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Meng Feng is a second-year graduate student in AeroAstro Department, MIT and is working as a Research Assistant in Model Based Embedded Robotic Systems (MERS) lab. His current research focuses on robotic grasping and manipulation.

Zach is a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program pursuing a PhD in Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT in 2018. His current research with the Model-based Embedded and Robotic Systems (MERS) group at MIT and the Deep Submergence Laboratory at WHOI focuses on risk-aware continuous … Continued

Greg Rouse is a professor of marine biology in the Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and is also curator of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps. He specializes in the study of animal biodiversity. Greg’s deep-sea research interests include the study of new hydrothermal vent animals from … Continued

Greg Rouse is a professor of marine biology in the Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and is also curator of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps. He specializes in the study of animal biodiversity. Greg’s deep-sea research interests include the study of new hydrothermal vent animals from … Continued

Dave Clague is a marine geologist who studies volcanoes, both on land and under the sea. He is a senior research scientist at MBARI, where he has worked for 22 years. He is also a veteran of 65 oceanographic cruises, with about 2/3 of them using manned submersibles or remotely operated vehicles to observe volcanic … Continued

Peter Vrolijk is a scientist from New Mexico Tech and is retired from ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company.  Dr. Vrolijk received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) in 1987 studying fluid flow and earthquake processes in subduction zones. His work encompasses elements of structural geology, sedimentology, geomechanics, and geochemistry to gain insight into … Continued

David Caress is the Principal Engineer for Seafloor Mapping at MBARI. He studied marine geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and then worked as a research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and as a geophysicist at SeaBeam Instruments and Science Applications International Corporation. Since 1993, he has been the principal … Continued

David Caress is the Principal Engineer for Seafloor Mapping at MBARI. He studied marine geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and then worked as a research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and as a geophysicist at SeaBeam Instruments and Science Applications International Corporation. Since 1993, he has been the principal … Continued

Eric Martin is an Electrical Engineer, visiting the Falkor from the Monterey Bay Research Institute. Aboard this expedition, he will be focused on operation the unique mapping payload that will be surveying the hydrothermal vent fields. In this role, he will leverage his experience in survey operations, system controls and ROV engineering. Prior to this … Continued

Steve is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biology at Boston University. He is broadly interested in the ecology of deep-sea corals. His research focuses understanding the distribution, diversity, and evolutionary relationships among deep-water corals in the Phoenix Islands. Steve has participated as a scientist at sea, as well as ashore, on several expeditions … Continued