Panya is a senior undergraduate student at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. His area of study focuses on exploration geophysics. He will be joining Dr. William Sager on his research expedition to study Tamu Massif, the largest known volcano on Earth, located 1000 miles southeast of Japan. His role during the expedition will … Continued
Sriharsha Thoram is a graduate student researcher at the University of Houston currently pursuing Masters in Geophysics under Dr. William Sager. His research interests fall broadly into the area of marine geophysics and geology. He is currently working towards his Master’s thesis and intends to use the magnetic and bathymetry data collected during this expedition … Continued
Suraida joined the Texas State Aquarium in February 2015 as the Manager of Distance Learning and Outreach. In her position, she directs the Aquavision Distance Learning Program and outreach programs conducted for various community groups and events. Suraida has over 10 years of experience in directing and implementing educational programming for varying youth and adult … Continued
William Sager is a professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston. He graduated from Duke University in 1976 with a B.S. degree in physics before earning both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology and geophysics in 1979 and 1983 from the University of Hawaii. After 29 years … Continued
Sarah Nicholas is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Soil, Water and Climate at the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation research is identifying and describing the chemistry and mineralogy of solid-phase sources of arsenic to well water in western Minnesota. Sarah expects to complete her PhD in spring of 2015 and is currently preparing … Continued
Chris Taylor provides electrical system design, leadership, and engineering support for underwater vehicle systems at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s (WHOI) Deep Submergence Laboratory. His areas of interests include electrical systems architecture and performance, fiber optics, and troubleshooting. After completing his B.S./ M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Florida Tech, he spent five years working for the … Continued
Anna Williams works for Dr. Brian Glazer as a lab technician in the University of Hawaii School of Oceanography. Anna performs a variety of chemical analyses to measure products of microbial activity in ocean sediments. Before analyzing the waters around Oahu, Anna studied nutrient cycling off the southeastern United States and uranium remediation strategies at … Continued
Isabelle Baconnais is a graduate student at the Institute of European Marine Science at Plouzané in France. Her research focuses on copper stable isotopes measurement in seawater, as part of the GEOTRACES international program on marine trace elements. Aboard the Falkor, Isabelle will be sampling and filtering seawater for the observation of chemical transformation in … Continued
Justin Fujii is a mechanical engineer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He has worked on vehicles such as the Polar ROV andAlvin, but predominantly spends most of his time working with the AUV Sentry. Justin has participated in a variety of … Continued
Gabrielle Weiss received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in Marine Sciences, where she studied particulate inorganic carbon dynamics. She also contributed to the development of an in situ particulate inorganic carbon sensor. Gabrielle is currently a graduate student at the University of Hawaii Manoa, studying trace metals and is in the … Continued
