Descending into the depths in the submersible Nadir off St. Peter and St. Paul’s Rocks. Credit: Novus Select
Growing up in the Caribbean, I spent a lot of time at the beach with my family. It quickly became clear to me that there was so much we didn’t understand about the oceans, so I decided to study marine biology at university. But it wasn’t until I took a deep-sea biology class that I learned that more than 95% of the deep sea has never been explored. I was hooked! As a deep-sea biologist, I see places and animals that no one on the planet has ever seen before! I get to be a real-life explorer and, as a bonus, my work allows us to understand what exists in the deep sea. That way we can better manage and protect it.
Climbing into the submersible Nadir to dive into the deep sea off St. Peter and St. Paul’s Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo credit: Solvin Zankl.
Exploring the depths off St. Peter and St. Paul’s Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean in the submersible Deep Rover. Photo credit: Solvin Zankl.
Holding some Bathymodiolus boomerang mussels collected from Kick’Em Jenny volcano off Grenada, including the largest known at 36.5cm. Photo credit: Leigh Marsh.
My work also involves a lot of public speaking. Here I am at the Nobel Dialogue during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden in 2018.
We discovered this new species of jellyfish during an expedition to the Mariana Trench! Photo credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Did you know that there are lakes at the bottom of the ocean? This is a brine lake found in the Gulf of Mexico. credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
This is my favorite type of fish. It is a long-nosed chimaera and lives only in the deep sea. We saw this one exploring the Gulf of Mexico. credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Retrieving a new species of deep-sea sponge from the ROV Deep Discoverer that had just been collected from the Marianas deep sea. Photo credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
Descending into the depths in the submersible Nadir to dive off St. Peter and St. Paul’s Rocks. Photo credit: Novus Select.
Did you know there are lots of corals in the deep sea? Photo credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
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