Ocean Thematic Centre (OTC) is operated by 4 institutes in 3 countries: NORCE in Norway, University of Exeter and National Oceanography Centre in the UK, and VLIZ (Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee) in Belgium. OTC is divided into 5 subunits in addition to an administrative team: Leadership and management, Labelling and station liaison, Technical innovation, Training and technical support, and Data unit.
People and Structure
Leadership and management
Director
Richard Sanders
rsan@norceresearch.no
Deputy Director
Ute Schuster
U.Schuster@exeter.ac.uk
Labelling and station liaison
Senior Researcher
Ingunn Skjelvan
insk@norceresearch.no
Administrative Support
Project Administrator
Nicole Dalton
n.l.dalton@exeter.ac.uk
Senior Adviser Research Administration
Jørund Raukleiv Strømsøe
jost@norceresearch.no
Technical innovation
Ocean Scientist
Socratis Loucaides
s.loucaides@noc.ac.uk
Technical Support
Researcher
Lucía Gutiérrez-Loza
lulo@norceresearch.no
Data Unit
Software Architect
Steve Jones
Steve.Jones@uib.no
Monitoring Station Assembly contacts
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Gregor Rheder
gregor.rehder@io-warnemuende.de
CNR, ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE MARINE
Carolina Cantoni
carolina.cantoni@cnr.it