Rachel Boschen is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Rachel’s current project is investigating the functional ecology of hydrothermal vent communities. What an organism does in an environment, its ‘function’, is increasingly important in understanding how communities work and how sensitive they are to disturbance. Hydrothermal vents experience natural disturbance … Continued
Alexander Duda received his diploma in Mechanical Engineering (mechatronics) from the University of Darmstadt, Germany in 2009. He is currently employed at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Bremen finishing his doctoral degree with the focus on underwater multimodal 3D reconstruction using opti-acoustic sensors. Alexander has over 7 years of experience in the … Continued
Cardinia Funganitao is a native Tongan. She attended the University of the South Pacific (Fiji & Vanuatu Campus) for undergraduate education She graduated with a Bachelor of Art majoring in Law and Geography. Part of her research experience, she undertook research on Kava Production (Livelihood of the people of Eua island) and research on the … Continued
Having a passionate interest in filmproduction since his teenage years, Björn Kurtenbach started his career in 2004 by absolving a 3-year education at the national Broadcast Company NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) in Hamburg, northern Germany. He finished his education summa cum laude as best in his class in northern Germany, as distinguished by the german Handelskammer. … Continued
Dr. Kwasnitschka received his PhD in Geology from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany, and has been a researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel since 2007. His research focuses on robotic exploration of deep ocean environments, particularly in the field of physical volcanology of seamounts, very deep explosive volcanism, and the temporal … Continued
Mark Hannington is the Goldcorp Chair in Economic Geology at the University of Ottawa and Helmholtz Professor at GEOMAR – Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa in 2005 and GEOMAR in 2014, he was a senior research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada for 15 years. His … Continued
Amy Gartman is a Research Oceanographer and Global Marine Minerals project lead at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California. She joined the USGS in 2015 as a Mendenhall fellow. She completed a B.S. in Chemistry from New York University and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Delaware, … Continued
Dr. John W. Jamieson is the Canada Research Chair in Marine Geology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Previously, he was a research scientist at GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, in Kiel, Germany. Dr. Jamieson studies hydrothermal systems and the formation of massive sulfide deposits on the seafloor. This research focuses on the underlying … Continued
Sam has been working in the offshore underwater industry for the last 10 years. As a Systems/Electrical Engineer for several companies in the San Diego area, he has worked with ROVs from the early concept stage to full operation and deployment. He has worked with scientists, police and military personnel, research institutes, oil & gas, and … Continued
Dara Tebo is a REMUS AUV Operator in the Ocean Systems Laboratory (OSL) at WHOI. Dara started at WHOI in 2007 working in the Rigging Shop where she fabricated and tested mooring components and established procedures for testing wire used on the UNOLS Fleet. She has gone to sea with several groups at WHOI deploying … Continued
