Dr. Pei-Yuan Qian Qian is a marine ecologist specializing in marine invertebrate larval ecology (larval omics), microbial molecular ecology, and marine natural products for non-toxic antifouling compounds. Over the last six years, he has focused on microbial metagenomics, symbiosis and bioactive compounds in the deep-sea brine pools, cold seeps, and coral reefs of the Red … Continued
David is the Principal ElectronicTechnician for the AUV Development Group of the Marine Physical Laboratory at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He assists in the design, development, testing, deployment and recovery of oceanographic research equipment. He has worked at Marine Physical Laboratory for nearly 20 years.
Bethany Kolody is a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She completed her B.S. in Biology at New York University Abu Dhabi, where her senior capstone thesis provided the first insights to the biogeography of free-living marine nematodes in the Arabian Gulf. Her research experience includes a semester at Sea with Sea Education … Continued
Dieter Bevans is a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. He received his B.S. in physics from the University of Utah with a focus on noise in OLED’s. His research involves acoustic properties in sediments, deep sea instrumentation, and the coupling of low-frequency sound from airborne … Continued
Allison is a master’s student in the Biology Department at the University of Guam. After graduating from the University of California San Diego, she studied coral microbiology at MOTE Marine Laboratory in Florida. Her current research focuses on the higher-level systematics of sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata) and is part of the Echinoderm Tree of Life … Continued
Than S. Kyaw is an undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) double majoring in Microbiology and Pharmacological Chemistry. Beginning in September 2013 he joined Dr. Doug Bartlett’s deep-sea microbiology laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) to investigate microbial diversity and the comparative genomics of pressure-adapted microbes. Deep-sea microbiology combines his … Continued
Dr. Greg Rouse is currently a Professor in the Marine Biology Research Division at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. He is also the Curator of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps. Rouse earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. at the University of Queensland in Australia and then obtained his Ph.D. at … Continued
Michael J. Buckingham is a Distinguished Professor, specializing in ocean acoustics, at the Marine Physical Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Prior to joining Scripps, he was an Individual Merit Senior Principal Scientific Officer at the Royal Aerospace Establishment, U.K, during which time he served as the U.K. National Representative on … Continued
Cynthia Matzke holds a Master of Advanced Studies from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. She possesses a decade-long cohesive background in journalism, producing packages and assets for NBC Universal, Akaku television, and on independent documentaries. Her goal is to foster conservation efforts by pairing ocean science research with stunning imagery … Continued
Dr. David Barclay is a new faculty member in Dalhousie University’s Department of Oceanography after recently completing a post-doctoral scholar fellowship at the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Barclay has a B.Sc. in physics from McGill University and received a Ph.D. in 2011 from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the … Continued
