NOAA Appoints New Board for Ocean Exploration
Ocean exploration has a new team of go-to experts!
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) appointed 13 members to the Ocean Exploration Advisory Board to guide NOAA in future exploration.
These members come from government, not-for-profits, and academia.
“This distinguished board will advise NOAA on priority areas for exploration, investments in new technologies, and a strategic plan for greater understanding of our planet’s last frontier,” said NOAA Chief Scientist Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., who will serve as liaison to the board for NOAA Administrator Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D. “I congratulate these individuals on their selection, and look forward to working with them to achieve the next generation of ocean exploration.”
The new members include:
- VADM Paul Gaffney USN (ret) will chair the board. He is currently a fellow at the Monmouth University Urban Coast institute and served as a commissioner on the U.S. Ocean Policy Commission.
- James A. Austin, Jr., Ph.D., senior research scientist, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.
- Amanda Demopoulos, Ph.D., research ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey.
- Jacqueline Eaby Dixon, Ph.D., dean, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida.
- Christopher R. German, Ph.D., senior scientist, geology and geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
- Ambassador Cameron Hume, business consultant.
- John R. Kreider, senior vice president, advanced technology, Oceaneering International, Inc.
- David Lang co-founder, OpenROV.
- Darlene Lim, Ph.D., research scientist, NASA Ames Research Center.
- Nicolette Nye vice president for communications and external relations, National Ocean Industries Association.
- Dominique Rissolo, Ph.D., executive director, Waitt Institute.
- Richard J. Rikoski Ph.D., CEO and chief scientist, Hadal, Inc.
- Lance M. Towers, director, advanced technology programs, the Boeing Company.
For more information on the new group, check out NOAA’s press website.
