Meet our Researchers

Kerstin Johannesson: Snails teach me about genetics and evolution

Kerstin Johannesson is a world-leading researcher in marine evolutionary biology. Her object of study is small periwinkles.

“My research teaches me how nature works, and I can apply my expertise much further. It doesn’t really matter that I’ve learned about genetics and evolution from snails. I can apply this information to any species.”

Measures carbon dioxide and ocean acidification on drifting ice floes

MOSAiC is the world’s biggest ever Arctic expedition. Researchers from around 20 countries are carrying out unique studies of the air, ice, and ocean. Participants from the Department of Marine Sciences are researchers Adam Ulfsbo and Katarina Abrahamsson.

"The effects of climate change are visible earlier in the Arctic and more clearly than anywhere else," says Katarina Abrahamsson.

Isaac Santos digs in the deep mud of the Amazon

Isaac Santos and his family moved to Gothenburg because of a ship.  The University's new research vessel R/V Skagerak is a fairly unique initiative, even internationally.

Now, Isaac Santos and his new research team are going to set up a high-tech mini-laboratory in the Amazon.

Sebastiaan Swart wants to reveal secrets under the Southern Ocean ice

"One of the greatest difficulties with predicting climate is that we don’t know enough about what is going on in the ocean. For example, how it emits or absorbs heat from the atmosphere and how the exchange of CO2 between the ocean and the atmosphere occurs."

Charlotte Björdal studies archaeological wood in shipwrecks

Charlotte Björdal is a leading expert when it comes to erosion bacteria, and by studying wood samples from wrecks she can work out how quickly they decompose. Despite the fact that decomposition takes place more slowly in water, this is a complex environment to protect.

"For me, it’s a matter of conserving and preserving our cultural heritage for future generations," says Charlotte Björdal.