mentorship 2025
Available Mentors
Name: Dr. Muhamed Ashraf P
Country of residence: India
Institution:ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Technology(ICAR CIFT)
Additional language: English
Chemical Oceanography, Marine biotechnology, Marine Products, Pollution
Decision-making and career planning; Conduct a mini project with the mentee
Name: Dr. Smitha Bal Raj
Country of residence: India
Institution: Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology -CMLRE
Additional language:
Physical Oceanography, Fisheries Acoustics, Bio-physical coupling in the Oceans
Conduct a mini project with the mentee
Name: Dr. Stella Patricia Betancur Turizo
Country of residence: Colombia
Institution:Centro de Investigaciones Oceanograficas e Hidrograficas del Caribe – CIOH, Universidad de Cartagena
Additional language: Español
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour
Experimental design; Decision-making and career planning; Strategies to search for graduate school, jobs, internships, fellowships & other opportunities; Writing proposals or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Bennet Foli
Country of residence: Ghana
Institution: University of Ghana
Additional language:
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour, Physical Oceanography
Satellite image processing; GIS and/or data management; Modelling; Other relevant software tools and techniques (e.g., Python, R); Strategies to search for graduate school, jobs, internships, fellowships & other opportunities; Writing proposals or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Adriana Gonzalez Silvera
Country of residence: Mexico
Institution: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC)
Additional language: Spanish, Portuguese
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour
Experimental design; Decision-making and career planning; Writing proposals or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Sebastian Krieger
Country of residence: Brazil
Institution: Bloomberg
Additional language: Portuguese
Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour, Physical Oceanography
Satellite image processing, GIS and/or data management; Modelling; Experimental design; Other relevant software tools and techniques (e.g., Python, R); Decision-making and career planning; Strategies to search for graduate school, jobs, internships, fellowships & other opportunities; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Lilian Krug
Country of residence: Portugal
Institution: Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean – POGO
Additional language: Portuguese
Use of online resources & free software for ocean & coastal studies (e.g., Ocean Data View (ODV), QGIS, NASA’s Giovanni, Copernicus’ MyOcean)
Strategies to search for graduate school, jobs, internships, fellowships & other opportunities in ocean sciences; Writing reports or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Decision-making and career planning; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Gemma Kulk
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Institution: Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
Additional language: Dutch
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour, Pollution, Earth Observation / Remote sensing
Satellite image processing; Experimental design; Other relevant software tools and techniques (e.g., Python, R); Decision-making and career planning; Strategies to search for graduate school, jobs, internships, fellowships & other opportunities; Writing proposals or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Nimit Kumar
Country of residence: India
Institution: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO – IOC-UNESCO
Additional language: Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Chemical Oceanography, Climatology, Meteorology, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Limnology, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour, Marine biotechnology, Marine Products, Physical Oceanography, Marine Geology, Geophysics, Policy, Law, Economics, Management, Pollution, Policy, Poject Planning and Management, International frameworks
Satellite image processing; GIS and/or data management; Modelling; Experimental design; Other relevant software tools and techniques (e.g., Python, R); Decision-making and career planning; Strategies to search for graduate school, jobs, internships, fellowships & other opportunities; Writing proposals or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Ravidas Naik
Country of residence: India
Institution: National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
Additional language: Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Kannada
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Pollution
Experimental design; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Minu Punathil
Country of residence: India
Institution: Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean studies-KUFOS
Additional language: Malayalam, Hindi
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour
Satellite image processing; Experimental design; Writing proposals or papers; Writing CV, abstracts and training applications; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Shaju S S
Country of residence: India
Institution: Cochin University of Science and Technology -CUSAT
Additional language: Malayalam
Chemical Oceanography, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour, Pollution
Decision-making and career planning; Writing proposals or papers; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities
Name: Dr. Subrata Sarker
Country of residence: Bangladesh
Institution: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Additional language: Bengali
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Policy, Law, Economics, Management, Marine conservation, cost-effective monitoring
Satellite image processing, GIS and/or data management; Modelling; Other relevant software tools and techniques (e.g., Python, R); Writing proposals or papers; Conduct a mini project with the mentee; Science communication and/or outreach activities; Statistical modelling and population dynamics modelling
Name: Dr. Muhammad Shafeeque
Country of residence: Saudi Arabia
Institution: King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Additional language: Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology, Satellite oceanography & Ocean colour, Physical Oceanography
Satellite image processing; Writing proposals or papers