Participants VISIONS'15
The VISIONS’15 Team onboard the R/V Thompson includes nine members of the ROV ROPOS group, and a contingent of scientists, engineers, technicians, and students that total 36. On most legs, 35 berths are full. Staffing requirements are determined for each Leg based on the tasks to be performed.
Students are integral to the cruise, standing 4-on 8-off watches in the ROPOS control lab where they have responsibility for much of the logging of dive operations and documentation with digital-still imagery. The cruise also includes educators who oversee an intense hands-on, experiential learning program for ~19 undergraduate and graduate students involved in the UW courses Ocean 411 and Ocean 497.
Brendan Philip
Brendan Philip is a recent graduate oif the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington and will be expanding on his thesis research during the VISIONS '14 cruise. ...
Deborah Kelley
Deborah Kelley is a long-time active contributor to the planning and development of the scientific programs and experiments associated with the Ocea ...
Orest Kawka
Orest is a Project Scientist with the OOI Cabled Array program. He is an organic geochemist with a strong background in hydrogeology and sediment geochemistry. As part of the Cable Array team he is oversees several of the instruments installed on ...
Skip Denny
Skip Denny is part of the OOI Cabled Array engineering team at APL's Electronic System Department and has a particular niche for ocean sensors. He has developed sensor systems and signal processing schemes for commercial and military systems ...
Bob Collier
I am a marine biogeochemist, studying chemical processes and fluxes at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps for more than 30 years. ...
Eric Boget
Eric Boget specializes in the operation of research vessels. He is licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard as a vessel operator and engineer. He is also experienced in rigging and deploying oceanographic equipment and is certified by the University as ...
Trina Litchendorf
Bio to come ...
Tim McGinnis
Tim McGinnis's main interest and expertise are in deep ocean engineering and equipment design. ...
Eric Olson
I have been an Oceanographer at the University of Washington for almost 27 years. I have a technical position working with Dr. Marv Lilley on a number of chemical and oceanographic instrumentation projects. One focus has been the study of dissol ...
Chris Siani
Bio to come ...
Nick Michel-Hart
Bio to come... ...
Mitch Elend
Mitchell Elend is an Oceanographer in the School of Oceanography at the University of Washington. He spent several years in the Coast Guard ...
Ed McNichol
Ed McNichol is a communications professional with 30+ years of global video expertise. He is an avid scuba diver and Divemaster based in Seattle. He combines both of these interests through his work designing, building and operating sophisticate ...
Julie Nelson
My name is Julie Nelson. I am a full time faculty member in the Math/Science Division Grays Harbor College, a small community college located in Aberdeen WA. ...
Quae Atwood
I am a third year-student student majoring Electrical Engineering and minoring in Computer Systems at Western Washington University. Although I am studying technology, I have always enjoyed a fascination for biology. Being a long time surfer and ...
Tracie Barry
Tracie Barry has a passion for the natural world encompassed by her philosophy to “always look down.” As an amateur geologist and an avid hiker, she finds herself constantly awed by the treasures that abound in Washington State, both ...
Katie Bigham
This will be my third year at the University of Washington, where I am majoring in Oceanography. Last year I participated on VISIONS'14 and am excited to be back out for VISIONS'15. ...
Erin Haphey
I am a senior Oceanography and Marine Biology student at the University of Washington. This is my first research cruise and I am very excited in learning about the biology and physical aspects of the hydrothermal locations, along with the tech u ...
Jessie Hild
I am going to enter my 2nd year at UW this coming fall and although I am officially an undeclared major, I am incredibly interested in oceanography, biology, and geology. I am an outdoor enthusiast and I am incredibly captivated by natural proce ...
Khadijah Homolka
I am currently a senior in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) working towards a geobiology degree. Since the end of my sophomore year, I have been conducting non-traditional isotope geochemistry research in ESS looking at Mg, ...
Alexander Jamshedi
My name is Alexander Jamshedi and I am currently a junior studying electrical engineering at Western Washington University. I have always been interested with the oceans since they play such an important role for everyone on this planet. W ...
Joe Kalisch
My name is Joe Kalisch, and I am currently an undergraduate student studying science at Grays Harbor College. I have a passion for microbes, particularly as they relate to infectious disease control. As a member of the community who hunts ...
Lauren Kowalski
This coming year will be my third at the University of Washington; I am an oceanography major with a minor in geology. Last year, I was lucky enough to be a student participant on the Visions’14 cruise and I am more than thrilled to contin ...
Jessica Noe
Jessica Noe is an undergraduate student in the UW Mechanical Engineering and Oceanography departments, returning to school after 10 years in manufacturing. She has been a student engineer of ocean technology this year, helping to design an ...
Krista Nunnally
I am currently a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, pursuing a degree in Oceanography. My interests include both biological and chemical processes in the ocean as well as micro and macro-fauna at hydrot ...
Diana Park
I'm a sophomore studying Geology and Oceanography at the University of Washington. I'm from Daegu, South Korea where I used to hike and raised interest in Earth science. This is my first time participating in a research cruise, ...
Emily Peter
I am a Junior studying Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State. I am still searching for what I want to eventually do with my degree, but I am really enjoying working with the OOI and learning a lot of new things about oceanography. I am re ...
Cole Rogers
I am a Sophomore student studying Electrical Engineering at Western Washington University. My interest in Engineering springs from my passion for natural sciences. I became fascinated with the ocean when I took a Survey of Oceanography ...
Erica Sampaga
Erica Sampaga is a senior at University of Washington, double majoring in Oceanography and Earth and Space Science: Geology. She is interested in the deep sea, hydrothermal vents, marine geology, and seafloor mapping. Erica is also a ...
Malea Saul
I am a junior in the Oceanography department at the University of Washington. I am most interested in studying chemical process in the ocean, but I also find the biology around hydrothermal vents to be super intriguing. The ocean is a recent int ...
Jesse Turner
Hello there! My name is Jesse Turner and I am a senior in Oceanography at the University of Washington. My passions are endless, but a few of my hobbies include hiking, biking, slacklining, skiing, soccer, and juggling. I am originally from Vash ...
Kearstin Williams
I am going into my junior year at the University of Washington and am pursuing a degree in Environmental Science alongside a marine biology minor. Currently I am interested in the ecology of marine species as well as conservation biology. During ...
