Dr Dissanayake has extensive experience in marine biology, especially in the development and implementation of ecophysiological approaches to environmental monitoring, having published over 20 peer-reviewed articles. Examples of his work include environmental monitoring programmes (DEFRA/EA), climate change impacts (Australian & Japanese Governments), educational outreach programmes (Singapore), conservation in Marine Protected Areas (Thailand), and additionally, capacity-building and knowledge-transfer programmes (India, Vietnam, and Thailand).

Dr. Alvarez is currently a Postdoctoral Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol. She specialises in using the fossil remains of calcifying marine phytoplankton to explore ecosystem and evolutionary responses to past environmental change.

Dr Berry is Associate Professor and Head of Research, Blue Economy Research Institute and Environmental Science Programme at the University of Seychelles, Dr Berry is a specialist in the development of educational, environmental assessment, conservation and monitoring programs in climate change adaptation and mitigation, ecosystem-based management, integrated coastal zone management and governance, having worked with the Indian Ocean Commission (ISLANDS Project), UNEP Ecosystem-based adaptation mangrove restoration project and the UNDP Outer Islands coastal erosion project, among others.

Natalie is a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Gibraltar currently working towards the completion of her PhD and was a University of Gibraltar MSc Marine Sciences and Climate Change student, 2021/2022. During the MSc programme she found that marine policy and management particularly focussing on provision of conservation advice for territorial waters. Natalie designed her independent research project around these areas and has taken the opportunity to develop the project further as a PhD researcher.

Samantha is a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Gibraltar currently working towards the completion of her PhD. She is a recent graduate of The University of Gibraltar’s Master of Science in Marine Science and Climate Change programme. Before moving to Gibraltar, she was awarded her Hons. BSc at the University of Toronto in environmental biology before proceeding to complete a graduate degree in ecosystem restoration at Niagara College of Canada. During her studies in Canada, she worked alongside conservation authorities performing aquatic and terrestrial conservation work and ecological surveying. Samantha’s research interests include the effects of climate variability on commercial fish stocks, namely Atlantic bluefin tuna, using stable isotope markers. ​

Keith Madeira is the Cartographer and GIS Co-ordinator for HM Government of Gibraltar (HMGoG), as well as a PhD Researcher. A professional background in spatial analysis and a keen interest in the military history of Gibraltar has led Keith to undertake research into the effectiveness of the Fortress of Gibraltar itself using GIS, focusing on key points throughout its history. Being The Rock’s first dedicated cartographer in over a century puts Keith in a unique position to observe and document how the face of Gibraltar has changed over time.  A major aspect of his research currently being undertaken is to georeference a range of early maps of Gibraltar, some dating back to the early 1700s, by overlaying them digitally onto his own modern map, allowing for the first time a direct comparison between different stages of Gibraltar’s Fortress history together in one place.

Charlotte is a Biomedical Scientist at St Bernard’s hospital where she forms part of the Department of Pathology. She fully competent in all aspects of Microbiology including laboratory techniques including analysis of urine, stools, MRSA, wounds, CSFs, blood cultures, parasites, mycology, MTB and PCR.

Mr Sene trained in Biomedical Science at Bromley College specialising in medical microbiology and in 2002, obtained a Master of Science in Biomedical Science from Ulster University becoming the first Gibraltarian to be admitted as a Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science.
He is also currently H.M. Government of Gibraltar’s Public Analyst, at the Laboratory of the Public Analyst, Department of Pathology, Gibraltar Health Authority and responsible in providing a scientific, advisory and analytical service to the Government of Gibraltar and other external bodies.

Dr Emma McKinley (@EmmaJMcKinley) is currently a Research Fellow at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on understanding the complex relationship between society and the sea, taking account of diverse types of perceptions, attitudes and values held by different communities and audiences, and considers how this insight can be used to support effective ocean governance.  In September 2018, Emma founded the Marine Social Science Network, a global, interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners working across marine social sciences, which she chairs. Emma is also Chair of the Royal Geographic Society’s Coastal and Marine Research Group and is Co-Chair of the Marine Social Science Task Group of the UK’s Marine Science Coordinating Committee.

Professor Finlayson is based at the Gibraltar Museum, where he is Director, Chief Scientist and Curator. He is an evolutionary ecologist and his main areas of research are the biogeography of hominins, avian biogeography and evolutionary ecology. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and has written a number of books. In 2001 Clive was made Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and was elected a Member at the Academia Europaea in 2010, and appointed a Beacon Professor of the University of Gibraltar in 2019.

Dr Ocaña graduated from St Mary’s College, University of Surrey in 1990 with a first class honours degree in Biology and Education (with Qualified Teacher Status).
Terence’s doctoral thesis at King’s College London was on the Ecology and Life History Dynamics of the false limpet Siphonaria pectinata in Gibraltar’s rocky shores which he successfully completed in 1997.  Dr Ocaña has published a number of peer-reviewed articles based on his doctoral thesis and continues to pursue collaborative research projects focussed on marine intertidal ecology.

Professor García-Gómez head the Marine Biology Laboratory at the University of Seville. His area of expertise is in Biodiversity and Conservation of Animal Species. He currently is participating in the following projects: Caprellid crustacean invaders of the Andalusian coasts: Applications in aquaculture; Taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography and ecology of the world’s Caprellid crustaceans; Environmental Quality Assessments of the marine environment and Development and validation of numerical models of multilayer hydrodynamic flows.

Dr Menez has been a naturalist all his life. His main interests are ecology, evolution and the history of natural history. His undergraduate research was on the subtidal marine molluscs of Gibraltar. Alex then went on to do his PhD on the ecology of land molluscs in southern Iberia, focusing on biogeography and habitat structure interactions on diversity. Alex trained in biomedical science, and also has a Masters in Enterprise Management. He is a Chartered Biologist, a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London, and a member of the Nature Conservancy Council and the CITES Scientific Authority.