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
Val recently completed her PhD in Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, specializing in high-temperature stable and radiogenic isotope geochemistry. Currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the SOEST Isotope Lab at University of Hawaii at Manoa, she is interested in the origins and nature of mantle heterogeneity expressed through oceanic … Continued
Luke McCartin is a Ph.D. Candidate at Lehigh University in Dr. Santiago Herrera’s lab. Luke grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and has spent his life pursuing a deeper knowledge of the ocean. He has a passion for understanding how the marine life in different parts of the oceans differs and how the distribution of … Continued
Tim Shank is a deep-sea biologist, an Associate Scientist in the Biology Department, and the former Director of the Ocean Exploration Institute at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The research in his lab is focused on understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes that structure the diversity of deep-ocean benthic communities, including larval dispersal, colonization, habitat … Continued
Anna Gauthier is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Harvard University. Her research utilizes molecular biology to interrogate how the immune systems of aquatic animals interact with their surrounding microbial environment to promote host repair and defense. Specifically, on the R/V Falkor, Anna will be researching how the primordial immune systems of basal metazoans interact with … Continued
Alexis is interested in the diversity and distribution of deep-sea coral species on seamounts in the remote Central Pacific with a focus on the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA). She will be conducting a preliminary video assessment of large-scale patterns of coral abundance and diversity across seamounts in PIPA. Additionally, she is interested in cataloguing … Continued
Abby Keller is a laboratory assistant in Dr. Erik Cordes’ marine ecology lab at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She graduated from Haverford College in May 2017 with a major in Biology and a minor in Environmental Studies. At Haverford, she worked in a marine biology lab to research the microorganisms that comprise the skin … Continued
As a scientist, Dr. Terry Naumann specializes in igneous petrology and volcanology, but his primary love and focus has always been as an educator in the geological sciences. He recently retired as an associate professor from the University of Alaska Anchorage, where he taught legions of undergrad courses in physical geology, volcanology, petrology, mineralogy, and … Continued
Max Rintoul is a volunteer interested in the impact that anthropogenic changes in marine chemistry and rising sea levels will have on coral reefs. Max recently graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy from the Australian National University, where he received 1st Class Honours for his research into the calcification regimes present within coral reef frameworks. … Continued
Bill Chadwick is a Research Professor at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon, and is acting-head of NOAA/PMEL’s Earth-Ocean Interactions Program. He became interested in studying volcanoes when he was in college and Mount St. Helens erupted. He majored in geology at Colorado College, where he received his B.A. After college, … Continued
