Dr. Andrew Babbin is a nitrogen biogeochemist, chemical oceanographer, or microbial ecologist, depending on whom you ask. He and his group study how microorganisms reshape their local environment, whether a coral reef, a hydrothermal vent, or in the case of this cruise, an oxygen minimum zone. The bablab, as they are known around MIT, try … Continued
Elisabeth Boles graduated from MIT with a B.S. in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science in June, 2018. She is an avid ocean lover and is passionate about marine physics and biogeochemistry, and in understanding how these processes will be affected by climate change. She has been a part of Andrew Babbin’s lab group for the … Continued
José da Silva holds a first degree in “Physics/Applied Mathematics (Astronomy)” at the University of Porto (Portugal), an MSc degree in “Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Applications” at the University of Dundee (U.K.) and a PhD in Oceanography at the University of Southampton (U.K.). He worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton … Continued
Martin Ludvigsen is Professor and founder of the Applied Underwater Laboratory (AUR-Lab) at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway and has since been managing the lab. Since 2014 he has held a Professorship in Underwater Technology at the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU while also being a founder of BlueEye Robotics, a novel portable ROV startup. He has … Continued
Paulo Relvas is Professor at the University of Algarve, Portugal, and researcher of CCMAR (Centre of Marine Sciences – Univ. Algarve). He received a PhD in Physical Oceanography from the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, UK, in 1999. His scientific domain is mesoscale oceanography. His main research areas are the Eastern Boundary Upwelling … Continued
João Teixeira is a Robotics Engineer in a robotics research laboratory (LSTS). He is a software developer (onboard software – control, guidance and navigation) and is also a part of AUV operational team. During the last three years he gained significant experience in field operations, mostly maritime environments (operating from ship) in cooperation with the … Continued
Kay Arne Skarpnes is a field engineer at the NTNU Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory (AUR-Lab). He has his training in electrical engineering. Before coming to the AUR-Lab he has experience from offshore work class ROV operations with the company DOF Subsea. He has also worked setting up lab experiments in the hydrodynamic laboratories of SINTEF … Continued
Dr. Igor Belkin received PhD in Oceanography from Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow in 1987. He has been studying oceanic fronts, currents, and eddies in all five oceans from 72°N to 78°S, having spent five years at sea in 15 expeditions, including a six-month drift on the ice island “North Pole-22” across the Canada Basin. … Continued
António Sérgio Ferreira is a Ph.D. student and holds a Masters degree in Informatics and Computing Engineering from University of Porto. Since 2011 he has been part of the Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (LSTS) where his work focused on further developing the Neptus Command and Control Infrastructure for UAS as well as being a … Continued
Mary Lide Parker is a science writer, photographer, and videographer. She holds a B.A. in Photojournalism from the UNC School of Media and Journalism. Over the past six years, Mary Lide has worked with a wide variety of scientists, on both domestic and international projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of … Continued
