Kyra is a recent graduate from Hawaii Pacific University with a BS in Marine Biology. Although she originally grew up in a landlocked state, her passion for the ocean truly bloomed from the heart and took her thousands of miles away to the islands in order to to study science in college. During her time … Continued
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Jennifer Keating-McCullough is a JIMAR Sr. Passive Acoustic Associate in the Cetacean Research Program at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. She earned her B.A. in Biological Sciences from DePauw University, and her M.Sc. in Biological Sciences from the University of California San Marcos. She has worked in the field of acoustics for 18 years … Continued
Yvonne is a PhD candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and earned her B.Sc. degree in Aquatic Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara. She is interested in identifying trends in cetacean populations using passive acoustic technology by incorporating these data types into different statistical models. Part of her work includes developing … Continued
Artist, educator and marine advocate, Cindy Roe takes inspiration from her deep, immovable kinship with the sea to craft her unforgettable paintings and sculptures. A lifetime of living both on and next to the water has enabled her to express its serenity, history, function and vulnerability. Roe incorporates a variety of media to capture the … Continued
Robert Wood is the Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a founding core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and a National Geographic Explorer. Wood’s work focuses on the mechanical side of artificial intelligence, creating novel microrobots and soft and wearable … Continued
Aly Ogasian attempts to re-orient herself in a contemporary world dominated by data and technology, where the romantic and adventurous spirit of discovery has been lost or forgotten. In these zones, science and technology give rise to the nebulous, the enigmatic, the mysterious — the primary goal is to “make sense” rather than to objectively … Continued
Internationally recognized Artist, Designer and educator Shona Kitchen has divided her time between creative practice and teaching. Her practice is frequently collaborative, research-based and site-specific. Her work spans public art, conceptual narrative proposals, book works, exhibitions and interactive sculpture/installation and design. Kitchen is currently an Associate Professor and Department Head in the Graduate department of Digital + Media, Rhode Island … Continued
Pina Gruden is a post-doctoral acoustic researcher working for the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), University of Hawaii. She is an acoustical engineer with fifteen years of experience in marine mammal field data collection and data analysis and is specialized in signal processing and machine learning for underwater sound. She has a … Continued
Kym Yano was born and raised in Honolulu. During middle school camp, she had an epiphany that Hawaii is absolutely GORGEOUS. At that moment, she knew her future would involve protecting the islands she calls home. In fact, her childhood dream job was to study Hawaii’s whales and help them thrive in the vast turquoise … Continued
