Diva Amon Explained

Diva Amon
Birth Name:Diva Joan Amon
Workplaces:Natural History Museum, London
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Education:St. Joseph's Convent, St. Joseph
Alma Mater:University of Southampton (MSc, PhD)
Thesis Title:Bone-eating worms and wood-eating bivalves: characterising the ecology of deep-sea organic falls from multiple ocean basins
Thesis Url:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/361854/
Thesis Year:2013
Doctoral Advisor:Adrian Glover
Jonathan Copley

Diva Joan Amon is a marine biologist from Trinidad. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Benioff Ocean Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a 2022 Pew Marine Fellow.[1] Previously, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Early life and education

Amon grew up in Trinidad. She attended St. Joseph's Convent in Port of Spain.[3] Her sister is astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr. Alexandra Amon.[4] She earned a master's degree in marine biology at the University of Southampton in 2009.[5] During her degree she learned that 95% of the deep ocean is unexplored, and decided to stay in this field for her postgraduate studies. During her PhD she took part in I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!. She completed her doctoral training in chemosynthetic environments under the supervision of Adrian Glover and Jonathan Copley,[6] working between the University of Southampton and the Natural History Museum, London.[7] Her PhD was funded by the graduate school of the National Oceanography Centre scholarship.[8] She studied hydrothermal vents in the Cayman Trough and spent three weeks on the R/V Yokosuka and the DSV Shinkai 6500.[9] [10] [11]

Research and career

Amon was appointed a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2013.[12] She was manager of the Abyssal Baseline (ABYSSLINE) project.[13] Her research considered the polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.[14] She spends between one and three months on board a ship, collecting samples to take back for analysis in her lab. These included megafauna, macrofauna, meiofauna and microbes.[15] She discovered nine new deep-sea species, including anemone and two new sponges.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] She was part of the Nautilus Exploration Program.

Amon has taken part in 15 research expeditions.[21] In 2016 she boarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Okeanos Explorer and explored the deep ocean near the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, which was covered in BioGraphic, The Atlantic and Scientific American.[22] [23] [24] [25] The live feed from the ship's remotely operated underwater vehicle received 2.7 million views.[26] She is the founder of SpeSeas, a non-profit that supports marine research in the Caribbean.[27] [28] Her research has been featured in several international newspapers.[29] [30] [31] She has also contributed to the HuffPost, Gizmodo, the Smithsonian magazine, Scientific American and Business Insider.[32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] In 2017 she appeared on the CNN show Wild Discoveries. Amon has featured on the YouTube channel Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants.

