Person: Paul Den Uyl

Paul Den Uyl is a research associate with the DeLong lab at the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology and University of Hawai‘i.  Much of his work focuses on contemporary microbiological methods, particularly collection, processing, and sequencing of genomic/transcriptomic activity of microbial life in oligotrophic ocean. He received his B.S. in Geological Science with … Continued

Person: Ana Maria Cabello

Originally from the south of Spain, Ana Cabello is now a postdoctoral scholar in Jon Zehr’s Lab at the Ocean Sciences department (University of California, Santa Cruz). She developed her thesis studies at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Barcelona (Spain), and got her PhD in Oceanography in 2016. During her PhD she was focused … Continued

Person: Kevin Becker

Kevin Becker is an organic geochemist working with molecular signatures of microbial communities in the ocean. He has a PhD from the University of Bremen in Germany and is currently a postdoc at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He specializes in studying how and why organisms leave their particular chemical signals in the marine environment … Continued

Person: Fernanda Henderikx

Fernanda recently completed her PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she specialized in bio-optical coastal oceanography and ocean color remote sensing. Fernanda is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher working with Angel White at Oregon State University. Fernanda is interested in understanding the inter-relationships between optical, biogeochemical and physical properties of the North Pacific … Continued

Log Post: An Ocean of Opportunity: Appreciation and Reflection

As my time on board the R/V Falkor has drawn to a close, I look back and reflect on how truly amazing and wonderful this experience was. When I first stepped on board, I was not sure what to expect. Having never been on a research vessel before, this was a completely new experience for … Continued

Log Post: Expanding Horizons

Seeing the dark mountainous figures of Hawaii emerge from the misty horizon at the same moment in which the sun rose and flooded the sky with rays of pink and orange was incredible. It was a moment I specifically woke to observe, and it was strangely awesome to see our final destination, which all our … Continued

Log Post: The Utility of Wonder

“Eventually man, too, found his way back to the sea. Standing on its shores, he must have looked out upon it with wonder and curiosity, compounded with an unconscious recognition of his lineage. He could not physically re-enter the ocean as the seals and whales had done. But over the centuries, with all the skill … Continued

Person: Corina Barbalata

Corina Barbalata is currently a Research Fellow in the Deep Robot Optical Perception (DROP) Lab in the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department at University of Michigan. In 2017 she received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, UK. She received in 2013 a double M.S degree in Computer Vision and Robotics from University … Continued

Person: Marlyse Reeves

Marlyse is a first-year PhD student in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT. She received her B.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 2017. Her current research in the Model-based Embedded and Robotic Systems Group focuses on multi-vehicle online planning, incorporating complex dynamics and constraints. She is also interested in risk-aware … Continued

Log Post: Seafloor Secrets

It has been a surreal experience to gain glimpses into how the seafloor looks, kilometers beneath the sea surface. It often feels as if I am looking into a realm beyond our own… Hello from the Central Pacific! We have completed the mapping of the planned survey area around the Phoenix Islands Protected Area and are … Continued