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Tomer Ketter is a passionate and experienced Hydrographer and Oceanographer, currently with the Science Department on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship research vessel Falkor (too). During his two decades on the water, Tomer has participated and led numerous mapping expeditions in remote waters exposing and documenting underwater landscapes through advanced mapping technologies and GIS visualizations. … Continued

Marie Hill has been with Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s Cetacean Research Program and the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research since 2006. She earned her B.S. in Marine Science and Biology at the University of Tampa and her M.S. in Biological Oceanography at Florida State University. She loves traveling and any outdoor activity … Continued

Kaitlyn Becker is a PhD candidate in the Microrobotics Lab at Harvard University, where she works on the design and fabrication of soft robots. She completed her BS in Mechanical Engineering at MIT in 2009 and has worked in medical device manufacturing and nano-fabrication research before returning to school to create unusual robots. Some of … Continued

Joost Daniels is a senior research technician in the Bioinspiration Lab at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). His education includes a bachelor’s and master’s degree in applied physics from Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands, with a specialization in plasma & radiation physics and a minor in sustainable energy technology. As part … Continued

Emery Nolasco is an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) Operations Engineer at MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute). She graduated from the University of California, Merced with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. During her time at UC Merced, Emery was president of the Robotics Society competing in Autonomous Land Vehicles and Combat robots. She also worked on systems … Continued

Andy Collins manages the Mokupāpapa Discovery Center for Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and has been working for NOAAʻs Office of National Marine Sanctuaries since 2001. He has led several expeditions, and teacher programs in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and works on education and outreach to share the stories these kupuna islands have to tell … Continued

Eric Klingberg is a B.S. student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, in his senior year in the Global Environmental Science (GES) program, and pursuing the Sustainability Science track with an interest in fisheries management. He is apart of Dr. Jeffrey Drazen’s Deep-Sea Fish Ecology Lab, studying size structures of bait-attending communities in the Clarion-Clipperton … Continued

Brennan Phillips specializes in the development and application of novel instrumentation for oceanographic research. His current research topics include low-light imaging of deep-sea biology and bioluminescence, soft robotic manipulators, hydraulic systems, distributed sensing, and low-cost, lightweight methods for ocean exploration. Dr. Phillips is a National Geographic Explorer and has participated in and/or lead dozens of … Continued

Mixed-media artist and designer Bailey Ferguson combines her passion for the social common good with a strong design philosophy to effectively communicate an idea across disciplines. Ferguson earned a BFA in Studio Art (2008) from the University of Denver and a secondary BFA in Communication Design (2012) from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She also … Continued