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Meet the Research Team

Lead scientists

Rob Reves-Sohn

Rob Reves-Sohn
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Hanumant Singh

Hanumant Singh
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Timothy Shank

Timothy Shank
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Susan Humphris

Susan Humphris
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Henrietta Edmonds

Henrietta Edmonds
University of Texas Marine Science Institute

Collaborators

Peter Winsor

Peter Winsor
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Vera Schlindwein

Vera Schlindwein
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Elisabeth Helmke

Elisabeth Helmke
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Bengt Liljebladh

Bengt Liljebladh
Goteburg University, Sweden

Engineering and Instrumentation

John Kemp

John Kemp
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Phil Forte

Phil Forte
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

John Bailey

John Bailey
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Mike Jakuba

Mike Jakuba
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

George Tupper

George Tupper
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ko-ichi Nakamura

Ko-ichi Nakamura
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Science & Tech., Japan

Clifford Pontbriand

Clifford Pontbriand
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Frank Weyer

Frank Weyer
Freelance

 

 

Graduate Students

Lucia Upchurch

Lucia Upchurch
University of Texas-Austin

 

Clayton Kunz

Clayton Kunz
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Taichi Sato

Taichi Sato
ORI, University of Tokyo

 

Julia Linder

Julia Linder
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Maria Tausendfreund

Maria Tausendfreund
Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

Clair Willis

Claire Willis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Christian Stranne

Christian Stranne
Sweden
 

Media team

Chris Linder

Chris Linder
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Lonny Lippsett

Lonny Lippsett
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Devin Ruddick

Devin Ruddick
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Katherine Spencer Joyce

Katherine Joyce
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Kathy Patterson

Kathy Patterson
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tim Silva

Tim Silva
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

Erica Lloyd

Erica Lloyd
Freelance Journalist