The Marine Heatwaves international working group was initiated in May 2014 and is guided by the following people​.
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thomas wernberg

Associate Professor of marine ecology at the School of Biological Sciences and the University of Western Australia's Oceans Institute Oceans Institute. Research focuses on linking ecophysiology, ecology and biogeography of marine organisms in changing environments.
thomas.wernberg@uwa.edu.au

Dan Smale

Marine ecologist and NERC Independent Research Fellow based at the Marine Biological Association of the UK.  Research focuses on understanding patterns of coastal marine biodiversity and the processes that drive them, with a primary interest in anthropogenic stressors.
dansma@mba.ac.uk

Neil holbrook

Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. A Physical Oceanographer by training with interests and expertise in the ocean's role in climate, ocean and climate variability, extremes, and climate change.
Neil.Holbrook@utas.edu.au

eric oliver

Assistant Professor of Physical Oceanography at Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia, Canada) with research interests in marine extremes, climate variability and climate predictability.
eric.oliver@dal.ca

alistair hobday

Marine scientist at CSIRO in Tasmania with a research focus on climate impacts and adaptation, sustainable fisheries, dynamic ocean management, and movement of large pelagic fishes.
Alistair.Hobday@csiro.au