Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Karen Webb and I am a Marine Biologist.

I am just finishing my PhD at the University of Oslo looking at the biology and geology of Pockmarks. The PhD is supported by the Physics of Geological Processes, one of Norway's Centres of Excellence, and the Program for Marine Biodiversity at the Institute of Biology both located within the University of Oslo.

My background is in Marine Biology and I obtained my Bachelors degree from the University of Plymouth and Masters from the University of Wales, Bangor. My previous research experience includes 5 years working at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK, as a research assistant, in the LATEST (Life at the Edge - Stresses and Thresholds) research group. This group investigated the effects of physical and environmental changes on marine organisms. My work particularly concentrated on the effects of increasing sea temperature on the respiration, metabolism and fundamental activity of marine invertebrates e.g. walking, swimming feeding.

I am lucky enough to have spent 3 Antarctic summer season at the Rothera research station, on the Antarctic Peninsula where my research included diving beneath the ice!