Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi is a Professor of Geophysics in the National University of Mexico UNAM. His major areas of interest are paleomagnetism, tectonics, stratigraphy, crustal structure and paleoclimates. In past years, his studies focused on the Chicxulub impact crater and the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. He has been in charge of the drilling projects in the impact … Continued
Roberto is a geochemist by training. His interests lie at the intersection of marine geology, and sediment and water chemistry. He has been a member of MBARI since 2011 in the Continental Margins and Submarine Canyon group, in charge of chemical analysis and interpretation, and project management. In this cruise besides being responsible for logistics, … Continued
David Caress is a Principal Engineer at MBARI who leads the institute’s efforts to develop seafloor mapping technology. At MBARI since 1998, he proposed and co-led the development of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) being used for 1 meter scale mapping on this expedtion, and more recently leads a team developing capabilities for mapping and … Continued
Dr. Charlie Paull is Senior Scientist at MBARI with interests in the geological evolution of the seafloor and the processes that occur on it. In the 1970’s and 80’s he worked on the geology and morphology of steep escarpments that rim the Florida Platform, similar to the Campeche Escarpment. As chief scientist, he is focused … Continued
Dr. Holden is an associate professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he began his appointment as an assistant professor in 2003. His post-doctoral research was done in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia with Dr. Michael W. W. Adams. He earned his Ph.D. in 1996 … Continued
Ben Larson is a research scientist at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean at University of Washington. He originally majored in chemistry at The Ohio State University with an emphasis on laser spectroscopy. After spending his undergraduate years studying the tiny vibrations of chemical bonds in antiseptic vacuum chambers at … Continued
Colin is a ROPOS Navigator with Dynamic Systems Analysis Ltd. Colin will be providing navigation and information technology support. A Professional Engineering Candidate, he has developed and used advanced numerical analysis software for ocean engineering applications. Some of these applications include subsea robotics, tidal/wave energy converters, subsea turbines, aquaculture, sensor models, control systems, and others. … Continued
Keith is the Assistant General Manager for the ROPOS team with Highland Technologies/Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility. During the cruise, he will be acting as an operations supervisor, deck commander for ROV operations, pilot, and electrical technician. He is primarily responsible for assisting with the management of the ROPOS ROV, and overseeing design and fabrication of … Continued
Kim is an Electrical Engineering Technologist with devOcean Technology Ltd. As part of the ROPOS team, Kim will provide technical support for the configuration, operation, and maintenance of the ROPOS vehicle, focusing on electrical and electronic systems. As with most of the ROV crew, Kim is also trained as a pilot and as an operator … Continued
Dr. Lisa Zeigler Allen is an Assistant Professor in the Microbial and Environmental Genomics Department at the J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla California. Her research focuses on understanding microbial and viral interactions through large-scale meta- genomic and -transcriptomic, single cell/virion genomic and cultivation based approaches. Her work at Axial will involve the genomic characterization … Continued
