Eric King has been involved within the maritime industry for over 25 years. During his career he has supported organizations engaged in the management of oceanographic research vessels, ocean salvage fleets, and marine construction platforms, as well as maritime regulatory compliance while an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He started with Schmidt Ocean Institute … Continued
Luke MacNutt is one of Falkor’s Second Officers.
Alexander Mapa is one of R/V Falkor’s fitters.
Camilla is assistant researcher at the Hatfield Marine Science Centre in Newport on the Oregon coast, and works within various groups (Oregon State University (OSU), NOAA, CIMRS and PMEL) based in Newport and in Seattle, Washington State. She is a fairly new member of OSU and CIRMS, having started back in August 2016. She acts … Continued
Carl Maxfield is a chef on Research Vessel Falkor (too).
Originally from northern Germany, Christian is now staff researcher at the Marine Geoscience department at GNS Science in New Zealand. After finishing school in provincial northern Germany, he joined the University of Kiel to study marine geology. A few years later he received his Diploma from the University of Kiel, followed by a PhD in … Continued
Dr. Hu Wang specializes in marine chemistry at the School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University, China. He has conducted research on geochemical characteristics of hydrothermal plumes. Recently, he is interested in organic iron ligands in hydrothermal plumes, and its effect on the global oceanic dissolved iron inventory. He received his M.S. in marine … Continued
Aranteiti joined fisheries in 2004, working with the Research and Monitoring Unit doing mostly coastal fisheries surveys, including fish count and invertebrate survey. In 2010 he joined the PIPA Team and also went on the 2015 PIPA Expedition. He is a member of the PIPA Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and a counterpart for visiting scientists … Continued
Tony McCann is one of Falkor’s Second Officers and is from Paisley, Scotland.
David Gruber is Professor of Biology at City University of New York, Baruch College & The CUNY Graduate Center; Emerging Explorer at the National Geographic Society and Research Associate in Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History. His research pertains to marine biology, photosynthesis genomics and biofluorescence/bioluminescence on coral reefs. He and his collaborators have … Continued
