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Roman Marin III has been working with the ESP (The Environmental Sample Processor) development team since 1996.  His responsibilities range from assembly and testing of ESPs, assisting in deployments and operation of ESPs in a wide variety of environments and configurations.  He is in charge of mechanical/electrical maintenance of the instruments and evaluation of data products … Continued

Yanwu Zhang is a Senior Research Specialist at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, working on designing targeted sampling algorithms for autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, and applying them in scientific experiments. He received his Ph.D. degree in Oceanographic Engineering from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in 2000. He was a finalist for the MIT Technology Review … Continued

John Ryan’s research focuses on interactions between marine life forms and the environments they inhabit. This research spans microscopic plankton to the largest mammals and fish. Through science-engineering collaborations, John also contributes to augmenting capabilities of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) so that these mobile robots can recognize and respond to unpredictable encounters with dynamic features … Continued

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