Robert Schlegel is a data scientist for the FACE-IT project, which has the overarching objective of enabling adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic in the face of rapid cryosphere and biodiversity changes. He is based out of the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV), a research outpost for Sorbonne Université. His area of focus is marine heatwaves (MHWs).
PhD in Biodiversity, 2018
University of the Western Cape
MPhil in Marine Science, 2014
University of Cape Town
BA in Animal Behaviour, 2008
University of Washington
An interactive application that allows the user to explore the components of the MHW definition.
A daily updating web application for tracking the occurrence of marine heatwaves around the globe.
Past and present
Research conducted on how sub-optimal a time series may be and still produce comparable marine heatwaves to an optimal time series.
Below please find links to workshops I run: