EXPAND brings together a team of over 40 scientists from 13 institutions across 7 countries from the UK, France, Spain, India, the USA, and South Africa, including biogeochemists, microbiologists, physical oceanographers, engineers, and data scientists, with oceanographic vessel and personnel support from the French Oceanographic Fleet.

NOC (Southampton, UK)


MIO (Marseille, France)


LOMIC (Banyuks-sur-mer, France)


LOV (Villefranche-sur-mer, France)


LEMAR (Brest, France)


LISA (Créteil, France)


Université La Réunion (La Réunion, France)


ULPGC (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)


University of Newcastle (Newcastle, UK)


UCSC (Santa Cruz, USA)


UMCES (Cambridge, USA)


UCT (Cape Town, South Africa)


PRL (Ahmedabad, India)


DT-INSU (La Seyne-sur-Mer, France)

  • Emmanuel De Saint-Léger
    Division Technique de l'INSU

  • Arnaud Le Ridant
    Division Technique de l'INSU

  • Pierre McCavana
    Division Technique de l'INSU

  • Grigor Obolensky
    Division Technique de l'INSU


IMAGO (Brest, France)

  • Thierry Cariou
    Instrumentation, Moyens Analytiques, Observatoires en Géophysique et Océanographie

  • Fabrice Roubaud
    Instrumentation, Moyens Analytiques, Observatoires en Géophysique et Océanographie