Isabela is from Jalisco, Mexico. Since she was a child, she has had a special interest in marine sciences. She moved from Jalisco to study oceanography at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) where she was part of a research project working on 2D reflection seismic data from Cerralvo basin, Gulf of California. Isabela … Continued
Marc obtained a BSc in Marine Science from the University of Cadiz. During 2012-2014 he completed a MSc in Oceanography by the Marine Science Institute (ICM) – Spanish Research Council (CSIC) in Barcelona and in Las Palmas de Gran Canarias University (ULPGC) (Spain). His MSc 2012-2013 thesis was conducted with the Oceanography and Climate Change … Continued
Luis Vega is a Ph.D. student in Earth Sciences at the Center for Scientific Investigation and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE). He has a Master Degree in Earth Sciences and a Bachelor’s degree in Geosciences. His Ph.D. research project aims for automatic detection of fault-scarps in high-resolution bathymetry data by machine-learning techniques. He enjoys learning … Continued
Ismael Yarbuh was born in the Venezuelan Andes of South America. From an early age he was curious to understand the processes of mountain formation and the habitat that existed in those environments. After completing his undergraduate studies in geological engineering at the Universidad de los Andes (ULA), he ventured into a master’s degree related … Continued
Ale de la Puente is an artist with a diverse background and continuum studies, including design, boatbuilding, navigation, astronomy, physics, and philosophy. She is known for her poetic and conceptual explorations of time and space across a wide field of mediums, ranging from installations and sculptures to drawings, photography, and video including art&science expeditions in … Continued
Logan has photographed in over twenty countries for a wide variety of editorial and advertising clients. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism in Visual Communication at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His images have been published in books, magazines and newspapers all over the world. Publications include National Geographic, Time, … Continued
Carlos Fonseca is a Marine Technician on R/V Falkor (too).
Eric Orenstein is a Postdoctoral Fellow working in Kakani Katija’s Bioinspriation Lab. Eric’s work lives at the intersection of biological oceanography, ocean engineering, and computer science. He spends lots of time thinking about how to leverage new tools supported by automated analysis techniques to efficiently and densely observe the denizens of the ocean. In the … Continued
Dave Casagrande is a Marine Development Engineer at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, and is on R/V Falkor supporting the RAD2 Sampler. He is also responsible for a number of other URI vehicles, including the Wire Flyer towed profiler, a Lagrangian float and camera platform, an 11 km autonomous profiler (lander), … Continued
Paul Roberts is a Research Engineer working for Kakani Katija in the Bioinspiration Lab. He comes to MBARI after working at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 18 years designing and building underwater imaging instruments to study marine animals. He specializes in underwater microscopy, computer vision, machine learning, and underwater instrument design. Paul is dedicated … Continued
