Published: December 13, 2023
In times of hardships, it is refreshing to take a look at some positive news from the Department. Meet Styliani Sevastaki, an international student from Greece, who is doing her M.Sc. degree research project in cooperation between the University of Haifa (supervised by the Head of the Department, Dr. Revital Bookman), and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany (co-supervised by the GEOMAR researcher Dr. Zvi Steiner). Styliani studies recent changes in the SE Mediterranean Sea by using sediments from the deep sea and is sure that the Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant, which she was awarded with to work in GEOMAR for some time in the context of her project, will help her to reveal even more.
Nevertheless, Styliani is not only an excellent student – she was recently chosen to participate in a workshop by IOC-UNESCO in Chile as the ambassador of the Department of Marine Geosciences, which aimed to teach early-career ocean scientists and postgraduate students the skills and knowledge needed to fathom in depth the ocean and atmospheric processes involved in ocean deoxygenation and acidification, with a particular focus on Eastern Boundary Upwelling systems. “This workshop gave me unique knowledge and skills that will be useful in my future interdisciplinary scientific projects as an Oceanographer”, said Styliani.
However, she is not only busy with studying – in her free time, Styliani likes to paint marine life. Her watercolour paintings are based on findings from global ocean expeditions. She believes in the combination of Art and Science and in this context, in the past, she was given the opportunity to use one of her paintings for the poster of the Plastic Litter Project 2021, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Styliani admits that she is happy that she chose the Department of Marine Geosciences, because it has high-quality courses cover a wide range of interesting and modern subjects, and the university community is diverse, hospitable and democratic. Styliani has no doubts that studying in the Department will help her to achieve even more.
Xingyu Li, an international Master’s degree student, presented his study at the Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences Annual Meeting in Tel Aviv among more than 300 scientists.
Elias Mizrahi, a second-year Master’s degree student supervised by the Head of the Department Prof. Revital Bookman, Dr. Nadya Teutsch (Geological Survey of Israel), and Dr. Tamar Guy-Haim (Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research), is working with zooplankton samples from Haifa Bay to measure concentrations of heavy metals. He is also busy with his hobbies – footvolley and soccer. Follow the link below to dive deeper into his journey.
Benjamin Ankiri, a first-year Master’s degree student supervised by Prof. Barak Herut and Dr. Eyal Rahav, takes part in an international joint sailing in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, which both benefits his research and his hobby – Benjamin is a skipper in his free time. Follow the link below to dive deeper into his journey.
