Person: Sam Kelly

Dr. Sam Kelly is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota–Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory and Dept. of Physics. He received his BA in Physics from Carleton College and his PhD in physical oceanography from Oregon State University. He has spent his career observing and numerically modelling internal-tide generation, propagation, and scattering–first on the Oregon … Continued

Person: Amy Waterhouse

Dr. Amy Waterhouse, chief scientist on the T-Beam cruise, is a physical oceanographer working at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She joined Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2011 as a post-doctoral researcher, working with Dr. Jennifer MacKinnon as part of the Climate Process Team assembled to further understand global patterns of mixing due to internal … Continued

Person: Peter Etnoyer

Education: PhD, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (2009) Master of Environmental Management, Duke University (2001) Bachelor of Arts, English, Duke University (1988) Research Interests I am a deep-sea biologist and project lead for the new Deep-Sea Coral Ecology Laboratory at NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in Charleston, SC. My primary research interest is … Continued

Person: Stian Alesandrini

Stian has bachelors in Marine Biology and a Masters in Marine Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.  He started his career as a sub-tidal marine ecologist and laboratory manager before transitioning over to research vessel science support in 2000. Stian spent twelve years with the United States Antarctic Program’s Marine Division serving … Continued

Person: Nic Bingham

Nic Bingham has pursued a career in technical research and development, specializing in design of electrical systems for extreme environments. He has spent months at sea supporting and maintaining pressure-tolerant electronics dived to the deepest trenches of the world ocean, and conducted three missions to upgrade autonomous solar-diesel plants supporting radio telescopes on the high … Continued

Person: Paul Duncan

Paul Duncan is one of Falkor’s Marine Technicians, and is from Hexham, UK.