Sobre nós
Guardiões do oceano criando tecnologia prática.
A Reef Support tem sede nos Países Baixos e trabalha com engenheiros, cientistas e parceiros de conservação focados em recifes de coral, ervas marinhas e mangues. Combinamos dados de campo com ferramentas digitais e programas comunitários para apoiar o trabalho de monitoramento e restauração.
Nossa missão
Agir de forma prática pela conservação marinha, combinando dados de campo, ferramentas modernas e monitoramento liderado pela comunidade.
Em que acreditamos
Recifes de coral, ervas marinhas e mangues saudáveis protegem as economias costeiras e a biodiversidade. Projetamos sistemas de monitoramento que ajudam os parceiros a passar dos dados de campo a evidências compartilhadas e fluxos de relatórios.
Colaboração aberta
Construímos junto com ONGs, universidades e equipes locais de campo.
Ferramentas prontas para o campo
Trabalhe offline e em ambientes remotos quando necessário.
Cuidado compartilhado
Ciência participativa com notas claras de controle de qualidade e proveniência.
Nossa equipe
Conheça as pessoas por trás da Reef Support.
Marcel Kempers
Co-Founder & Director
Marcel is a serial social entrepreneur with the personal mission of bringing nature-based solutions and an international outlook to local communities. After spending a period of his life in the Caribbean, he saw how threatened our marine ecosystems are, he has found that sustainable travel and the technology to connect people can really make an impact on reef conservation in this decade.
Nikole Gualdron Chaparro
Project Manager & Travel Coordinator
Nikole is a diver and marine conservationist at heart, from Bogota, Colombia, and has an education in biology. Nikole is also passionate about educating others and has experience in conservation of bottlenose dolphins in the Mediterranean in Sardegna, Italy. We are proud to have such a kind and dedicated to develop the Reef Ranger program for travel and training for Open Coral AI.
Sofía Pareja Galindo
Community Manager
Sofía is in charge of our Reef Ranger community. She is a passionate diver and graphic designer, graduated from Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is convinced that graphic design is one of the most powerful tools to make visible everything that contributes to the construction of a better, more sensitive, more empathic and a more sustainable world.
Yohan Runhaar
Co-Founder & CTO
Yohan is a computer scientist with an affinity for artificial intelligence and big data, and is the CTO and lead developer for Reef Support's AI and software tools. Having grown up around the globe, and having been exposed to various ecosystems, he is passionated about applying technology to help nature. At Reef Support he is in charge of developing novel solutions for marine research.