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Andrew Sweetman

Title: 
Dr
First Name: 
Andrew
Last Name: 
Sweetman
Gender: 
Male
Institution: 
IRIS
Country: 
Norway
Email: 
andrew.sweetman@iris.no

Sector:

  • Academic Researcher

Organisms specialised in:

  • Phylum Annelida

Technologies and techniques:

  • Baited traps
  • Biomarkers
  • Grabs and Coring Devices
  • Lander devices
  • ROVs
  • Stable isotopes
  • Towed Camera systems
  • Trawls/Nets/Dredges
  • Trophic modelling

Oceanographic Locations:

  • Antarctica
  • Arctic
  • Mid Atlantic
  • North Atlantic
  • North Pacific
  • North-East Pacific

Deep Ocean Vertical Zones:

  • Abyssal benthos
  • Bathyal benthos

Deep Sea Habitats:

  • Canyons
  • Deep-sea sediments (all depths and habitats)
  • Hydrothermal vents
  • Mid-ocean ridges

Experience with bodies or processes:

  • NGOs (please specify in other below)
  • United Nations or UN-based meetings

Primary Language:

  • English

Other Languages:

  • Norwegian

Primary Expertise:

  • Functional ecology (chemical cycling etc)

Secondary Expertise:

  • Biodiversity / Biogeography
  • Climate Change
  • Conservation
  • Multi-species ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Species-specific biology
  • Taxonomy

Preferred contribution to bridging the gap:

  • Participate in meetings involving policy/conservation institutions and scientists
  • Provide advice and/or expert testimony when needed (e.g at international policy meetings)