Stian has bachelors in Marine Biology and a Masters in Marine Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He started his career as a sub-tidal marine ecologist and laboratory manager before transitioning over to research vessel science support in 2000. Stian spent twelve years with the United States Antarctic Program’s Marine Division serving … Continued
Dan Strawser is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at MIT focusing on planning under uncertainty. He works in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) under the supervision of Professor Brian C. Williams. His focus for this mission is the FOX planner (Fast Obstacle eXploration). FOX is a motion planner that … Continued
Darren Elvin From Jersey channel Islands Apprentice trained electrical maintenance engineer 11 years ROV experience Enjoys golf and cooking
Paraskevi (Evi) Nomikou is a marine geologist who studies the morphology of underwater volcanoes with extensive experience in marine volcanic and seafloor extruding processes. She is an Assistant Professor at the Dep. of Geology and Geoenvironment of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece). She has participated in more than 70 oceanographic cruises that focused … Continued
Lori L. Summa is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in geoscience, basin analysis research, and petroleum-systems evaluation. She retired as a senior technical consultant with ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in 2016. In this position, she advised corporate management on strategic geoscience issues to ensure appropriate research was performed in support of business … Continued
Ben Ayton is a fourth year PhD student working in the MERS laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He studies Aerospace Engineering and is associated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute through the MIT-WHOI Joint Program. Prior to MIT, Ben received Bachelor of Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Physics from the University of … Continued
David Pingal is Systems Software Engineer with Teledyne Webb Research. His main responsibility is adding new capabilities to Slocum Gliders, and on this cruise, he will be working closely with the WHOI research team working on underwater navigation. Since adding the electronic still camera system on the first Jason in 1989, David has worked on … Continued
Gideon Billings is a PhD pre-candidate in Robotics at the University of Michigan in the DROP lab. His areas of specialization are in computer vision, perception and underwater manipulation. Gideon is interested in applying deep learning methods in computer vision towards object recognition, pose estimation and visual servoing in the underwater domain. Gideon has helped … Continued
Nic Bingham has pursued a career in technical research and development, specializing in design of electrical systems for extreme environments. He has spent months at sea supporting and maintaining pressure-tolerant electronics dived to the deepest trenches of the world ocean, and conducted three missions to upgrade autonomous solar-diesel plants supporting radio telescopes on the high … Continued
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.