In 2018 Amon began a two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum, London.[39] She is on the advisory board of the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) and All Hands on Deck.[40] [41] In July 2018 she won the International Seabed Authority Secretary General's Award for Excellence in Deep Sea Research.[42] In 2022 she was awarded a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation.[43]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diva Amon, Ph.D. . The Pew Charitable Trusts . 3 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Dr. Diva Amon earns the inaugural ISA Secretary-General's Award for Excellence in Deep-sea Research . DSM Observer . 3 July 2022. 14 August 2018 .
  3. News: Profile - Yttrium Zone. Yttrium Zone. 2018-08-14. en-US.
  4. News: Love with logic. Newsday. 2021-08-24. en.
  5. Web site: Deep-sea biologist and postdoctoral fellow: Diva Amon Prospects.ac.uk. www.prospects.ac.uk. en. 2018-08-14.
  6. PhD. soton.ac.uk. Bone-eating worms and wood-eating bivalves : characterising the ecology of deep-sea organic falls from multiple ocean basins . Diva Joan. Amon. 2014. 872691732. University of Southampton. .
  7. Web site: Diva Amon. Nautilus Live. 26 September 2014 . en. 2018-08-14.
  8. Web site: Diva Amon Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton University of Southampton. southampton.ac.uk. en. 2018-08-14.
  9. Web site: YOKOSUKA < Research Vessels and Vehicles < Research Vessels, Facilities and Equipment < About JAMSTEC < JAMSTEC. www.jamstec.go.jp. 2018-08-14.
  10. Sumida. Paulo Y. G.. Alfaro-Lucas. Joan M.. Shimabukuro. Mauricio. Kitazato. Hiroshi. Perez. Jose A. A.. Soares-Gomes. Abilio. Toyofuku. Takashi. Lima. Andre O. S.. Ara. Koichi. 2016-02-24. Deep-sea whale fall fauna from the Atlantic resembles that of the Pacific Ocean. Scientific Reports. En. 6. 1. 22139. 10.1038/srep22139. 26907101. 2045-2322. 4764926. 2016NatSR...622139S .
  11. Web site: Deep-sea shipworms revealed by micro-CT scans. www.nhm.ac.uk. en. 2018-08-14.
  12. News: Diva Amon - Schmidt Ocean Institute. Schmidt Ocean Institute. 2018-08-14. en-US.
  13. News: More Surprises from the Deep Sea. VOA. 2018-08-14. en.
  14. Amon. Diva. Ziegler. Amanda. Kremenetskaia. Antonina. Mah. Christopher. Mooi. Rich. O'Hara. Tim. Pawson. David. Roux. Michel. Smith. Craig. 2017-05-11. Megafauna of the UKSRL exploration contract area and eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata. Biodiversity Data Journal. en. 5. 5. e11794. 10.3897/BDJ.5.e11794. 28765722. 1314-2828. 5515089 . free .
  15. News: Past Research. 2015-06-09. Craig Smith's Benthic Ecology Lab. 2018-08-14. en-US.
  16. Web site: Antarctica's first whale skeleton found with 9 new deep-sea species. EurekAlert! . en. 2018-08-14.
  17. News: New Species of Sponges Found on the Pacific Seafloor. The New York Times . 5 October 2017 . 2018-08-14. en . Lim . Xiaozhi .
  18. MACPHERSON . ENRIQUE . AMON . DIVA. CLARK. PAUL F.. 2014-01-07 . A new species of Munidopsis from a seamount of the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge (Decapoda: Munidopsidae) . Zootaxa . en . 3753 . 3. 291–296 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.3.8 . 24872299 . 1175-5334.
  19. Book: Dadson, Nanabanyin. Graphic Showbiz: Issue 863 January 13-15, 2014. 2014-01-13. Graphic Communications Group. en.
  20. Book: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.
  21. News: Expeditions. 2015-06-19. Diva Amon. 2018-08-14. en-US.
  22. Web site: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Gulf of Mexico 2017: Explorers: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . EN-US . 2018-08-14.
  23. News: Life on the Rocks . 2018-08-14.
  24. News: Searching for the Origins of Life Thousands of Feet Underwater . Nestor . James . 2017-11-30 . The Atlantic . 2018-08-14 . en-US.
  25. News: Life on the Rocks . Nestor . James . Scientific American . 2018-08-14 . en.
  26. Web site: Deep Ocean – Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration. engineeringfordiscovery.org. en-US. 2018-08-14.
  27. Web site: SpeSeas. SpeSeas. en-GB. 2018-08-14.
  28. News: THE SPESEAS TEAM. 2017-09-25. SpeSeas. 2018-08-14. en-GB.
  29. News: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer in the Marianas Trench . LA Times . 2018-08-14.
  30. Web site: Mariana trench live feed: engrossing viewing from deepest place on Earth. Hunt. Elle. 2016-05-06. the Guardian. en. 2018-08-14.
  31. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago Guardian : January 26th 2014, Page 72. digital.guardian.co.tt. 2018-08-14.
  32. News: Future Deep Sea Mining Sites Are Bursting With Rare Marine Species. Daley. Jason. Smithsonian. 2018-08-14. en.
  33. News: A Jellyfish So Surreal That It Looks Unreal Is Discovered on the Enigma Seamount. Frazer. Jennifer. Scientific American Blog Network. 2018-08-14. en.
  34. Web site: Sites targeted for deep-sea mining teeming with new species. news.mongabay.com. 9 August 2016 . en-US. 2018-08-14.
  35. News: A New Threat to Oceans: Deep-Sea Mining for Precious Metals. 2016-12-07. Pulitzer Center. 2018-08-14. en.
  36. News: Proposed deep-sea mining region discovered to be rich in new life. MNN - Mother Nature Network. 2018-08-14. en.
  37. News: An Enormous Deep Sea 'Desert' Is Teeming With New Forms of Life. Stone. Maddie. Gizmodo. 2018-08-14. en-US.
  38. News: Dead Whale Contains a Bounty of Life. https://web.archive.org/web/20130320043257/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130319-dead-whale-antarctica-new-species-science/. dead. March 20, 2013. 2013-03-19. 2018-08-14.
  39. News: How Seafaring Scientists Are Mapping The Deep. Science Friday. 2018-08-14. en-US.
  40. Web site: Executive Committee & Advisory Board. All Hands on Deck. en-US. 2018-08-14.
  41. Web site: Management. dosi-project.org. en-US. 2018-08-14.
  42. Web site: Jamaica Observer Limited. Limited. Jamaica Observer. www.jamaicaobserver.com. 2018-08-14.
  43. Web site: Pew Announces 2022 Marine Fellows . The Pew Charitable Trusts . 3 July 2022.

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