Ryan Vandermeulen is a senior research scientist in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. On this cruise, he will be measuring the biological activity of the microscopic components in seawater by monitoring changes in dissolved oxygen as a proxy for the production and consumption of organic matter, in addition to making … Continued
Jena earned her bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and chemistry from St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and her master’s degree in oceanography and teaching from the University of Hawaii, Manoa. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she followed her love of the ocean to Wood’s Hole Institute for a summer fellowship studying ocean … Continued
Andrew Kang is a Biology Masters student at the University of Guam with a focus in marine science. His current research focuses on the genetic connectivity of Porites rus around Guam. He uses next-gen sequencing to characterize mRNA of Porites rus populations prevalent throughout Guam’s reefs. He is also a research associate with the NSF-Guam … Continued
After a twenty-year career as a finance executive, Brock Callen, Sr. chose to abandon Wall Street and pursue his two greatest passions, teaching children and using the oceans as his medium. For the last twenty-four years he has worked with Sail Martha’s Vineyard, a public access maritime educational organization. As its Executive Director, he has … Continued
To say that 11th Hour Racing Ambassador Brock Callen, Jr. lives an interesting life is an understatement, and he’ll be the first to admit it. Having grown up on the ocean, he learned at an early age that this is where he would spend his time. After studying at Old Dominion University and competing on … Continued
Stephanie Schollaert Uz is an oceanographer who studies the response of ocean biology to physical forcing through remotely sensed satellite data, in situ measurements, model output and statistical reconstructions using proxies. Her research focuses on variability in global ocean color or chlorophyll concentrations, the pigment in microscopic phytoplankton, and the physical mechanisms causing those changes. … Continued
Joyce Miller served as Director of Seafloor Data Services for the Hawaii Mapping Research Group from 2012 until her semi-retirement in June 2015. She still participates in seafloor mapping cruises and is vice chair of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hydrographic Services Review Panel. From 2001 to 2011 she worked with NOAA’s Coral … Continued
Errol Campbell is Science Support Services Senior Manager for Schmidt Ocean Institute. He joined the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) as an indentured apprentice Mechanical Fitter Turner 1983-87 at Rosyth Royal Dockyard, Scotland UK. He attended Lauder College studying City & Guilds and ONC in Plant Maintenance & Mechanical Engineering, remaining with the MOD in various … Continued
Tyler Smith, current Science Communications Intern, has led an itinerant life: journalism in the Midwest, academia in the Bayous of the Deep South, the nonprofit sector in the Sonoran Desert, and wine-making in the Pacific Northwest. Having made a full circuit around America, he’s back in the Midwest to pursue a Bachelor of Science in … Continued
