Human-Ocean Connections



HC001
Advances in Marine Conservation for Local-to-Global Sustainability
Student/Early Career Chair:  Joshua Kesling, Yale University, Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, United States
Primary Chair:  Heidi Burdett, Umeå University, Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, and Department of Ecology, Environment & Geoscience, Umeå, Sweden
Co-chairs:  Angelique Pouponneau, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, and University of Malta, Islands and Small States Institute, Victoria, Seychelles and Jack Laverick, University of Strathclyde, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom


HC002
Amplifying Voices in Aquatic Sciences: Human Impacts on the Ocean
Primary Chair:  Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher, University of Auckland, Institute of Marine Science, Auckland, New Zealand and ASLO Early Career Committee
Co-chairs:  Mina Bizic, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany, Dr. Raquel Flynn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, Bradley B Tolar, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Biology and Marine Biology, Wilmington, United States and ASLO Early Career Committee


HC003
Arctic Maritime Safety, Climate Impacts, and Human–Environment Interactions
Student/Early Career Chair:  Daniel Oliver Paulsen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway and UArctic x LRF Research Fellows
Primary Chair:  Dr. Bahareh Kamranzad, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom and UArctic x LRF Research Fellows
Co-chairs:  Dewan Ahsan, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark, Claudio Aporta, Anish Hebbar, World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden, Patrick Maher, Nipissing University, North Bay, Canada and UArctic x LRF Research Fellows


HC004
Co-Designing Ocean Observing Systems for Impact: Evolving Toward Multiple End Users Needs
Student/Early Career Chair:  Cristina Miño, IOC/UNESCO, GOOS, Paris, France and GOOS Ocean Observing Co-Design Management Team
Primary Chair:  Emma Heslop, IOC/UNESCO, GOOS, Paris Cedex 15, France and GOOS Ocean Observing Co-Design Management Team
Co-chairs:  Bernadette Sloyan, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, TAS, Australia, Cristina Miño, IOC/UNESCO, GOOS, Paris, France, Jun She, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark and GOOS Ocean Observing Co-Design Management Team


HC005
Environmental impacts of deep-sea mining
Student/Early Career Chair:  Cara James, University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Primary Chair:  Yang Xiang, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States
Co-chairs:  Katlin Bowman Adamczyk, United States Geological Survey, Global Marine Minerals, Santa Cruz, United States, Jessica N Fitzsimmons, Texas A&M University College Station, Oceanography, College Station, United States and Shelby Gunnells, Texas A&M University, Chemical Oceanography, College Station, United States


HC006
Hydrodynamic and Ecosystem Responses to Expanding Offshore Wind Developments
Student/Early Career Chair:  Juliane Wihsgott, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Primary Chair:  Juliane Wihsgott, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Jeffrey Carpenter, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon, Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Geesthacht, Germany, Neda Trifonova, University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom and Glen Gawarkiewicz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States


HC007
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Ocean: Pathways, Impacts, and Analytical Advances
Student/Early Career Chair:  Lingwei Li, Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
Primary Chair:  Maya Al Sid Cheikh, University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Lingwei Li1, Katsiaryna Pabortsava2, Laura Sunberg3 and Alice Horton2, (1)Ohio State University, Columbus, United States(2)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom(3)University of Colorado Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States


HC008
Nature-Based Approaches for Coastal Resilience
Student/Early Career Chair:  Alicia Cheripka, NOAA, Boulder, United States
Primary Chair:  Robert F Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States
Co-Chair:  Mark Borrelli, Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, United States


HC009
Navigating Boundaries and Power in Transdisciplinary Ocean Research: Towards 'the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want'
Primary Chair:  Dr. Alexandra Atlee Phillips, PhD, University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, United States
Co-chairs:  Nina Tynkkynen, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, Mattias Rolf Cape, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, United States and Michael Gilek, Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden


HC010
Of data and models in science and management
Student/Early Career Chair:  Sabrina Sacco, Ph.D. Student in Artificial Intelligence, University of Naples Federico II, Italy, Master in Sustainable Planning and Design of Port Areas, Naples, Italy
Primary Chair:  Willem Klajbor, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, Miami, United States; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, United States
Co-chairs:  Katie Arkema, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Seattle, United States; University of Washington, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, Seattle, United States and Kalpana Chaudhari, India


HC011
Plastic & Plastic-Associated Contaminants in the Water Column
Student/Early Career Chair:  Camille Richon, CNRS, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), Plouzané, France; Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, LOCEAN-IPSL, Paris, France
Primary Chair:  Karin Kvale, Aotearoa Blue Ocean Research, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Co-chairs:  Tracy J Mincer, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, United States, Shiye Zhao, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan and Camille Richon, CNRS, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), Plouzané, France; Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, MNHN, Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, LOCEAN-IPSL, Paris, France


HC012
Plastics in the aquatic environment
Student/Early Career Chair:  Andresa Oliveira Tavares Lima, Northeastern University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Boston, United States
Primary Chair:  Lixin Zhu, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Co-chairs:  Cristina Romera-Castillo, Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain and Aron Stubbins, Northeastern University, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Boston, MA, United States


HC013
Resource characterization, hydrodynamic and environmental responses of ocean-based energy
Primary Chair:  Zhaoqing Yang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Michela De Dominicis, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Steven Degraer, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. and Simon P Neill, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom


HC014
The cultural dimension: ecological-anthropogenic interactions from Traditional Ecological Knowledge to modern structures
Student/Early Career Chair:  Carolyn McNamara, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Primary Chair:  Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, United States
Co-chairs:  Anna McGregor, University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Calvin Mires, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States and Carolyn McNamara, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom


HC016
Urban Ocean and Island Systems: Transdisciplinary Pathways for Integrating Marine Sciences, Land Use, Social Systems, and Governance Frameworks
Student/Early Career Chair:  Salanieta Kitolelei, Tido Consultancy, Suva, Fiji
Primary Chair:  Francis K Wiese, Baird, Anchorage, United States
Co-chairs:  Alexandre S Ganachaud, IRD Institute for Research and Development, Marseille Cedex 02, France, Alex Brunton, W F Baird & Associates Ltd, Ottawa, ON, CANADA, Maraja Riechers, Thunen Institute of Climate Smart Agriculture, Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries, Braunschweig, Germany and Louis Celliers, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon, GmbH I Max-Planck-Strabe, Geesthacht, Germany