Jenny Walker is a first year PhD student specialising in machine learning. She completed her BSc in Computer Science at the University of Southampton with First Honours in 2017. Her PhD focuses on using her knowledge of machine learning in the field of marine robotics, to lessen the bottleneck between data collection and scientific outputs. … Continued
Yuya Nishida is an assistant professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology in the JAPAN. He has working on development of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and underwater instruments for survey the marine resources. His research interests focus on the automation of marine survey and inspection conducted by humans. In this year, His vehicle which has manipulator … Continued
Tomoko Takahashi is a Project Research Associate at Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, specializing in the use of laser spectroscopy in ocean chemical analysis. She graduated with a B. A. in Engineering at the University of Tokyo where she went on to receive her M. A. and PhD in Environmental Studies. Having completed … Continued
Jin Wei Lim is a PhD student under the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship, based at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton, UK. He has a strong interest in autonomous unmanned systems, and is currently developing instruments and methods to generate high-resolution, georeferenced maps of geometrically complex deep-seafloor energy infrastructures, such … Continued
Blair Thornton is an Associate Professor of Oceanic Engineering at the University of Southampton in the UK with an adjunct position at the University of Tokyo in Japan. He holds an EPSRC Innovation Fellowship and leads the Ocean Perception Laboratory. His research interests focus on developing scalable methods for visual and in situ chemical seafloor … Continued
Lori Hepner is an artist working between the fields of photography, performance, and light art. She also curates exploratory journeys for other artists in an exploratory residency program, River Route. In her work, she performs digitized, luminous traces of landscapes that are under threat due to climate by gesturally re-drawing landscapes with muscle memories from … Continued
Roger Peet is an artist and printmaker based in Portland, Oregon. His current work in graphic art aims to describe the millenial tension between human activities and the integrity of wild phenomena, addressing the contemporary crises of biodiversity and capitalism and what can and can’t be done about them. His work focuses on issues of … Continued
Lizzy Taber is currently working and living in Phoenix, Arizona while pursuing her Master’s degree in Fine Art at Arizona State University. Taber grew up in South Florida and graduated from The University of North Florida with her BFA in Printmaking in 2014. Lizzy’s work has been shown widely in museums and galleries across the … Continued
Sarah Caudle is a seascape artist and designer based in Honolulu, Hawaii with a focus in sustainability. Inspired by aerial views of the sea, she depicts its beauty through dynamic colors, fluid movements, and organic compositions. Using acrylics and resin on wood panel or metal jewelry, each original painting is completely unique and full of … Continued
Jake works as a program analyst for Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, a program of the Schmidt Family Foundation that supports technological solutions to ocean problems. A San Francisco native, Jake graduated from University of California, Davis with a B.A. in international relations with a global environment emphasis, and a minor in English. As an undergraduate, … Continued
