Don was hired to rebuild ROV Ocean Explorer MK3 for the expedition, and he works as a liason between the ROV crew and the scientists to make sure that the goals of the expedition are achieved. His background is primarily in manned submarines such as the Johnson-Sea-Link, but he has also worked with ROVs previously.
Hayley is in the last year of her PhD program in physical oceanography at the University of Washington in Seattle. She previously completed an undergraduate and Masters degree in Physics at the University of Alberta in Canada. Her current research focuses on ‘internal waves’ in the Arctic Ocean, and how their energy and mixing has been … Continued
Spencer Kawamoto is a development engineer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He started at Scripps in 1999 as an intern and completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at UCSD in 2000, joining the Scripps Hydraulics Lab permanently. He is a expert field engineer with research interests in coastal oceanography and has spent many … Continued
Dr. Luc Rainville is a physical oceanographer at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. His research interests reside primarily in observational physical oceanography and span the wide range of spatial and temporal scales in the ocean. From large-scale circulation to internal waves to turbulence, the projects he is involved in focus on the interactions … Continued
Ryan has a B.S. (Hons) in marine and Antarctic science (2013) from the University of Tasmania, and continued through a post graduate Master’s degree in Marine and Antarctic science (2014). Ryan’s Master’s thesis focused on the behavioural, temporal, and environmental influential factors contributing to Southern Elephant seal dive behaviour. In late 2014, Ryan volunteered at … Continued
Dmitry is a Ph.D. student in physical oceanography at School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Before joining UAF, he received M.Sc. in “Applied Physics and Mathematics” from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and worked as a research assistant with specialization in ice engineering. However, Dmitry’s interest was always in … Continued
Dr. Lemus has taught and led science education and outreach programs in different venues for over 20 years. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biology at UCLA, and then a Ph.D. in Marine Biology at University of Southern California, focusing on physiological and cellular interactions in tropical marine symbiotic organisms. A faculty specialist … Continued
Gabriela is a Brazilian Oceanographer with a Masters degree in Physical, Chemical and Geological Oceanography granted by the Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil (2013). She is currently a PhD Candidate at the CSIRO-UTAS PhD Program in Quantitative Marine Science and is based at CSIRO. Her main research interests are dynamical oceanography and mesoscale features. … Continued
Annalena Lochte boards the R/V Falkor as a research volunteer. In July 2014 she completed her Palaeobiology studies at Uppsala University, Sweden and obtained her Master of Science. Her research interests revolve around the reconstruction of Paleoclimate and Paleoceanography using Microfossils. In her Master’s Thesis Annalena investigated the link between coccolith thickness and Ocean Acidification. … Continued
Danielle Mitchell is a recent Marine Science graduate from the University of Tasmania. Originally from Melbourne, Victoria, she chose Hobart, Tasmania as a place to embark on a journey in marine biology. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Melbourne, she decided to obtain her Bachelor of Marine Science from the University of Tasmania. Recently completing … Continued
