Rui Caldeira

A few weeks ago, coinciding with the visit of Drs. Cindy Lee and Albert Calbet, we also enjoyed the visit of Dr. Rui Caldeira. He was born in Funchal, Madeira Island and received his B.Sc. in Ocean Sciences in 1995 and a MSc. in Applied Marine Sciences in 1996 from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory. In 2002, he concluded his PhD. entitled “Multidisciplinary oceanographic studies of small islands in the Southern California Bight” from the University of California. He concluded two post-doctoral fellowships at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisboa. In both, he refined his knowledge of numerical models studies of geophysical fluid dynamics. Dr. Caldeira has several published papers, and teaching experience at the Universities of California, New South Wales, Madeira and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Dr. Rui Caldeira

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In front of the dining room of the future Institute of Oceanography. From left to right: Ted Packard, Santiago Hernández-León, Cindy Lee, Iván Alonso, Albert Calbet, Rui Caldeira, Javier Arístegui and Pablo Sangrà (pirates of the biosphere).

The same team but including May Gómez. You can win a lecture next week by Paul del Giorgio if you guess who was the photographer.

The paper today is related to the feeding of dinoflagellates on diatoms in Antarctic waters. This is a key point to those studying the control of microzooplankton on primary production. It is also of interest for those who are going to visit Antarctica next year.