First day on the ship

We left Kaohsiung yesterday evening and arrived late in Anping harbor where our ship, the OR5 (Ocean Researcher vessel 5 from the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, TORI), was waiting for us and welcoming us with firework. Ok, ok , I have to admit that the firework wasn’t for us but for the moon festival that […]

The GIMS12th conference

From Monday 1st to Thursday 4th, the 12th conference on Gas hydrates In Marine Sediments (GIMS12) held on at the National Taiwan University (NTU). During this week, more than 140 scientists (researchers, postdocs and PhD students) presented their work (through poster and/or oral presentations) on various important topics related to gas hydrates (GH) such as: […]

First days in Taiwan…

Working in foreign countries gives us the opportunity to discover new people, new traditions and sometime a new language like here in Taiwan (Chinese official language: Mandarin). This is one thing that I really appreciate in research (in addition to the research itself, of course!). We really have this chance of discovering the world and […]

Just be curious!

Before starting writting I would like to dedicate this blog: * to my little cousins (Emeline, Ethan and Killian) and tell them: ” Just be curious of everything that surrounds you in this world, it will bring you far away from your home country! Believe me! Be adventurous, talk to people, discover new customs, just […]

Hello world!

Me voici attendant le taxi qui m'emmènera à l'aéroport

Hi everyone! Hello world! My name is Elodie Lebas and I’m a postdoc working at Geomar (Kiel, Germany) in the Marine Geodynamic group. To introduce myself quickly: I’m living in Germany since one year now and I’m working on the processing and interpretation of OBS (Ocean Bottom Seismometer) and 3D seismic data, and my main field […]