Acknowledgements 2009
Contributors to Explorations and Projects
Bermuda: Search for Deep Water Caves 2009
Thomas M. Iliffe, PhD
Director, Marine Biospeleology Lab
Texas A&M University – Galveston
Pat Iampietro
Chief Hydrographer, Technician, and Projects Manager
California State University, Monterey Bay Seafloor Mapping Lab
Rikk Kvitek
Expedition Co-principal Investigator
Director, Seafloor Mapping Lab
California State University – Monterey Bay
Emily McDonald
Web Coordinator
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Krystle Gomez
California State University – Monterey Bay
Alexis Hall
California State University – Monterey Bay
Todd Hallenbeck
California State University – Monterey Bay
Russian-U.S. Arctic Census 2009
Christine Patrick
Public Affairs Specialist
NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
Aleksey Ostrovskiy
Representative of Group Alliance (the Russian side RUSALCA coordinator)
Sue Moore
Research Scientist
NOAA/Fisheries Office of Science and Technology
Sarah Mincks Hardy
Assistant Professor
University of Alaska – Fairbanks
Marlene Jeffries
Research Specialist
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Daniel J. Torres
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert S. Pickart
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Marshall Swartz
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Elena Bondareva
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Russ Hopcroft
Assistant Professor
University of Alaska – Fairbanks
Sang Heon Lee
Senior Researcher
Korea Polar Research Institute
Kathleen Crane
U.S. Mission Coordinator for the RUSALCA program
Arctic Research Program, NOAA
Exploring the Submerged New World
J. M. Adovasio, PhD, DSc
Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
Erie, Pennsylvania
Andrew Hemmings, PhD
Texas Archeological Research Laboratory
University of Texas - Austin
Justin Halteman
Harvard University Extension School
Cliff Brown
University of Leicester
Jessi Halligan
Texas A&M University
Ashley Lemke
University of Michigan
Ben Wells
Mercyhurst College
Lophelia II 2009
Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks
Jay Lunden
Temple University
Daniel J. Warren
Principal Investigator
C & C Technologies, Inc.
Robert A. Church
Co-principal Investigator
C & C Technologies, Inc.
Robert F. Westrick
Marine Archaeologist
C & C Technologies, Inc.
Ian R. MacDonald, PhD
Professor
Florida State University
Peter J. Etnoyer, PhD
Doctoral Student
Harte Research Institute
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Leslie Wickes
Graduate Student
Temple University
Cheryl Morrison
Conservation Geneticist
U.S. Geological Survey
Santiago Herrera
Graduate Student
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Timothy Shank
Evolutionary Biologist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bill Shedd
Geophysical Oceanographer
U.S. Minerals Management Services
Amanda Demopoulos
Benthic Ecologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Lt. Nicole Manning
Operations Officer
NOAA
Liz Podowski
Research Assistant
Penn State University
Chuck Fisher
Expedition Chief Scientist
Chris German
Geochemist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lori Johnston
Harry Roberts
Louisiana State University
Sheli Smith, PhD
PAST Foundation
Erik Cordes
Lophelia II Chief Scientist
Assistant Professor
Temple University
Bioluminescence 2009: Living Light
on the Deep-sea Floor
Tamara Frank, PhD
Expedition Chief Scientist
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution/Florida Atlantic University
Steven Haddock, PhD
Research Scientist
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Edith A. Widder, PhD
President and Senior Scientist
Ocean Research & Conservation Association
Charles G. Messing, PhD
Professor of Oceanography
Oceanographic Center
Nova Southeastern University
Sönke Johnsen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Duke University
Susan Gottfried
OER Web Coordinator
Gabby Barbarite
Graduate Student
Dr. Alison Sweeney
University of California – Santa Barbara
Angela Lewis
Educator-at-sea
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Marine Oceanographic Academy
Erika Raymond
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Ryan Keith
Mississippi State University
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
“Getting It Together”
Catalina Martinez
NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration & Research
Northeast Lau Response Cruise (NELRC)
Joseph Resing
Response Cruise Chief Scientist
Robert Embley
NOAA Vents Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Newport, Oregon
Deep-water Connections:
Octocorals at the Southern Distribution Limits
Scott C. France
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Chief Scientist
