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Appendix B: Committee Biographies
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From page 113... ... (Chair) is the director of the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, the codirector of the Joint Hydrographic Center, and a professor of Earth science and ocean engineering at the University of New Hampshire. Read the entire page →
From page 114... ... was the 10th director and president of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Read the entire page →
From page 115... ... in chemistry and oceanography from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in oceanography from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program in 1999. Read the entire page →
From page 116... ... Prior to joining the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Dr. Brett worked on international ocean policy for the Stanford University Center for Ocean Solutions and the World Economic Forum. Read the entire page →
From page 117... ... He is an internationally recognized authority on tracking of marine mammals and birds. He has served as a member of a number of international science steering committees including the Integrated Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics program, The Census of Marine Life, Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics, Climate Impacts on Top Predators, the Southern Ocean Observing System, and the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research. Read the entire page →
From page 118... ... He worked with National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationJet Propulsion Laboratory to help plan space missions to the moons of Jupiter. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Read the entire page →
From page 119... ... Dr. Glenn graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in 1983 with an Sc.D. Read the entire page →
From page 120... ... Emerging research foci are understanding the dynamics of global and regional sea level change, the provision of formal uncertainties along with these estimates, and implications for improving the global ocean observing system for climate. He earned his Ph.D. Read the entire page →
From page 121... ... Sandra Knight is a senior research engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland where she works with her colleagues in the development of water policy, disaster resilience, and flood risk management initiatives to support the Center for Disaster Resilience. Additionally, she is the founder and the president of WaterWonks LLC in Washington, DC. Read the entire page →
From page 122... ... is a coral reef biologist and the Sant Chair for Marine Science at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (where she also served as the editor-in-chief of the Ocean Portal) , and a senior scientist emerita at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Read the entire page →
From page 123... ... Prior to his appointment as the dean, he served as the acting director of the Obama administration's National Ocean Council, the assistant director for Ocean Sciences in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the program director in the Chemical Oceanography Program at the National Science Foundation. He focused on implementing federal ocean science policy and facilitating interagency efforts and partnerships on a broad range of ocean policy, resource, economic, and national security matters. Read the entire page →
From page 124... ... Dr. Perry has more than 10 years of ocean technology research and system implementation, field experience, and ocean policy analysis, including research cruises to monitor coastal hypoxia and the offshore physical environment, deploying and operating ocean observing systems, and marine mammal observing in the Gulf of Mexico, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands. Read the entire page →
From page 125... ... Ocean Acidification Research Plan; a National Academies committee to review the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology Research Priorities Plan; and 6 years on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Science Advisory Board (including service on the Ecosystem Science and Management Working Group and Social Science Working Group) Read the entire page →
From page 126... ... in physical oceanography from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program in Oceanography. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the Oceanography Society. Read the entire page →
From page 127... ... as a Marshal Scholar. She has developed robots, imaging systems, and other technologies for MIT, CERN, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read the entire page →

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... (Chair) is the director of the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, the codirector of the Joint Hydrographic Center, and a professor of Earth science and ocean engineering at the University of New Hampshire.

Appendix B: Committee Biographies Pages 113-128

Appendix B: Committee Biographies
Pages 113-128