Bart De Smet is a marine biologist and the Senior Science Officer for Science Communications at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). The institute's primary mission is to enhance...

Bart-Jan Ruesink has a background in Civil Engineering and worked as a construction surveyor on a number of construction projects in the Netherlands. He has been responsible for th...

Bart Spelt is project manager of the WTI measurement programme. He received his degree in electronic engineering from Alkmaar University in 1997. Since then he has worked at R...

Bas Binnerts received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Dynamics and Acoustics from the University of Twente in 2012. In the same year, he joined the acoustics and sona...

Bas de Kruif received his MSc and PhD in control engineering at Twente University, the Netherlands. He has been working between industry and academia ever since, and enjoys bringin...

Bas van de Sande is a GIS expert with a background in spatial planning and development, focused on the Marine and Maritime Sector. He works for CDR International BV as an engineeri...

Beatriz López García successfully completed her Bachelor’s degree in Technical Survey Engineering and a Master’s degree in Geodetic and Cartographic Engin...

Becky Childs is technical services manager at Ocean Scientific International Ltd. (OSIL), a United Kingdom-based specialist in the provision of tailored integrated systems for envi...

Ben Frederiks studied marine biology and hydrography and started working at Rijkswaterstaat in 2015. His current position is as a hydrographic surveyor at Rijkswaterstaat’s S...

Benjamin Busse is a UAV pilot and expert in cartography and geomatics at the Karlsruhe-based Ingenieur Team GEO engineering office.

Ben Simpson is CEO of SEA-KIT International, a British company providing high-tech, uncrewed surface vessel (USV) solutions to the maritime and research industries. Simpson gained...

Bill Hanot is vice president, co-owner and co-founder of Sound Metrics Corp.  He was the primary electronic and software designer of various acoustic lens-based imaging sonar...

Blair Thornton is Professor of Marine Autonomy at the University of Southampton, UK, based within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. He previously held an EPSRC Inno...

Bo Krogh, senior surveyor, has more than 35 years’ experience in hydrographic, engineering, environmental and archaeological survey projects, including offshore construction...

Brad Cooper is a senior hydrographic surveyor at LINZ. In his role he assists with the management of the HYPLAN hydrographic survey programme, managing contracts and validatin...

Brian Calder is a Research Associate Professor and Associate Director at CCOM/JHC (UNH, USA). He is currently focusing on statistically robust automated data processing approaches...

Captain Brian Connon, US Navy (Ret) is vice president Ocean Mapping at Saildrone. He is a chartered marine scientist (hydrography) and fellow of the Institute for Marine Engineerin...

Bruce Calderbank, FRICS, CLS, CH, P. Eng, a Certified Hydrographer Level 1, Chartered Hydrographic Surveyor, Chair, and part of the Canadian Hydrographer Certification Panel Associ...

Dr. Bruce Parker is the former chief scientist of the National Ocean Service (NOS), NOAA, and former director of the Coast Survey Development Laboratory in NOS. He is presentl...

Albert E. Theberge (Skip)'s career as a coast surveyor followed a somewhat ­traditional path. He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1969 as a Geological E...

Barry Lusk's company has set up his company Lusk Hydrographic Expertise in 1995 to provide hydrographic services to industry. He concentrates primarily on offering e...

Carlotta Toso received her Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences at Università Cà Foscari of Venice in 2017, cooperating for her graduate thesis with the In...

Carly Nichols works at Bluewater Energy Services, assisting the project engineer and asset manager and often acts as interface engineer between the 10+ Partners within the BlueTEC...

Carol Fisher is programme manager/lead hydrographer at TCarta Caribe, Kingston, Jamaica. Born and raised in Jamaica, Carol Fisher holds a degree in land surveying/GIS and is a cert...

Carol Lockhart is a Project Manager and a Hydrographer. She has been surveying for over 20 years and was the owner of Geomatics Data Solutions (GDS), a marine and terrestrial surve...

Carolyn Geraghty is the restoration programme manager for the Morro Bay NEP, where she develops and oversees watershed and estuarine restoration projects and conservation efforts....

Casey Glenn is electrical engineering lead for Oceaneering International, where he has led electrical engineering projects for over 11 years. He has called Norway home for the past...

Works at Caladan Oceanic LLC and is the Five Deeps Expedition hydrographic surveyor.

Cees van Dijk is the content manager of Hydro International. "After having worked in different media positions for more than twenty years, this is an interesting new challenge for...

Charles de Jongh has an MSc in Geography with a master in Cartography and Geographical Information Science. He is a senior member of the CARIS BV Technical Sales staff with ex...

Charles de Jongh holds an MSc in cartography and geographical information science. He has 20 years of experience in the marine geospatial field, including several roles at software...

Charlie Fardon is the head of sustainability at the UK Hydrographic Office. She is a highly experienced sustainability professional with an MSc in Global Sustainability Solutions a...

Chen Zhang is an IT Specialist with the NOAA Office of Coast Survey. He works as a software developer at the Hydrographic Systems and Technology Branch in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Chris Haworth joined SeeByte in 2010 to help drive the transition of autonomy capability from research through to operational use.  Chris is currently Commercial Director for...

Christopher Parrish is the lead physical scientist in the Remote Sensing Division of NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and affiliate Professor of Ocean Engineering and Ea...

Christopher Yeager has worked in the nautical charting/surveying field for over ten years on a wide range of surveying, charting and S5/S8 instruction contracts that include NOAA,...

Christophe Vrignaud is an Engineer for the French Ministry of Defence. His main interest is related to underwater acoustics. Early in his career he focused on fishery acoustics. He...

Clemens Kirchner has been employed as a project manager at Boskalis Hirdes since 2014. In recent years, he has been involved in the planning and execution of numerous successful of...

Coen Werner is senior geologist and R&D manager at STEMA systems. He is also responsible for the development of Silas and Tune systems. Prior to this he was a seismic specialis...

Colin Devey is Professor of Oceanic Volcanism at GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany. His research centres on the fluxes of heat and materials from the Earth´s interior to the seafloor,...

Colleen Peters is the product manager for mapping software at Kongsberg Discovery. She has over 15 years of at-sea experience collecting and managing scientific data. 

Conceição Fortes is a principal research officer and head of the Ports and Maritime Structures Unit of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, with 27 years&rs...

Corey Goodrich is a majority owner and managing partner of TCarta, a small Denver, CO-based business specializing in satellite-based innovative technologies for improved modelling...

With a background in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Craig Wallace has spent the last 9 years specialising in technology related to the underwater mapping communit...

Dr Dandabathula Giribabu specializes in geospatial applications with an emphasis on the automation of processing chains. He has been affiliated with the Indian Space Research Organ...

LCDR Daniel Peixoto de Carvalho graduated from the Brazilian Naval Academy in 2000, became a Hydrographer in 2004 and earned an MSc in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from th...

Daniel Wehner is a geophysical researcher currently working at EGEOS. He received a PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim in 2019, for his...

Danny Maat received his MSc Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology in 1994. He joined TNO 25 years ago and became project manager of the Autonomous...

Danny Websdale is an AI/ML research scientist at GeoAcoustics. He received a BEng degree in computer systems engineering (2014) and a PhD in audio-visual speech processing (2019),...