About me

I'm a marine biologist whose research explores the patterns of life in the deep ocean that covers most of our planet. As a "bathynaut", I went on the first minisub dive to the world's deepest hydrothermal vents (hot springs 5 km / 3.1 miles down on the ocean floor) and the first minisub dives to reach 1 km (0.62 miles) deep in the Antarctic.
I'm also a science communicator (e.g. contributor to BBC Blue Planet II), "popular science" writer (e.g. author of Ask An Ocean Explorer; former staffer at New Scientist), educator (Associate Prof at the University of Southampton), and co-founder of a capacity-building company that provides training for scientists to share their work with wider audiences.
Five thousand metres under the sea: my journey to another world | Jon Copley http://t.co/jMh662LVUL
— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) July 5, 2013
Just How Little Do We Know about the Ocean Floor? http://t.co/NHj5ltbA7E #ocean #Science
— Scientific American (@sciam) October 12, 2014
"Mission Antarctica: The Scientist"
(Alucia Productions / OceanX for BBC Earth #OurBluePlanet)