Biography
I’m a marine scientist and conservationist, passionate about using technology to connect people with the oceans we depend on. My work blends science, innovation, and community engagement to create meaningful change. Through the SBS Cooperative and Medias Maris, I’m developing ways for students, researchers, and coastal communities to explore and protect our oceans with remote senisig tools and underwater technologies making them more accessible. I believe in the power of collaboration, education, and open technologies to build a more sustainable and just future for our planet.
Medias Maris
Medias Maris is a pioneering project that aims to build the world’s first federated underwater sensing network, connecting local communities, students, and researchers in a shared effort to understand and protect our oceans. By combining cutting-edge remote sensing technologies with accessible tools and open data, Medias Maris enables a collaborative approach to ocean conservation. Our network fosters global connections and empowers communities to lead the way in monitoring marine health, ensuring that the voices and insights of those closest to the water are heard. With a focus on equity, education, and sustainable solutions, Medias Maris is creating a more inclusive, data-driven future for our oceans.
About Medias Maris
"To sense the sea is to listen, not just with instruments, but with stories, memory, and care."
Medias Maris is an evolving archive of the ocean, shaped by communities, students, scientists, and stewards who live alongside it. Founded by researcher and environmental storyteller Sofie Boggio Sella, the project brings together underwater sensing, creative media, and federated data systems to make marine knowledge more just, more poetic, and more shared.
Born from fieldwork in coral reefs, mangrove forests, and coastal villages, Medias Maris believes that the tools we use to study the ocean must also reflect the values of those who depend on it. That means working collaboratively, locally, and in many voices, building open-source technologies, listening to traditional knowledge, and documenting not just change, but presence.
At its heart, Medias Maris is about connection: between land and sea, between data and story, and between people who might otherwise never meet. It’s a platform, a philosophy, and an invitation — to imagine a more caring, creative, and decentralized future for ocean sensing.