Gonzalo Perez-Rosales
Deep Coral
His website describes him as a coral reef researcher and oceanographer’, but Dr Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales’s deep dive (literally) into coral reefs encompasses much more than that. He is a quantitative coral reef ecologist, oceanographer and TEK diver interested in the depth gradients of marine ecosystems.
His research aims to link ecological patterns with oceanographic processes. Five years ago, a stint with the Chasing Coral documentary film-making team convinced Gonzalo to dedicate his career to the world of Coral Reefs Research and Communication. He recently completed a PhD at the CRIOBE lab with his work, part of the DEEPHOPE project working with Under The Pole, diving deep on the reef slopes in French Polynesia. He plans to delve even deeper into his topic with a PostDoc at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with the Super Reefs team led by another coral champion, Anne Cohen.
