outreach of the Sustainable Ocean Community at NIOZ and beyond.
Kjeld Werther Kjeld is a biology student working as a student assistant for the community and responsible for setting up the Dutch node of ECOP.
Dr. Stefanie Ypma Stefanie is the community manager of the Sustainable Ocean Community and has a background in physical oceanography with an interest in Arctic climate sensitivity and marine pollution.
