Alexis Haifley resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their menagerie of animals. Originally from Ohio, she received her BS in 2010 at Ashland University where she majored in Criminal Justice and Environmental Science. She is currently enrolled at the Evergreen State College in the Masters of Environmental Studies Program and is focusing … Continued
Annabel Slater is a science communicator with a particular interest in the life sciences. She has worked in science communication, television, and publishing. She has studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, Science Media Production at Imperial College London, and Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy at Glasgow School of Art and the University of … Continued
Carolyn Ruppel is a Research Geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Project Chief for the USGS’s Gas Hydrates Project, which focuses on energy and environmental aspects of natural methane hydrates. She received her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before … Continued
Nancy Prouty is a Reseach Oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California. She received her Ph.D. at Stanford University in the Oceans Program and was a postdoctoral scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She joined the U. S. Geological Survey in 2006 as … Continued
Diana Sahy is a Research Scientist in the Geochronology and Tracers Facility at the British Geological Survey (BGS) in Nottingham. Diana received her Ph.D. at the University of Leicester and is presently responsible for directing BGS’s uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating laboratory, which provides analytical support for projects investigating paleoclimate, marine geochemistry, regional fluid flow, and landscape … Continued
Howard Mendlovitz is a Research Engineer in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and works closely with Prof. Chris Martens on deep-sea measurements. Howard graduated from North Carolina State University with B.S. in Chemical Engineering, as well as a minor in Computer Sciences. Howard has been developing … Continued
Alex Demas is a public affairs specialist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Alex received a Master’s degree in environmental science and policy from American University and now covers outreach and communications for the Energy and Minerals Mission at the USGS. Alex routinely works with USGS researchers to share the agency’s scientific findings and activities … Continued
Jens Greinert is a Professor and researcher at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany and heads the Deep Sea Monitoring Research Unit. Jens completed his Ph.D. studies at GEOMAR and Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel and spent 8 years working in New Zealand, Belgium, and the Netherlands before returning to GEOMAR in 2013. In … Continued
Bill Danforth is a marine geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Woods Hole, MA. Bill’s career has focused on the advances in the technology and techniques used to collect, analyze, and publish marine remote sensing data. Over the past 30 years, Bill has participated in dozens of cruises to collect, conduct quality assurance … Continued
Amanda Demopoulos is a Research Benthic Ecologist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and completed postdoctoral work with Lisa Levin at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Amanda has a long history working … Continued
