Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover is a deep-sea biologist with an interest in the ecology of chemosynthetic ecosystems. She began her work in this field in 1982, joining the first biological expedition to hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise. After earning a Master’s degree in ecology from UCLA in 1985, she continued her graduate … Continued
Daniel Gomez-Ibanez is an engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He works on all kinds of underwater vehicles and instruments. He will operate and maintain Nereus’s electrical systems during the AUV segment of the cruise. He has integrated the HD cameras which come from the Deep Sea Challenger project, and will be used on Nereus … Continued
My interests revolve around the development of underwater robotic systems in support of oceanographic science. My current projects include the development of a light-tethered ROV for under-ice telepresence, in addition to wireless undersea manipulation, and long-range benthic survey. I have participated in over 20 oceanographic research cruises with various autonomous vehicles including the ABE and Sentry AUVs, the Nereus HROV, SeaBED-class … Continued
Andy Bowen has been involved in the rapidly changing world of remotely operated vehicles for over 20 years. Trained as a mechanical engineer, he joined the Institution in 1985 as a member of Dr. Robert Ballard’s team at the Deep Submergence Laboratory where he quickly became involved in the design of Jason Junior. After a … Continued
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I’m a Postdoctoral Scholar in the department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at WHOI. I’m an optical and chemical oceanographer who uses the light absorption and scattering properties of seawater (i.e., color and cloudiness) to make fast, in situ measurements of the size and composition of the suspended particles in the water. This is my … Continued
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. Julie Huber, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, working on the diversity and the metabolic potential of microbial life across different complex biological systems. These include sponge and vent tubeworm symbioses, as well as free-living microorganisms within hydrothermal vent fluids. I am particularly interested to answer … Continued
I am a geochemist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who investigates hot-spring activity at oceanic spreading centers. My research is motivated by an interest in chemical reactions and geological processes responsible for the formation venting fluids at oceanic spreading centers and the origin and maintenance of life in hydrothermal environments. This has focused my efforts … Continued
Chris German has been exploring the deep ocean for hydrothermal systems for nearly as long as anyone even knew such things existed. He has a BA in Geological Sciences (1984) and a PhD in Marine Geochemistry (1988) from the University of Cambridge, UK and it was during his PhD years that his colleagues from the … Continued
