Mark Hopwood

@markinchina.bsky.social

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Scientist living in Shenzhen, China. Associate Professor in Marine Biogeochemistry at SUSTech, Associate Editor at JGR:Oceans. Father to a baby dragon. https://www.hopwood-marine-science.com/ He/him 🌊 🐻‍❄️ 🐧

A drone dragon
Whitby beach
Paddle boarding in the rain
Students kayaking in the bay
Planning meeting on the RV Karpuj
Dr Xuechao Wang leading lab work at the Dapeng field site
Team photo after the final defense
Kayaking4science poster
Cruise observations in west Greenland investigating ice-ocean interactions
Roy presents his MSc project on changing riverine biogeochemistry across south China
The 11th Geoscience Forum will attract about 5000 participants to Guangzhou in April 2026
Lisbon Maru film poster, depicting the ship sinking
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Lecture room filled with students eating pizza
My wife and I are served drink after one of (too) many spring festival dinners this week.
Locations with nutrient data around Greenland 1920-2020
Exploring Yunnan
Visiting the flower market for new year trinkets and decorations
Quote from the cruise log of Maria S Merian on science expedition MSM130
KTV (Chinese style Karaoke)
View over the working deck on RV Sanna in Disko Bay
Downtown Shenzhen at night
T-shirt with a science logo
https://carbon-calculator.climatehero.org/
Clown fish in a breeding aquarium
Sunset over a series of mesocosm experiments
Police arresting an elderly lady under terror legislation for holding a sign supporting Palestine Action
Putting up a sunscreen over large aquaculture ponds
An 89-year-old woman being arrested in Parliament Square
Students paddle boarding to avoid disturbing shallow sediments during sample collection
My first MSc student graduating in her SUSTech robes
Nothing like an interview in Chinese to get my brain started in the morning.... The host for Shenzhen's World Ocean Day ceremony asks me about our recent work in the Arctic.
Clips from our Artic expedition last summer with SUSTech students
Benthic lander being deployed from RV Meteor over the Peruvian shelf