Front row: Diane Hanano (Education Officer, IODP-Canada, University of British Columbia, Canada), James Gleason (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Michigan, USA), and Rishi Adhikari (Organic Geochemist, University of Bremen, Germany). Back row: Kohki Yoshida (Sedimentologist, Shinshu University, Japan), Jang Bahk (Sedimentologist, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea), Arata Nakajima (Physical Properties Specialist, Yamaguchi, Japan), M.C. Manoj (Sedimentologist, Birbal Sahni of Palaeobotany, India), Babu Gyawali (Paleontologist, Tohoku University, Japan), Junyi Ge (Physical Properties Specialist, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China), Swostik Adhikari (Sedimentologist, Shimane University, Japan), Supriyo Das (Organic Geochemist, Presidency University, India). (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP JRSO) [Photo ID: exp354_154]