During the POLARIN (Polar Research Infrastructure Network) Kickoff-Meeting at AWI with AWI vice director Dr Uwe Nixdorf and Ambassador Magdalena Atria and the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Chile Ralf Miehe, AWI CoastCarbers gave an overview about the long-standing relations with Chile.
During a guided tour of the AWI building, the ambassador took the opportunity to feed Chilean cold-water corals with krill.
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Dr Nicole Biebow, Head of International Cooperation Unit; Dr Uwe Nixdorf, Vice-Director of the AWI and Head of Logistics department; Chilean Ambassador Magdalena Atria, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Chile Ralf Miehe; Dr Bernd Krock, Scientist in the Section Ecological Chemistry and CoastCarb secondee, Hendrik Pehlke, Scientist in the Section Benthic Ecology and CoastCarb secondee; Dr Daniela Portella Sampaio, Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the EPB Secretariat; Dr Daniela Storch, Scientist in the Section Integrative Ecophysiology and CoastCarb secondee; Dr Diego Andres Filun Hernandez, Scientist in the Section Ecological Chemistry and CoastCarb secondee; Dr Kerstin Jerosch, Scientist in the Section Benthic Ecology and PI CoastCarb, Dr Jürgen Laudien, Scientist in the Section Benthic Ecology; MSc Diego Hernández, Chilean PhD student in the Section Benthic Ecology and CoastCarb secondee; MSc Thomas Heran Arce, Chilean PhD student in the Section Benthic Ecology.