Meet the Team
PHOTO: OCEAN IMAGE BANK/RICHARD BARNDEN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kakani Katija
Principal Engineer
MBARI
Henry Ruhl
Director
CeNCOOS
Benjamin Woodward
Co-Founder & CEO
CVIsion AI, Inc.
Katy Croff Bell
Founder & President
Ocean Discovery League
PROGRAM STAFF
Lilli Wakinekona Carlsen
Engagement Coordinator
FathomNet/MBARI
Laura Chrobak
MLOps Research Engineer
Ocean Vision AI/MBARI
Issie Corvi
Program Manager
Ocean Vision AI/MBARI
Emily Clark
Content Manager
FathomNet/MBARI
CONTRIBUTORS
Angus Forbes
Associate Professor
Purdue University
Jo Simpson
Content Strategist
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Cindy Hanrahan
R&D Administrator
MBARI
Kurtis Wothe
Motion Designer
Independent contractor
Erin Butler
Front-end Software Engineer
CVision AI, Inc.
Michaël Bas
Founder
&Ranj Serious Games
Ellemieke Berings
Project Manager
&Ranj Serious Games
Susan Poulton
VP of Strategy & Communications
Ocean Discovery League
Kevin Barnard
Software Engineer
MBARI
Carlos Rueda
Senior Software Engineer
MBARI
Katherine Parker
Graphic Designer
Independent contractor
Brian Tate
CTO
CVision AI, Inc.
Meggy Pepelanova
Game Designer
&Ranj Serious Games
Brian Kennedy
Chief Scientist
Ocean Discovery League
Joost Daniels
Research Engineer
MBARI
Brian Schlining
Senior Software Engineer
MBARI
Mark Taipan
Software Engineer
CVision AI, Inc.
Genevieve Patterson
Computer Vision & HCI Researcher
Barderry Consulting
Henrique Campos
Developer
&Ranj Serious Games
Eric Orenstein
Senior Research Scientist
National Oceanography Centre
Giovanna Sainz
Research Assistant
MBARI
Gautam Shah
Founder
Internet of Elephants
Jonathan Takahasi
Co-Founder & COO
CVision AI, Inc.
Peter Nauta
Game Designer
&Ranj Serious Games
GAF van Baalen
Co-Owner & Game Director
&Ranj Serious Games
COLLABORATORS
Steven Brumby, Impact Observatory
Alexander Moen, National Geographic Society
Megan Cromwell, NOAA-NOS
Jenny de la Hoz, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Dana Allen-Greil, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Alan Gershenfeld, E-Line Media
Karen Osborn, Smithsonian Institute
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Vineeth Balasubramian, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Sara Beery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tanya Berger Wolf, The Ohio State University, Wild Me
Elva Escobar, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Judith Gobin, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Tammy Horton, World Register of Marine Species
Nuno Lourenco, +Atlantic CoLAB
Hassan Moustahfid, NOAA/IOOS
Jyotika Virmani, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Stefan Williams, The University of Sydney
Grace Young, Tidal (Google X)
ENTHUSIASTS WORKING GROUP
Dan Kimura, Livestream Oceanographic
Davina Gifford, Livestream Oceanographic
Kristen Crossett, NOAA-OER
Jo Simpson, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Alison Fundis, Ocean Exploration Trust
Logan Mock, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Thom Linley, Armatus Oceanic (Deep Sea Podcast)
Meghan Paulson, Ocean Networks Canada
MARINE SCIENTISTS
WORKING GROUP
Dhugal Lindsay, JAMSTEC
Kerry Howell, University of Plymouth
Brian Kennedy, NOAA
Heidi Sosik, WHOI
Jean-Olivier Irisson, Sorbonne Université
Jessica Luo, NOAA-GFDL
Rainer Kiko, GEOMAR
Catherine Borremans, Ifremer
Elva Escobar, UNAM
Franzis Althaus, CSIRO, Hobart
Candice Untiedt, CSIRO
PROGRAMMERS WORKING GROUP
Blair Thornton, Univ. Southampton
Corinne Bassin, Schmidt Ocean Institute
Chris Jackett, CSIRO
Dan Buscombe, USGS
Kevin Koeser, GEOMAR
Ariell Friedman, Grey Bits
Jacquomo Monk, Univ. Tasmania
Jordan Pierce, NOAA