DOSI Steering Committee Lisa Levin Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Elva Escobar Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Maila Guilhon University of Edinburgh, UK Kristina Gjerde International Union for Conservation of Nature, USA Harriet Harden-Davies University of Edinburgh, UK DOSI Office Maria Baker Executive Director, University of Southampton, UK Christopher Barrio Froján Programme Officer, University of Southampton, UK Elin Thomas Communications Manager, Australia Bernadette Butfield Digital Officer, UK Instagram Team Laura Anthony Florida State University, USA Samantha Hanson Elise Rourke University of Newcastle, Australia Michael Wintermantel Florida State University, USA DOSI Advisory Board (2024 – 2027) Jon Copley University of Southampton, UK Hannah Lily Hannah Lily Law, UK Julia Sigwart Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany; Natural History Museum, Canada Michael White Hakono Hararanga Inc., Cook Islands/UK Katy Croff Bell Ocean Discovery League, USA Fengping Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Narissa Bax Greenland Climate Research Centre, Greenland; University of Tasmania, Australia Pradeep Singh Research Institute for Sustainability, Germany/Malaysia Leneka Rhoden The University of the West Indies, Jamaica Stephen Oduware Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Nigeria Susanna Lidström KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Katy Soapi Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science, Fiji/Solomon Islands Ana Colaço University of the Azores, Portugal DOSI Working Group Leads BBNJ Harriet Harden-Davies University of Edinburgh, UK Christine Gaebel University of Edinburgh, UK Jeff Marlow Harvard University, USA Paul Snelgrove Memorial University, Canada Minerals Sabine Gollner Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ, Netherlands Patricia Esquete Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Portugal Jesse Van Der Grient South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, Falkland Islands Climate Change Lisa Levin Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Moriaki Yasuhara University of Hong Kong, China Michelle Guraieb Casis Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA; Ocean Discovery League, USA Offshore Energy Daniel Jones National Oceanography Centre, UK Emilia Bravo University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Craig McClain University Louisiana, Lafayette, USA Biodiversity Conservation Task Force Diva Amon SpeSeas, Trinidad and Tobago; University of California Santa Barbara, USA Anna Metaxas Dalhousie University, Canada Sergio Cambronero Solano Sorbonne University, France; Colectivo Internacional Pelagos Okeanos, Costa Rica Fisheries Lissette Victorero Norwegian Institute for Water Research; University of Aveiro, Portugal Matthew Gianni Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Netherlands Bernadette Butfield RSPB, UK Marine Genetic Resources Marcel Jaspars University of Aberdeen, UK Muriel Rabone Natural History Museum, UK Saskia Brix German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, Germany Pavanee Angelee Annasawmy Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité, France Decade of Deep-Ocean Science Ana Hilario University of Aveiro, Portugal Kerry Howell Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK Pollution & Debris Lucy Woodall University of Oxford, UK Nélia Mestre University of Algarve, Portugal Eva Ramirez Llodra REV Ocean, Norway