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David Spencer has completed a BMarSc (Hons) at Griffith University on the Gold Coast, Australia. He started pursuing a career in research when he was awarded a summer scholarship to work with the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI). The project involved identifying and quantifying the role of small-scale mixing processes during summertime upwelling … Continued

In mid 2014, Carlin was appointed a research officer for Professor Ryan Lowe, and Prof Malcolm McCulloch. Carlin provides support for spatial and data based projects, while also leading co-leading field logistics within the research group. Carlin has a strong background in the spatial and field logistics areas as having spent the previous four years … Continued

Samantha is a Ph.D. candidate in the Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology Department at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the role that hydrodynamics play on the thermal climate surrounding coral reef habitats. On the Timor Sea cruise, Samantha will be collecting data that will allow for better prediction of temperature in the shallow regions … Continued

Joey is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental fluid mechanics at the University of Western Australia. His research is focused on permeable boundary layer flow, particularly the interaction between the fluid inside the permeable medium and the fluid above this boundary. He received his Bachelor degree in Architecture and his Master degree in Environmental Fluid Mechanics … Continued

Dr. Ben Radford is a spatial modeller and ecologist with the Sustainable Use of North West Ecosystems Marine group at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville, Australia. Ben has an honours degree in Marine Biology from James Cook (Queensland, Australia) and PhD from University of Western Australia (Western Australia). Ben’s primary interests are … Continued

Cordelia Moore is a joint Research Associate with Curtin University, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Western Australian Fisheries.  She has a PhD in Marine Science and a Masters degree in Remote Sensing. Her research is focused on assessing and improving the spatial management of marine species.  Currently she is examining the sustainable … Continued

Professor Greg Ivey, the Chief Scientist for this cruise, is the Deputy Dean of Research in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Australia (UWA), a member of the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at UWA, and a member of the Oceans Institute at UWA. As a physical … Continued

John Greene is a first year graduate student at Texas A&M University. He is working towards his PhD in geophysics, with multiple projects planned using marine seismic and magnetic data. His previous research project during his senior year at Michigan State University involved an optical and acoustic characterization of lithified carbonate and other seafloor features … Continued

Vaughn Robla is a graduate student researcher at the University of Houston. She holds a BS in Physics (summa cum laude) from Texas State, as well as a degree in Aviation Management and a Private Pilot license. She is a Geophysics Master’s Candidate at UH under advisor Dr. William Sager and her research focuses on … Continued

Andrew graduated in 2012 from the University of Houston with a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. After graduation Andrew begin working full time processing seismic data for Seismic Exchange Inc. He is currently finishing his Masters in Geophysics at the University of Houston. Andrew’s research will be focused on … Continued