Raquel Macamos

Raquel Macamos is one of R/V Falkor’s stewardesses.

Adam Rok

Adam Rok is a Marine Science PhD student in the Martens Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his undergraduate degree in Environmental Sciences, with a minor in Marine Science, from UNC Chapel Hill. Adam’s research focuses on understanding the dynamic biogeochemical and physical processes that occur in various coastal … Continued

Jenny Waddell

Jenny Waddell is Research Coordinator at NOAA’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS), where she oversees ecological research, seafloor mapping efforts, and assessment and monitoring programs for the sanctuary. Jenny collaborates with a variety of partners to implement OCNMS science programs, including staff from across NOAA and at other Federal agencies, State of Washington agency … Continued

Marc Fries

Marc Fries is a planetary scientist within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center. He also serves as the Cosmic Dust Curator, entrusted with the care of NASA’s collection of astromaterials collected by high-altitude aircraft. Fries is a Raman spectroscopist and an expert on carbonaceous materials in natural systems … Continued

Nicole Morgan

Nicole Morgan is a Ph.D. Candidate in the lab of Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor with the Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science department at Florida State University. She received her Bachelor’s of Science of the University of Texas at Austin in Marine Biology and her Master’s of Science at Florida State University in Biological Oceanography. She is … Continued

Linda Welzenbach

Linda Welzenbach is the science communications specialist in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University. A geologist and former meteorite curator from the Smithsonian Institution who has participated on two expeditions to collect meteorites from Antarctica, she is looking forward to communicating this unique search for rocks from space aboard the … Continued

John R. Smith

Dr. John R. Smith is an Oceanographer at the University Hawai‘i at Mānoa in the School of Ocean and Earth Science & Technology where he carries out research and a variety of specialized activities. He has used various acoustical and in situ methods to study the seafloor and sub-seafloor in many of the world’s oceans, … Continued