Laboratorio de Macroalgas Antárticas y Subantárticas, Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Magallanes. Av. Bulnes # 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile

Karin Gérard is Associate Professor in Universidad de Magallanes in Punta Arenas, Chile. She conducts research on Antarctic and Patagonian marine ecosystems in the Laboratory of Antarctic and Subantarctic Marine Ecosystems (LEMAS). Dr. Gérard currently investigates the genetic diversity and structure of the crab Halicarcinus planatus throughout its sub-Antarctic distribution in the Southern Ocean, and its potential arrival in the Antarctic Peninsula.