Media Contact List

This list contains contact information for the various Census components. The people listed here can either answer reporters' questions directly or direct members of the news media to the most appropriate person to interview or provide additional information. Another source for the media is the Community Database, which lists Census researchers by field of expertise, country, and language.

 

Census of Marine Life
  • Ronald O'Dor, Senior Scientist
    Census of Marine Life
    Consortium for Ocean Leadership
    1201 New York Ave. NW
    Suite 420
    Washington, DC 20005
    USA
    email
    +58 2129063052
  • Darlene Crist, Media Relations- USA
    Office of Marine Programs
    University of Rhode Island
    Graduate School of Oceanography
    South Ferry Road
    Narragansett, RI 02882 USA
    email
    +1 401 295 1356
  • Terry Collins, Media Relations- International
    Terry Collins Associates
    295 Wright Ave.
    Toronto ON
    Canada MSR 1L8
    email
    +1 416 538 8712

ArcOD
  • Dr. Bodil Bluhm
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
    Institute of Marine Science
    P.O. Box 757220
    Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7220, USA
    email
    +1 907 474 6332 (lab: X 7129)
CAML
  • Dr. Victoria Wadley
    Project Manager
    Australian Antarctic Division Channel Highway
    KINGSTON, Tasmania, Australia 70
    email
    + 61 3 6232 3124
CeDAMAR
  • Dr. Brigitte Ebbe
    Senckenberg am Meer
    Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung/German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research
    CeDAMar
    c/o Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
    Adenauerallee 160
    D53113 Bonn
    email
    +49 228 9122 285
CenSeam
  • Dr. Mireille Consalvey
    National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
    Private Bag 14-901
    Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
    email
    + 64 4 386 0853
ChEss
  • Dr. Maria Baker
    National Oceanography Centre
    Southampton
    European way, SO14 3ZH
    Southampton, UK
    email
    + 44 2380 596352
CMarZ
  • Dr. Nancy J. Copley
    Department of Biology (MS-33)
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 USA
    email
    +1 508 289 3204
COMARGE
  • Dr. Lenaick Menot
    DRO/Departement Environnement Profond
    Ifremer, Centre de Brest
    BP 70
    29280 Plouzane FRANCE
    email
    +33 2 98 22 45 52
CReefs
  • Dr. Rusty Brainard
    Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    1125B Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
    USA
    email
    + 1 808 983 3737
FMAP
  • Catherine Muir
    Dalhousie University, Department of Biology
    Rm 8055, Life Science Centre
    1355 Oxford Street
    Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    B3H 4J1
    email
    +1 902 494 2146
GoMA
  • Suzy Ryan
    University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
    P.O. Box 9300
    96 Falmouth Street
    Portland, Maine 04104-9300 USA
    email
    +1 207.228.1680
HMAP
  • Kira Paulli Pravato
    Roskilde Universitets Center
    Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change
    Hus 03.2.1, Universitetsvej 1
    Postboks 260, DK-4000
    Roskilde
    Denmark
    email
    +45 4674 3222
ICoMM
  • Dr. Linda Amaral Zettler
    Staff Scientist
    The Josephine Bay Paul Center for
    Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution
    Marine Biological Laboratory
    7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
    USA
    email
    +1 508 289 7259
MAR-ECO
  • Jo Hoyer
    Bergen Museum, University of Bergen
    P.O. Box 7800
    Bergen 5020
    Norway
    email
    +47 55589360
NaGISA
  • Dr. Ann Knowlton
    School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
    University of Alaska Fairbanks
    PO Box 757220
    Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7220
    USA
    email
    +1 907 474 5073
OBIS
  • Dr. Edward Vanden Berghe
    Executive Director, Ocean Biogeographic Information System
    Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
    71 Dudley Road
    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8521
    USA
    email
    +1 732 932 6555, ext 565
POST
  • Jonathan Thar
    Vancouver Aquarium
    PO Box 3232, Vancouver, BC
    V6B 3X8
    email
    +1 604 659 3590
TOPP
  • Dr. Randy Kochevar
    Hopkins Marine Station
    120 Ocean View Boulevard
    Pacific Grove, CA 93950
    USA
    email
    +1 831 655 6225



National and Regional Implementation Committees:

Canadian Census of Marine Life Steering Committee
  • Dr. Paul Snelgrove
    Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1C 5S7
    email
    + 709-737-3440
Caribbean Region Implementation Committee
  • Dr. Patricia Miloslavich
    Universidad Simón Bolívar
    Laboratorio Pabellón I 1-3 (Biología Marina)
    Caracas 1062
    Venezuela
    email
    +58 2129063052
Census of Marine Life Australia
  • Dr. Nic Bax
    CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
    Castray Esplanade
    Hobart, TAS, 7000
    Australia
    email
    + 61 3 6232 5341
Chinese National Implementation Committee
  • Dr. Song Sun
    Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao, 266071, China
    email
    +86-532-82898598
European Implementation Committee
  • Dr. Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy
    Scottish Association for Marine Science
    Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
    Oban, Argyll
    PA37 1QA
    Scotland - UK
    email
    +44 (0) 1631 559305
Indian Ocean Regional Implementation Committee
  • Dr. P.A. Loka Bharathi
    National Institute of Oceanography
    Dona Paula, Goa 403 004
    email1
    email2
    + 91-0832-2450281
Indonesian Regional Implementation Committee
  • Dr. Tonny Wagey
    Jl. MT. Haryono Kav. 52-53
    2nd Floor
    Jakarta 12770
    Indonesia
    email
    +62 21 79180175
Japanese Regional Implementation Committee
  • Dr. Yoshihisa Shirayama
    Seto Marine Biological Lab
    Field Science Education and Research Center
    Kyoto University
    Shirahama-cho
    Wakayama Pref. 649-2211, Japan
    email1
    email2
    +81 (0) 739 42 3515
Republic of Korea
  • Youn-Ho Lee
    Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI)
    Marine Living Resources Research Division
    1270 SA2 Dong
    Ansan City
    Kyounggi-Do 426-744
    Korea
    ylee [at] kordi [dot] re [dot] kr
    +82-31-400-6428
Sub-Saharan African Regional Implementation Committee
  • Dr. Charles Griffiths
    University of Cape Town - Department of Zoology
    Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701
    South Africa
    email
    +27 216503610
US National Committee
  • Michael Feldman
    Consortium for Ocean Leadership
    U.S. Census of Marine Life Program Coordinator
    U.S. Census of Marine Life Program Office
    Suite 420
    1201 New York Avenue NW
    Washington DC 20005
    United States
    email
    +1 2024252544
South America Scientific Steering Committee
  • Dr. Diego Rodríguez
    Department of Marine Sciences
    Mar del Plata University, Argentina
    Casilla de Correos 43, (7600)
    Mar del Plata, Argentina
    email
    email
    +54 223 4752426 (ext 456)


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