Dean of the Academy of the Future Ocean, Ocean University of China, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education of the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and Director of the Ocean Carbon Neutrality Innovation Research Center. National outstanding youth, Winner of the first National 100 excellent thesis, Chief Scientist of National 973 and National Major Research Program projects, Adjunct Professor of the University of Hawaii, International IUGG fellow, member
Dr. Wei-Jun Cai obtained his B.S. in Oceanography in 1982 from Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, M.S. in Marine Chemistry in 1985 from the Shandong College of Oceanography (now Ocean University of China), Qingdao, China, and Ph.D. in Oceanography in 1992 from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. He was a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia from 1994-2012 and is currently Mary A. S. Lighthipe Chair Pro
Dr. Claudio Argentino obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 2019 and is now Research Scientist at UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Norway). He has conducted research at the University of New Hampshire (USA), Hamburg University (Germany) and Stockholm University (Sweden). Claudio’s research interests revolve around the sediment biogeochemistry of Arctic deep-sea extreme environments, i.e. hydrocarbon seeps (gas- and oil-dominated) and hydrothermal vents
Ms. Chen Yitong is an Associate Professor of Law School Polar Research Center, Ocean University of China.She specializes in polar law, law of the sea, and climate change law. She was a visiting scholar (2011-2012) of Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, United States,andmember of Board of Governors of UArctic (2014-2017). She has published over twenty articles and book chapters in Chinese and English, published one academic monograph on Arctic Law, and frequently participated in int
Dr. Susan Lang is a biogeochemist who investigates the relationships among water, rocks, and microbes. Her research focuses on the transformations of organic matter during water-rock interactions and on determining the underlying physical and biological parameters that control them. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the University of Washington. She conducted post-graduate research at Scripps In
