Graeme McMahon

Graeme McMahon is a highly respected award winning cinematographer, director and editor with 20 years of experience. His career started with creating video, photography, editing and graphic design content for the Australian Army Multi-Media Unit where his team won an International Humanitarian Award for one of their projects. Graeme is a highly sort Queensland based … Continued

Jenny Woodman

Jenny Woodman is the Science Communication Manager for Schmidt Ocean Institute. She spent several years covering ocean health and technology for NASA and IEEE Earthzine, where she was lucky enough to join several scientific expeditions at sea. Woodman experienced seafloor mapping, magical wildlife sightings in National Marine Sanctuaries, a little bit of seasickness, and exploring … Continued

Lisa M. Pereira, CMP

Lisa M. Pereira, CMP, holds a Bachelor of Science in Consumer Economics and Communications from the University of Delaware. She furthered her education with a Master’s in Administrative Science and Nonprofit Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed a MiniMBA in Brand Development and Marketing Communications at Rutgers Business School. As a Certified Meeting Professional … Continued

Valerie Cornet

Valerie is a Masters of Marine Biology student at James Cook University (Townsville, Australia). She is currently undertaking her Masters Research Project, which focuses on using remotely sensed data from drones to map out coral reefs using spectral unmixing techniques. She finished her Bachelors of Science at Imperial College London and after graduating, worked at … Continued

Joan Li

Joan is currently a Master of Science student at James Cook University majoring in marine biology. During her studies, she worked on a project to detect sea cucumbers from drone images using computer vision. Thus, she has developed a keen interest in machine learning, mapping and other cutting-edge technology in the field. At the same … Continued

Alexander Havens

Alexander Havens is a Multimedia Technician on Research Vessel Falkor (too).

Douglas Hay

Douglas Hay is one of Falkor’s 2nd Engineers and is from Glasgow, Scotland.  

Steph McLennan

Dr Steph McLennan is a geoscientist making her first foray into marine geoscience and the tropics. She specialises in landscape evolution and sedimentology and since 2016 has focused on understanding environmental impacts on ice-free areas of Antarctica. She uses surface geology mapping, soil science, and technology like drones to reveal the glacial history of East … Continued

Alysha Johnson

Alysha Johnson is a PhD candidate and Higher Research Degree student at the University of Wollongong studying under Prof. Colin Woodroffe. Her research is focused on understanding the evolution of volcanic islands by interpreting seamount geomorphology. Currently, her research is focused on reconstructing the geomorphic evolution of sites in the Pacific including, Norfolk Island and … Continued

David Henderson

David Henderson is a Technical Officer at The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) responsible for the mechanical design, simulation, and manufacture of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) components and systems. He completed his Bachelor of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering from the University of Technology Sydney, inventing a novel 3D printer for which he was awarded … Continued