
Emily Albines (Leg 1)
My name is Emily Albines. I am a rising senior at Queens College where I study environmental science while working as a peer advisor to students. I work in Dr. Dax Soule’s lab annotating life at Mushroom Vent with the goal of training AI to recognize life at hydrothermal vents. That is where I became familiar with the OOI and their goals. I’m very excited to join OOI at sea this summer!

Yoochan An (Leg 1)
Hello! My name is Yoochan An, and I am

Nathan Bodensteiner (Leg 2)
My name is Nathan Bodensteiner. I am a first-year

Jacqueline Dixon (Leg 2)
Dr. Dixon’s research interests focus on the role of

Megan Gonzalez (Leg 1)
My name is Megan Gonzalez, and I am a

Lacie Levy (Leg 1)
Lacie Levy is a graduate student pursuing a dual-title

Nicole Liew (Leg 2)
Hello, my name is Nicole! I am a senior

Nadia Martynenko (Leg 1)
Hello, My name is Nadia Martynenko, I am a

Mason McWilliams (Leg 2)
Hello! My name is Mason McWilliams, and I am

Oliver Parsons (Leg 2)
Hello! My name is Oliver, and I’m a third-year

Ari Paulik (Leg 1)
Hello! My name is Ari Paulik and am approaching

Isabelle Paulsen (Leg 1)
Hello! My name is Isabelle, and I just completed

Anshul Shah (Leg 1)
Hi, I’m Anshul, a rising junior studying computer science

Dax Soule (Leg 2)
Dax Soule (Assistant professor, SEES) is an Assistant Professor

Guangyu Xu (Leg 2)
Guangyu Xu’s research combines underwater acoustic and numerical modeling