Glenn is an associate professor in the Department of Oceanography at UH Manoa. Originally from New Zealand, he obtained his PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to Hawaii for a post-doctoral position, and was fortunate to get a faculty position before having to leave the Hawaiian Islands. He is a physical … Continued
Dr. Eric Firing is an oceanographer interested in the structure and dynamics of ocean currents and flow on all scales, from the global circulation down through waves and turbulence to mixing. He works primarily with current profiling instrumentation. The complex system of zonal currents below the thermocline at low latitudes has been a central interest, … Continued
In Arizona, Jennifer’s first college course, Introduction to Cinema, awakened her love of film. She then completed a science transfer degree in Oregon before moving to Hawaii in 2009 to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. Jennifer recently graduated with a BS in Global Environmental Science and a minor in Theater. She wrote her thesis … Continued
Andre Natarov is an assistant researcher with the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) at the University of Hawai`i. He holds a PhD in Physical Oceanography and Scientific Computing from The University of Michigan. Among his areas of expertise are waves in geophysical fluids and hydrodynamic instabilities. He is also interested in understanding processes associated with … Continued
Øyvind is a graduate student in Physical Oceanography at the University of Hawai’i. He is currently studying tropical mixing using data from moored current profilers and shipboard measurements in the Western Equatorial Pacific. Øyvind has a BSc in Physics from the University of Iceland. He has previously analysed currents in a submarine canyon off Western … Continued
Chang-Su Hong is a research scientist for the Physical Oceanography Division at the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST). His primary responsibilities are field observation and basic data processing. He specializes in operating various instruments such as the microstructure profiler, CTD and ADCP. He has participated in many survey cruises in the western … Continued
Suyun Noh is a Ph.D. candidate in physical oceanography at Seoul Nat’l University. She got a M.S. with the thesis focusing on semidiurnal and diurnal currents in the East China Sea shelf. Recently, her research focuses on the near-inertial internal waves observed in the Southwestern East/Japan Sea. Suyun is also interested in the variation of … Continued
Zac Berkowitz is an engineer and part of the SENTRY AUV operations team. His duties revolve around the electrical and software systems for the vehicle, their continued development, maintenance, and inevitable trouble shooting. He received a B.S. in Physics from Case Western Reserve University, followed by a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of … Continued
Mike McCarthy is a Mechanical Technician with the SENTRY AUV Group. Since starting at WHOI in 2003, he has worked with the Mooring Operations, Engineering and Field Support Group, overseen deck operations for Jumbo Piston Core, Gravity Core and Multicore, and been a member of the ALVIN Group, making pilot in 2008. More recently Mike … Continued
Thom Hoffman is a UK-based filmmaker and multimedia journalist. His work bridges science, art, and humour to make complex ideas accessible to all. Thom’s projects have seen him travel far and wide, from trekking with altitude researchers around Everest Basecamp, to filming in a ‘Mars representative environment’ just outside London. He is driven by finding … Continued
