Scientist living in Shenzhen, China. Associate Professor in Marine Biogeochemistry at SUSTech, Associate Editor at JGR:Oceans. Father to a baby dragon.
https://www.hopwood-marine-science.com/
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Mark Hopwood
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The first two MSc students to graduate from our group in 2025 and 2026 sent me a holiday snap with the hoodies I gave them as graduation presents (the photo is much funnier if you can read Chinese...) 😅
Teaching is finished for the semester! So we're out on the paddle boards and kayaks running some surveys in our local mangrove systems 🌊
Different systems have different expectations. In China there is an extremely strong emphasis on 1st & corresponding author publications. 'Other' publications are not valued much at all, so this is reflected not only in how work is written, but also in how teams form.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🪼My best ever snap of a #SeaGooseberry (Pleurobrachia pileus)!
These comb jellies are pretty small, getting to about the size of a marble!
The iridescence is caused by the refraction of light through rows of tiny hair-like cilia (called “combs”) cont…
#underwaterphotography #freediving
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Not to PIER pressure you … but it's your last chance to enter our 2026 Photo Contest! ⏳
We're looking for photos that captivate the hearts of ocean lovers around the world. Enter before midnight for your chance to win big—together, we can put #OurOceanInFocus! 🌊
OceanConservancy.org/PhotoContest
🌊 awesome sci comm opportunity in UK.
Wow. Dismantling the OOI arrays is a major loss for oceanography. 🧪🌊
oceanobservatories.org/2026/05/anno...
🌊🏳️🌈 Raising the flag for Pride! 🌈✨
Today, we proudly raised the Pride flag across all 4 of our sites at NOC!
Honouring and standing alongside our LGBTQIA+ community, we share our commitment to inclusion, equality and respect to all on land and at sea!
Happy Pride Month! 🌈
Humanity's survival depends on a healthy ocean.
Protecting the ocean is not just about saving marine life; it is about safeguarding our future.
This #WorldOceanDay, learn more about action to #SaveOurOcean before its health reaches a breaking point: www.unep.org/topics/ocean...
OCB is increasingly posting more job/postdoc/student opps (beyond what we can keep up with on our website/Bluesky) on our LinkedIn page, so give us a follow! 🌊 www.linkedin.com/company/ocea...
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has initiated descoping of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Major Facility. This plan includes the removal of all in-water infrastructure from the Ir...
From 2016 to 2020, almost one-third of papers by authors in China had multiple corresponding authors — but policy reforms are expected to have dampened the trend.
Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) | 133 followers on LinkedIn. Supporting a dynamic stakeholder network working across disciplines to explore the ocean's role in the carbon cycle. | OCB is ...
🚨 all science officers to the bridge 🚨
I’m looking for Scientists to come and speak at Destination, the Star Trek convention in Blackpool.
30 min + 15 min questions on any science topic linked to the show. (£125 + weekend pass for 2 people)
21-23 Aug.
DM if interested.
