People and Structure

Ocean Thematic Centre (OTC) is operated by 4 institutes in 2 countries: NORCE; and University of Exeter and National Oceanography Centre in the UK and VLIZ (Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee) in Belgium. The centre is divided into 6 sub units: Leadership and management, Labelling and station liaison, Training and technical support, Technical innovation, Data unit, and Network liaison and design.

Leadership and management

Director
Richard Sanders
Deputy Director
Ute Schuster

Labelling and station liaison

Scientist
Ingunn Skjelvan

Administrative Support

Project Administrator
Nicole Dalton
Senior Adviser Research Administration
Jørund Raukleiv Strømsøe

Technical innovation

Socratis Loucaides

Technical Support

Researcher
Lucía Gutiérrez-Loza

Data Unit

Software Architect
Steve Jones

Monitoring Station Assembly contacts

CNR, ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE MARINE
Carolina Cantoni
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Gregor Rheder