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Andrew Billings is a mechanical engineer employed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution since 1998. Andrew primarily works with the Sentry project although he has regular involvement with other projects at the Institution. Andrew has a keen interest in mechanical design as it relates to ocean science problems. Andrew has spent his career creating access to … Continued

Susanna Michael is a graduate student in Chemical Oceanography at the University of Washington working with Dr. Joe Resing. She received her B.A. in Chemistry and French Studies from Smith College. Her research focuses on trace metal distributions in the western Pacific. Aboard the Falkor, she will be responsible for measuring dissolved iron using flow … Continued

Tamara is a marine geochemist working with hydrothermal fluids and gases. She has a PhD from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and is currently a postdoc at the University of Bergen in Norway. She specialises in characterising fluids and gases released during hydrothermal venting/submarine volcanic eruptions to provide insights into their origin and interactions with rock … Continued

Pamela Barrett is a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) at the University of Washington and NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab. She is a marine chemist whose research focuses on the role of particles in controlling the distribution of trace metals in the ocean. She received her PhD … Continued

Dr. Hu Wang specializes in marine chemistry at the School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University. He has conducted research on geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal plumes. Recently, he is interested in organic iron ligands in hydrothermal plumes, and its effect on the global oceanic dissolved iron inventory. He now is a visiting scientist at … Continued

David A. Butterfield is a Principal Research Scientist at JISAO, University of Washington. With the exception of two years spent in Togo, West Africa, teaching chemistry and physics, Dave is a life-long resident of the Pacific Northwest. He studied chemistry and German at Reed College and Portland State University, and earned a Ph.D. in chemical … Continued

Dr. Edward T. Baker was a researcher in NOAA’s Earth-Ocean Interactions Program for 38 years before joining the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean at the University of Washington in 2013. His research interests over the past 30 years have centered on two primary issues: the creation and thermal evolution of … Continued

Dr. Joseph Resing is a Research Scientist with the NOAA, PMEL, EOI Program. He is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the School of Oceanography, University of Washington and a Research Scientist  with the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean. His research interests are trace element chemistry, and submarine volcanic and hydrothermal activity.

Kelvin Richards, the Chief Scientist for this project, is a Professor in the Oceanography Department and the Director of the International Pacific Research Center at the University of Hawai’i, Mānoa. His current research interests include small-scale mixing and its impact on the climate system, ocean/atmosphere interactions and ecosystem dynamics. The present project builds on a … Continued

Holly Lauridsen joined science communication team at Schmidt Ocean Institute after a decade of biomedical engineering research; Holly completed her undergraduate degree at Brown University and her doctorate at Yale University. Although Holly comes from an engineering background, she has always been fascinated by marine biology. As a native Oregonian, Holly often explored tide pools … Continued