Alexis Weinnig is a contracted Research Scientist with the US Geological Survey at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in West Virginia and a Guest Investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is broadly interested in the ecology, population structure, and human influence on cold-water coral and other deep-sea ecosystems. Alexis has participated in research … Continued
Jason Garwood is one of Falkor’s Captains and is from Weston Super-Mare, UK.
Nicolás is an evolutionary biologist interested in the processes that drive the diversification of living organisms. His research combines the inference of phylogenetic trees, which depict the relationships among species with the exploration of factors underlying contrasting evolutionary trajectories, such as those responsible for differences in species number, morphological disparity or ecological breadth. His research … Continued
Erik Olsen is a freelance journalist and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Formerly, he was the West Coast Video Correspondent for Quartz, and for 10 years he was a Sr. Video Journalist for the New York Times, living in New York City and Berlin. He has produced hundreds of stories on a wide range of … Continued
Victoria Sindorf served as the SIO Communications Intern while pursuing her Masters Degree in Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, studying the interactions between macroalgae and coral on Hawaiian reefs. Before coming to Hawaii, Victoria completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Ecology from Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington and … Continued
Johanna Gutleben is a marine microbial ecologist, currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Paul Jensen at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego. Her research focuses on deep ocean microbial communities and their bioactive potential, as well as their relationships with various marine invertebrate animals. She completed her Masters and Ph.D. degrees … Continued
Brady Lawrence is a Seattle-based filmmaker and photographer specializing in documentary and commercial work about outdoor adventure, music, science and the environment. His films, photos and writing have been featured in outlets like Nat Geo Travel, Der Spiegel and The Bikepacking Journal. Projects for clients such as the National Parks Conservation Association, Zillow and Canyon … Continued
Constance is an artist and marine scientist from Florida. Currently, at the University of Guam she studies protein expression to see how corals acclimate to warmer environments associated with climate change. Her scientific studies inspire her artwork and she uses magazines to create upcycled collages of various plants, animals, and ecosystems. On a larger scale, she … Continued
Michelle Guraieb is starting her Master of Science degree at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Fall 2021, where she will mainly investigate which deep-sea species colonize different substrates across mineral-rich ecosystems. She received her B.S. in Marine Science and Geography at the University of Sydney, Australia. Since December 2020, she has been a volunteer … Continued
Kira is a Research Oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey. She studies minerals that form in the deep ocean, especially focusing on ferromanganese crusts, manganese nodules, and phosphorites. The chemical composition of these deposits reveals information about ocean chemistry from the past, as far as 70 million years ago for the oldest ferromanganese crust deposits that … Continued
