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Michael Lombardi: Immersed in Science

November 20, 2023  By Madeline Coombs and Frauke Tillmans, PhD

FISHING AND BEING ON THE WATER with family while growing up influenced Michael Lombardi to study marine biology. He and a friend got certified to dive during his junior year […]

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Melissa Ilardo

April 11, 2024  By Madeline Coombs and Frauke Tillmans, PhD

Melissa Ilardo, PhD, is passionate about working in the distinct field of genetic analyses on individuals, primarily in Indigenous populations who have adapted to unique lifestyles or environments.

Ilardo with community members from the Bajau village

Pieter-Jan van Ooij

June 3, 2024  By Madeline Coombs and Frauke Tillmans, PhD

Pieter-Jan van Ooij, MD, PhD, is the head of the Department of Research, Innovation, and Education at the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Diving Medical Centre (DMC).

Subjects participate in a study about pulmonary oxygen toxicity after Table 6 treatments in Amsterdam.

Alejandro Garbino

September 5, 2024  By Madeline Coombs and Frauke Tillmans, PhD

Born in Uruguay in 1982, Alejandro Garbino, MD, PhD, has been fascinated with air and sea since he was young. His passion for the air stemmed from an uncle who flew banner airplanes along the beach.

Garbino monitors physicians in dive training in a hyperbaric chamber