Sharon is an Oceanographer at NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (Earth-Ocean Interactions Program) in Seattle, Washington. She specializes in the development of methods and instrumentation for the detection, mapping and monitoring of hydrothermal plumes in the ocean above mid-ocean ridges and submarine volcanoes. She has participated in numerous research cruises to previously unexplored sections of … Continued
Nathaniel Buck is a research scientist with the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) at the University of Washington and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in Seattle. Nathan received a bachelor’s of science degree in marine science from Long Island University, Southampton College, in December 1999. He continued his … Continued
Carl Kaiser is the AUV Program Manager for the National Deep Submergence Facility and the Deep Submergence Lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He received his BS, MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University with a specialty in Robotics. Following graduate school, he worked for Agilent Technologies setting up manufacturing and supply … Continued
Bill Chadwick is a Research Professor at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon, and is acting-head of NOAA/PMEL’s Earth-Ocean Interactions Program. He became interested in studying volcanoes when he was in college and Mount St. Helens erupted. He majored in geology at Colorado College, where he received his B.A. After college, … Continued
Logan Driscoll is a mechanical technician for deep sea vehicles at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Cape Cod, MA. He graduated from Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. In 2014 he took a position as a pilot-in-training with DSV Alvin’s operations group. On occasion he works with AUV Sentry as a mechanical … Continued
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 Baumberger is a marine geochemist at the Oregon State University and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Newport, OR. She received her Ph.D. from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Bergen in Norway and at NOAA PMEL in Newport, OR. Her research focuses on the … Continued
Tamara Baumberger is a marine geochemist at the Oregon State University and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Newport, OR. She received her Ph.D. from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and completed postdoctoral work at the University of Bergen in Norway and at NOAA PMEL in Newport, OR. Her research focuses on the … 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
