Elisha Wood-Charlson is the Data/Research Communications Program Manager for SCOPE. Elisha has a PhD in Marine Science and has spent many years looking at the little things (microbes and viruses) that make marine ecosystems tick. Alongside research and teaching, Elisha enjoys have science communication be one of her priorities, ranging from increasing science literacy in … Continued
Brent Roman writes software for communications and control systems embedded inside of robotic instruments. For the past few years, he has been focusing on the second generation Environmental Sample Processor. Brent’s professional interests lie in open source computer operating systems, networking and servo design and implementation.
Anna is a Research Associate at the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, working in the laboratory of Dr. Edward DeLong. She joined the team to spearhead developing high throughput workflows using robotics to prepare marine microbial and marine sediment trap samples for genetic sequencing. In addition to her laboratory role, she joined the UH/MBARI LRAUV collaboration … Continued
Hans Ramm is a Marine Research Engineer for SCOPE. His primary responsibility is the maintenance and operation of the group’s autonomous ocean vehicles. Previously, he developed atmospheric and oceanographic research instrumentation and supported research efforts while working at NOAA, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Lockheed Martin, and Science Applications International Corporation. … Continued
Chris Preston is a research specialist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Chris’s background is in marine microbiology and she works with engineers help develop in situ instrumentation geared towards supporting ‘omic studies and real time analyses of marine microbes. While at sea, Chris will be helping the University of Hawaii, run MBARI’s latest … Continued
Tom O’Reilly is a software engineer at MBARI. His interests include software and applications for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and autonomous surface vehicles, including navigation and tracking, adaptive sampling, and development of small low-power cytometers and microscopes for use by microbial oceanographers. He is also interested in standard protocols for marine sensor interfaces and networks, … Continued
Brett Hobson is dedicated to developing reliable equipment and technologies that allow scientists 24/7 access to all parts of the ocean. In particular, he is focused on the development of long-endurance mobile vehicles and robotics to support long term time-series ocean observation. He is the senior ocean engineer and lead developer for MBARI’s Long Range … Continued
Brian Kieft has been an embedded software engineer at MBARI, in Monterey Bay, California, since 2006. He has worked on various platforms, including mooring controllers, benthic instruments, ASVs, and several AUVs and their associated payloads. Brian currently works on development of the Tethys AUV—a long-range, upper-water-column AUV designed primarily for biological sensing. Apart from development, … Continued
Steve Poulos is Special Projects Engineer for SCOPE. He has been developing and working with unique instrumentation and data acquisition systems in the areas of defense, seismic, and now microbial oceanography. His current effort, in concert with the SCOPE team, is to expand the spatial and temporal oceanographic sampling capability with the use of Autonomous Vehicles … Continued
Nick joined the Marine Trace Element Laboratory (MTEL) at the University of Southern California after finishing his Ph.D in Chemical Oceanography at MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. As part of his postdoctoral research, Nick has collected hundreds of samples to better understand the marine iron cycle. Carried on the winds over thousands of … Continued
