I graduated with an MSc in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Wits University. I am currently pursuing my PhD with the CSIR and UCT. My PhD focuses on assessing the effects of increasing temperatures and decreasing pH levels on primary phytoplankton production, nutrient uptake, and community structure in the Southern Ocean under the supervision ofRead More..
Thapelo obtained his MSc in Analytical Chemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2021. He then joined SOCCO as a PhD student intern in 2022. He focuses on the physical speciation of iron and manganese from land mass effects, in the vicinity of the Gough and Marion Islands. This is coupled with a 1DRead More..
Tesha is a PhD candidate from Mauritius working under the supervision of Dr Sarah-Anne Nicholson and Dr Pedro Monteiro. She is investigating the synoptic-scale coupled mixed layer and atmospheric dynamics of the carbon flux in the Southern Ocean using high-resolution Wave Gliders and regional numerical model output.