Elizabeth (Eily) Andruszkiewicz is a PhD candidate under Dr. Alexandria Boehm at Stanford University in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Her research focuses on using environmental DNA (eDNA) to track marine vertebrates. She uses both quantitative PCR and metabarcoding to identify both individual species and whole communities of vertebrates in the ocean by DNA … Continued
Rosie joined the Zehr lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz in spring 2017 after finishing her Ph.D in Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry at Oregon State University. As part of her postdoctoral research, Rosie is examining the abundance, diversity, and activity of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in the North Pacific These nitrogen-fixers are especially important in … Continued
Richard Camilli is a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Deep Submergence Laboratory. Dr. Camilli received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2003 and maintains a research affiliation with MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His work focuses on developing and using autonomous robotic systems for oceanography, archaeology, disaster … Continued
Angelicque White is an Associate Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University and Courtesy Faculty at the University of Hawaii. White’s research employs various biochemical and optical approaches to characterize elemental stoichiometry, planktonic diversity, and phytoplankton production in oligotrophic oceanic regimes. White is an Investigator in the Simons … Continued
Jorja Martin is a Mechatronic Engineer working with the Underwater group of the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR). She has a background working in autonomous port equipment vehicle fleets. Her current role includes developing, maintaining and deploying the ACFR’s fleet of underwater vehicles. She completed a Combined Degree in Mechatronic Engineering with Honours and … Continued
David Karl is the Victor and Peggy Brandstrom Pavel Professor of Microbial Oceanography at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. In spring of 1973, Karl participated in his first oceanographic research expedition to the Cariaco Basin aboard the R/V Eastward. In 1988, he co-founded the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program that continues to measure physical, … Continued
Edward DeLong is a Professor of Oceanography at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. DeLong has spent most of his career developing molecular biological and genomic approaches to study naturally occurring microbial communities in the ocean. DeLong served as co-Director of … Continued
