Lily Simonson works in tandem with researchers at remote field sites to create larger-than-life paintings of extraordinary organisms and extreme environments–from the deep sea to Antarctica. Enveloping viewers in dramatic, atmospheric scenes, her work evokes the immersive experience of exploration. This expedition aboard the R/V Falkor marks Simonson’s sixth deep sea research cruise, having embedded as … Continued
Title and Institution: Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine, USA Beth Orcutt is a Senior Research Scientist and interim Vice President for Research at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in the USA. She directs the Deep Biosphere Laboratory which specializes in the study of the life of microbes in the deep sea … Continued
Jennifer Berglund is a passionate science communicator, and ant biologist-turned deep ocean explorer. She received a B.A. in Biology in 2007, and an M.Sc. in Science and Medical Journalism in 2010 from Boston University. An active science journalist since 2009, her perpetual quest to tell great stories about science and nature has taken her around the globe to all seven continents, from the … Continued
Byungjin Kim is a PhD student in Ocean engineering at the Texas A&M University. He has a BSc in Mechanical engineering from Hanyang University, Korea and a M.Eng. in Ocean Engineering from the Texas A&M University. His research topic is to develop models to predict the dissolution and transport of methane bubbles from marine natural … Continued
Jennifer Le is a PhD candidate under the guidance of Dr. Lisa Levin at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her thesis research is focused on the characterization of deep-sea ecosystem services and their incorporation into environmental management. Le is a fellow of the Program for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research with a BS in environmental systems and a … Continued
Dr. David Nicholson is an Associate Scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His research has the broad goal of understanding global biogeochemical cycles in the context of a changing climate. Towards this challenge, his research uses observations from autonomous platforms, such as underwater gliders, floats and surface … Continued
Beckett Colson is a 3rd year PhD student in the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. He is advised by Dr. Anna Michel. His research focuses on in situ instrument development for total dissolved inorganic carbon dioxide (DIC), dissolved gasses, and microplastics. On this cruise he will be testing low cost dissolved gas sensor prototypes … Continued
Jen Karolewski is a PhD student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program advised by Scott Wankel. Her research focus is on the study of coupled cycling reactions between manganese and nitrogen in aquatic systems using stable isotopes of nitrogen and oxygen. She has also worked using isotopes to investigate sources of nitrous oxide (N2O) in the … Continued
Victoria is an MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program second-year graduate student and roboticist advised by Dr. Anna Michel. Victoria received a Bachelor’s degree in Robotic Systems at Olin College of Engineering, and worked with the Tallinn University of Technology’s Center for Biorobotics as a Fulbright student prior to joining the Joint Program in 2017. … Continued
Scott Wankel is a tenured Associate Scientist in Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). He received his PhD in stable isotope biogeochemistry from Stanford University, before extending his interests into the deep sea during his postdoc at Harvard University. At WHOI, his lab group’s research interests primarily focus on questions … Continued
