E. (erik) Van Sebille
Physics - Marine and Atmospheric Research
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Erik is an oceanographer and climate scientist, investigating the time scales and pathways of the global ocean circulation. His research focuses on how currents in the ocean transport heat and nutrients, as well as marine organisms and plastics between different regions of the ocean. He currently leads the "Tracking Of Plastic In Our Seas" (TOPIOS) project, funded by a 5-year (2017-2022) European Research Council Starting Grant. Erik is the winner of the 2016 European Geosciences Union (EGU) Ocean Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award. In 2013, Erik was awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) by the Australian Research Council. Erik is a strong science communicator, with appearances on international television, radio and newspapers. He was a Media Fellow with the Australian Government Climate Commission and has co-hosted a section on sea level rise in Tuvalu in the international documentary series Tipping Points.
Research Interest
Earth and Sustainability
Publications
-
Hellweger, Ferdi L., Van Sebille, Erik & Fredrick, Neil D. (12.09.2014). Biogeographic patterns in ocean microbes emerge in a neutral agent-based model. Science, 345 (6202), (pp. 1346-1349) (4 p.).
-
Van Sebille, Erik, Wilcox, Chris, Lebreton, Laurent, Maximenko, Nikolai, Hardesty, Britta Denise, Van Franeker, Jan A., Eriksen, Marcus, Siegel, David, Galgani, Francois & Law, Kara Lavender (08.12.2015). A global inventory of small floating plastic debris. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (12).
-
Cózar, Andrés, MartÃ, Elisa, Duarte, Carlos M, GarcÃa-de-Lomas, Juan, van Sebille, Erik, Ballatore, Thomas J, EguÃluz, Victor M, González-Gordillo, J Ignacio, Pedrotti, Maria L, EchevarrÃa, Fidel, Troublè, Romain & Irigoien, Xabier (2017). The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation. Science advances, 3 (4).
