Director:
Katy Croff Bell
MIT Media Lab Research Scientist; National Geographic Explorer; Ocean Collectiv Founding Member
Faculty Mentors:
Joseph Paradiso
Director of Media Lab Responsive Environments group; Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor; Associate Academic Head, Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Dava Newman
Apollo Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems
Staff and Volunteers:
Jenni Szlosek Chow, Education and Outreach Manager; Field Deployments
Dan Novy, Research Scientist; Field Deployments
Avery Normandin, Democratizing Science Project Coordinator
Devora Najjar, Outreach Volunteer; Field Deployments
Océane Boulais, Staff Volunteer; Field Deployments
Amna Carreiro, Administrative Assistant
Morgan Binswanger, Chief of Program Staff
Faculty, Staff, and Student Researchers and Field Operators:
Media Lab Collaborators
[Please see profiles below for the following]
Alexis Hope, Junsu Jang, Charlene Xia, Nina Lutz, Neil Gaikwad, Tyler Schoeppner, Laura Perovich, Sarah Sclarsic, Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar, Philipp Schmidt, Katherine McConachie, Arnaud Grignard, David S. Kong, Maud Quinzin, Lizbeth Barrios De La Torre, Javier Stober, Jess Sousa, Emily Pereira, Nina Wishnok, Claudia Robaina, Alexandra Kahn, Janine Liberty, Chia Evers
MIT Collaborators
Future Oceans Lab: Allan Adams, Evan Denmark, Jake Bernstein
MIT Sea Grant: Michael Triantafyllou, Tom Consi, Keith Ellenbogen, Ben Bray, Juliet Simpson, Carolina Bastidas, Robert Vincent, Lily Keyes, Michael Sacarny, Dixia Fan, Miranda Kotidis, Nastasia Winey
MIT/WHOI JP: Rachel Kahn, Levi Cai
Aero Astro: Jessica Todd
MechE: Margaret Sullivan (undergraduate)
Open Documentary Lab: Tara Roberts
MIT Portugal: Leah Lovgren
UROPs (MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program):
John Paris, MechE [Summer 2018]
Rachel Hwang, Wellesley Physics [Summer 2018]
Sabrina Liu, EECS [Fall 2018]
Rogger Montes, EECS [Fall 2018]
Brian Wang, EECS [Spring 2019]
Margaret Sullivan, MechE [Summer 2019, Fall 2019]
Julia Wyatt, MechE [Fall 2019]
Mariia Smyk, MechE [Spring 2020]
External collaborators:
11th Hour Racing: Todd McGuire, Michelle Carnevale
Boston University: Randi Rotjan , Brian Kennedy
Charles Darwin Foundation: Salome Buglass
City Year: Mark Pierce, Henriette Recny
CVision AI: Ben Woodward
Google X: Grace Young
Harvard University: Peter Girguis
IDB: Gerard Alleng, Rafael Anta
The Incredible Machine: Marcel Schouwenaar, Harm van Beek
IUCN: Kristina Gjerde
LEGO Education: Samantha Chiappetti
LEGO Foundation: Frederikke Toemmergaard, Jennifer MacDonald
Lindblad Expeditions: Sven Lindblad, Ian Tomcho, Amy Berquist, Ashley Knight, Darrel Shoeling, Alyssa Adler, Emily Pickering, James Hyde, Ixora Berdonces
Long Beach Aquarium: Jerry Schubel
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: Kakani Katija
NAS Science & Entertainment Exchange: Rick Loverd
National Geographic Society: Alan Turchik, Kaitlin Yarnall, Jessica Elfadl, Scott Olson, Jonatha Giddens, Denley Delaney, Maya Higgens
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: Kristen Sarri
National Park Service: Mark Adams
Natural History Museum, UK: Diva Amon
New England Aquarium: Billy Spitzer, Nicolle Fagan, Elizabeth Stephenson, Heather Deschenes, Danny Badger
Ocean Collectiv: Ayana Johnson
Polynesian Voyaging Society: Nainoa Thompson, Lehua Kamalu, Sonja Swenson Rogers
The Nature Conservancy: Rich Bell
Nia Tero: Margarita Mora
NOAA: Alan Leonardi, Adrienne Copeland, David McKinnie
Ocean Exploration Trust: Nicole Raineault
Schmidt Ocean Institute: Carlie Wiener
Tim J Delaney Designs: Tim Delaney
University of Haifa: Beverly Goodman
University of Miami: Kenny Broad
UC San Diego: Dominique Rissolo
University of Rhode Island: Brennan Phillips
Verizon Media: Emily Salvador
Virtual Wonders: Corey Jaskolski
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Adam Soule
XPRIZE: Jyotika Virmani
Ocean Discovery Fellows 2018:
[Please see click HERE for more information on this program]
Sulaiman AlSibani, Mariana Andrade, Tassia Bianzon, Tyler Carrier, Regina Easley, Zoleka Filander, Alexis Garretson, Beverly Goodman, Anna Guasco, Lori Hepner, Jovita Ho, Esther Howard, Carmen Hoyt, Jinnapat Indrapiromkul, Beno Juarez, Simone Kilgore, Luis Lara, Lizmar Luna, Ning Ma, Anna Madlener, Leigh Marsh, Leah Meth, Nadia Meyers, Samuel Mitchell, Beatriz Naranjo, Kaitlin Noyes, Jeremy Raguain, Glorianne Rivera Santiago, Nadiah Rosli, Rebecca Rutstein, Harpreet Sareen, Kyle Sorenson, Shanee Stopnitzky, Clarisse Sullivan, Juliet (Satya) Sullivan, Sheena Talma, Andrew Thaler, Ernst van der Poll, Sarah Ward, Alexis Weinnig, and Genevieve Yehounme
Past collaborators:
MIT Media Lab: Daniel Oran, Rachel Soo Hoo Smith, Caroline Rozendo, Randi Williams, Gershon Dublon, Clement Duhart (alum), Emily Salvador (alum), Miriam Simun (alum)
MIT: Siranush Babakhavnova, JJ Jackson
MIT/WHOI JP: Margaux Filippi, Julie Jakoboski, Genevieve Flaspohler, Craig McLean, Mara Freilich
External: Chris Chronopoulos, Daniel W. Mathiasen, Gil Montague, Josh Gyllinsky, Jeff Marlow, Raquel Fornasaro