Science Team
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Debbie Kelley
Principal Investigator
UW School of Oceanography
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Orest Kawka
Chief Scientist Legs 1 & 2
UW School of Oceanography
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Wendi RUEF
Co-Chief Scientist Leg 1
UW School of Oceanography
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MIke Vardaro
Chief Scientist Leg 3
UW School of Oceanography
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Brian ittig
Chief Scientist Legs 4 & 5
UW School of Oceanography
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Julie Nelson
Co-Chief Scientist Leg 3
Grays Harbor College
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Mitch Elend
Oceanographer
UW School of Oceanography
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Mariela white
Research Scientist
UW School of Oceanography
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Andrew paley
Student
UW School of Oceanography
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Han Weinrich
Student
UW School of Oceanography
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Jenn Willson
Student
UW School of Oceanography
UW Engineering Team
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James Tilley
Co-Chief & Lead Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Chuck mcguire
Senior Principal Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Paul Aguilar
Field Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Able Baca
Field Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Eric Boget
Principal Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Ian Anderson Borchert
Engineering Technician
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Evan carroll
Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Grant Dunn
Mechanical Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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steve lambert
Engineer
Oregon State university
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amy larsen
Field Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Trina Litchendorf
Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Dana Manalang
Principal Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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jennie mowatt
Field Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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Larry Nielson
Field Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
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christinA ramirez
Field Engineer
Applied Physics Laboratory
ROPOS ROV TEAM
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Keith Tamburri
ROPOS Assistant Manager
Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility
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Barry Brake
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
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Daniel Cormay
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
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Luke Girard
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
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William Glatt
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
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Peter Lockhart
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
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Jessica Sandoval
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
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Woodrow Straley
ROPOS Team
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE FACILITY
VISIONS STUDENTS AND GUEST PARTICIPANTS
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mai Abualsaud
Student
UW Environmental Engineering
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Josie Adams
Student
UW School of oceanography
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Nick andrews
Graduate Student
UW Aeronautics and Astronautic
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Sara Baxstrom
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Joanne Boden
Postdoc
University of St. Andrews
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Peter Correa
Graduate Student
UW Mechanical Engineering
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Leilani Combs
Student
UW Marine Biology
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McKenna dawson
Student
UW Industrial Engineering
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Gabe Diephuis
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Jim edson
Scientist
Woods hole oceanographic institution
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Ethan Ensminger
Student
UW Engineering
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Eve Farrell
Student
Carleton college
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Jenna Fernandez
Student
UW School of oceanography
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Caleb flaim
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Hanna Gundermann
Student
UW Industrial Engineering
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Annika jorgenson
Student
UW Earth ANd Space science
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Georges Kannan
Graduate Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Kohya Kato
Student
UW Mechanical Engineering
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Eberhard Kopiske
Engineer
University of Bremen
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Stefani Martynenko
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Abbey Moore
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Jessica Pineda
Student
UW Marine Biology and Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
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Yoav Pinto
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHy
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Yuliya Pruzhanskaya
Student
UW Mechanical Engineering
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aisha risnid
Student
UW Marine Biology
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alex rose
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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arnav shah
Student
UW BIOENGINEERING
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ashlee somol
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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anna sulc
Ph.D. Student
UW Policy Studies Ocean Equity and the Univted Nations Convention
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kathryn whitmer
Student
UW MARINE BIOLOGY
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naomi wu
Student
UW SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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Deepesh Mishra
Student
University of washington