Kerry Howell
Professor of Deep-Sea Ecology at Plymouth University, UK
Kerry Howell is Professor of Deep-Sea Ecology at Plymouth University, UK. She has more than 20 years’ experience researching benthic faunal distribution patterns in the Atlantic deep sea. Her research is focused on mapping benthic biological communities to support sustainable management of the deep ocean, and integrating habitat maps into marine spatial planning processes, including marine protected area network design. She has expertise in image-based surveying of benthic ecosystems, including development of standards and the application of AI to image-based analysis. Howell has recorded incidental observations of litter in the deep sea since 2005. She has taken part in 18 international research cruises, including as chief scientist, all focused on North and South Atlantic and Indian Ocean deep-sea exploration. She is currently co-lead of the Challenger 150 Programme, a 10-year global program of deep-sea science for the Ocean Decade.
A Clean Ocean: Speakers & Moderators
Steven Adler
CEO and founder, The Ocean Data Alliance and Pre-Vetted Digital Transformation Crisis Consultant, UNDP
Manuel Arias
Ocean Physical Modelling Program Manager, ARGANS France, and Senior Earth Observation Scientist, ICM-CSIC
Gina Bonne
Officer in Charge/Head of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Indian Ocean Commission
Angelika Brandt
Head of Department Marine Zoology, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Laura Cimoli
Postdoctoral Researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Colin Devey
Oceanic Volcanism – Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Elva Escobar Briones
Professor in Oceanography, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (ICML) UNAM
Judith Gobin
Head of Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago
Simon Jungblut
Project Manager of “FACE-IT” at the Department of Marine Botany, University of Bremen, Germany
Kenneth M. Y. Leung
Director of State Key Lab. of Marine Pollution, Chair Professor of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong
Clara Manno
Clara Manno, Pelagic Marine Ecologist at BAS and co chair, SCAR Plastic in the Polar Environments Working Group
Jessica Nilsson
Chair, PAME, the Arctic Council’s work on Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
Torben Riehl
Research Scientist, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Volker Rieke
Head of “Provision for the Future – Basic Research and Research for Sustainable Development”, BMBF
Alex David Rogers
Science Director, REV Ocean, and Senior Research Fellow, Somerville College, University of Oxford
Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
Tanja Stratmann
Postdoctoral researcher, Utrecht University & Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
David Vousden
Chair, United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection