Introducing Eva Ramirez-Llodra, the newly appointed Science Director of REV Ocean. Hailing from Barcelona, Spain, Eva’s journey to this role began in a unique manner. She spent her formative years in a French school until the age of 12. Following that, Eva embarked on an extraordinary eight-year global adventure with her parents and brother, navigating the seas on a 35-foot sailboat.
Eva’s academic path led her to pursue a Ph.D. at the Southampton Oceanography Centre, where she worked under the guidance of distinguished professors such as Prof. Paul Tyler (SOC, UK), Dr. Craig Young (HBOI, USA), and Dr. David Billett (SOC, UK). Her research at the time revolved around the reproductive patterns of deep-sea invertebrates in relation to energy availability in their habitat.
With over two decades of experience as a benthic marine ecologist, Eva has delved into a broad array of topics, including biodiversity, early life-history processes, and the connectivity of deep-sea benthic ecosystems. Her special passion, however, lies in advancing ocean sustainability.
Throughout her career, Eva has taken on prominent roles at institutions like the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), INDEEP (International Network for Scientific Investigations of Deep-Sea Ecosystem), DOSI (Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative), and IUCN-CEM.
In her own words, “I enjoy the variety of my work, being in the lab, at sea, doing analyses and writing up the results, presenting in conferences, and teaching. I also really enjoy being part of a multidisciplinary team that is working towards ocean solutions. One of the aspects of my work I still enjoy the most is going to sea on research cruises.” – Eva