Dimitri Deheyn

Dimitri Deheyn started his academic career in Belgium where he earned his PhD in marine biology, before moving to Scripps Oceanography, California. Deheyn grew up between Africa and South America, which made him have a global perspective of research, ultimately shaping his scientific profile into being an expert generalist, combining research on luminous organisms with contaminants like microplastics. Using a One Health approach, his work today aims at understanding and protecting ecosystems that are critical to support the healthy future of our societies, working together with a diversity of entities, from foundation and governmental agencies to industries, while building citizen science.