MarineGEO Team

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Steve Canty

Director, Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO Program
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Noam Altman-Kurosaki

Postdoctoral Researcher
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Emily Anderson

Emily Anderson

Research Technician
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Margot Buchbinder

Research Technician
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Rachel Collin

Director
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas del Toro Research Station
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Mary R. Cortese

Postdoctoral Researcher
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Katelyn DiBenedetto

Katelyn DiBenedetto

Program Manager
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez

Life on a Sustainable Planet Postdoctoral Fellow
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Leah Harper by the water

Leah Harper

Biologist
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Alex Hooks

Postdoctoral Researcher
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Dean Janiak

Biologist
Smithsonian Marine Station
Michael Lonneman standing in a boat

Michael Lonneman

Data Scientist
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Sara Melo Merino, MarineGEO postdoc

Sara Melo Merino

Life on a Sustainable Planet Postdoctoral Fellow
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Matthew B. Ogburn

Marine Ecologist and Senior Scientist
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Valerie Paul

Director
Smithsonian Marine Station
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Michelle Rossman

Program Coordinator
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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Milton Sandoval

Research Technician
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Bocas del Toro Research Station
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Anna Shenk-Evans

Communications Specialist
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
MarineGEO's managing director Dr. Martin Thiel

Martin Thiel

Managing Director
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Liz Westbrook, MarineGEO/CPOP Technician

Liz Westbrook

MarineGEO/CPOP Technician
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center