
Giulia Bellon
Position: PhD Candidate
Seestrasse 15
18119 Rostock
Germany
Expertise
- Ocean and Coastal Management
- Marine Consultancy
- Ecosystem Services
- Cetacean Conservation
- Seaweed Farming
- Marine Ecosystem Restoration
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CV
Professional Career
09/2024 Scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)
2023-2024 Science coordinator and lecturer at Hurtigruten Expeditions, global work
2023-2024 Lab assistant at Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) and University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
2021-2023 Research skipper and field assistant at the Icelandic Orca Project, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
2019-2023 Specialist at the Whales of Iceland Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017-2019 Naturalist at Special Tours Whale Watching, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016-2017 Project Coordinator at Turtle Trax, Costa de Oro, Costa Rica
2016 Marine Conservation Officer at Nature Seychelles, Cousin Island Special Reserve, Seychelles
2012 Research assistant in sea turtle conservation at Equilibrio Azul, Machalilla National Park, Ecuador
Education
2023 Master in Environmental and Natural Resources (two-year program). University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2015 Master in International Marine Environmental Consultancy (one-year program). Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
2014 Bachelor in Marine Vertebrate Zoology (three-year program). Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom.
Publications
2026
- Armoskaite, A., I. M. Bonnevie, D. Depellegrin, A. G. Cabanillas, G. Bellon, E. Kastanidi, M. Neukirch, M. von Thenen, A. Sanchez Jimenez, L. Schrøder, J. Socrate, S. Strake and H. S. Hansen (2026). Pathways to social–ecological indicators in the era of Digital Twins of the Earth. Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability 4. doi: 10.3389/focsu.2026.1767068
2025
- Baumgartner, C. D., A. Selbmann, H. Middel, J. Schulze, G. Bellon and F. I. P. Samarra (2025). Interactions Between Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) and Neonate Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) off South Iceland. Ecol. Evol. 15: e71193, doi: 10.1002/ece3.71193
- Bellon, G., A. Selbmann, P. Wensveen, M. Rasmussen, A. Laute, X. Mouy and F. I. P. Samarra (2025). Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 41: e13211, doi: 10.1111/mms.13211
2024
- Bellon, G., H. Middel, C. Chicco and J. N. Rempel (2024). Changes in cetacean occurrence in Faxaflói Bay, Iceland, as observed from whale watching vessels. NAMMCO Scientific Publications 13, doi: 10.7557/3.7386
Projects
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SEADITO:
Social-Ecological Analysis and Models for the Digital Twin Ocean
EU - Horizon Europe 2021-2027 (01.09.2024 - 31.08.2027)