John Vint graduated from Newcastle University with a BSc in Surveying Science. After university he joined Racal Survey and then via acquisitions worked for Thales GeoSolutions...

Jonathan earned a PhD in the field of Marine Geomatics from the University of New Brunswick (UNB, Fredericton, Canada), specialising in multibeam data processing and analysis. Afte...

Jonathan Pritchard is an IHO S-100 expert, and a S-121 project team industry representative. He is a senior technical manager at IIC Technologies in the UK with over twenty years&r...

Jonathan Turner is an Associate at NLA Ltd. As a professional proponent of organisational change Jonathan has a record of achievement in the private, defence, health and finance se...

Joost Boers has held various positions at Geomares Publishing since 2006. In October 2013, he became editorial manager of Hydro International. He was a council member of the Hydrog...

Jordan McManus, programmer analyst at CIDCO. Graduated in software engineering from the University of Ottawa in 2006. Specialized in physical oceanography and software development...

José Martínez Díaz is a survey products supervisor with Fugro, working extensively on ALB projects. He is an NSPS/THSOA Certified Hydrographer with more t...

Joseph Seppi, CMS, PMP, is senior vice president and geospatial sector leader at Woolpert. He has trained as a geologist, geomorphologist, hydrologist and ecological planner, and h...

Julian Le Deunf is a French hydrographic category A engineer. After graduating in 2015 from ENSTA Bretagne, where he completed a six-month internship at CCOM (UNH, US), he started...

Julia Powell is the Electronic Navigational Chart technical director for NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey and represents the United States on various standards committee’s...

Julià Talaya holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics. He has worked for ICGC for 32 years in various management roles, including GNSS positioning, aerial surveys, remote sensing...

Justin Manley is a technologist and executive experienced in multiple sectors. Mr. Manley founded Just Innovation Inc. in mid-2015 to support clients involved with unmanned vehicle...

Justy Siwabessy is a marine acoustic scientist at Geoscience Australia. His research focuses on seabed mapping, particularly on multibeam bathymetry and backscatter and their appli...

Kam Austine is employed by EGS Survey PTY Ltd (Australia) as business development manager. He studied MSc Hydrographic Surveyor. The EGS Group of companies has participated in...

Karen Marks is a geophysicist at the NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, in College Park, Maryland, USA.  Her research focuses on satellite altimetry, bathymetric predict...

Karl Kenny, president and CEO of Kraken Sonar Systems, grew up in a small fishing village in Newfoundland with connections to the sea. Since his early days as a maritime surface of...

Katy Greenland is originally from Melbourne, Australia, and now lives in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She holds undergraduate degrees in social science majoring in psychology and so...

Kevin Whyte is a project manager and marine civil engineer at the subsea asset protection and intervention division of Geomara. He completed his undergraduate B Eng. degree and als...

Kim Picard is a marine geoscientist at Geoscience Australia. Her research focuses on using mapping techniques to understand the processes that shape the seafloor across a wide...

Kira Coley is a freelance science and technology writer specialising in the ocean science and technology. She is a regular contributor to several leading trade magazines and t...

Kirill Otradnov is partner, CTO and chief designer at BaltRobotics. He is an experienced project manager in complex international projects on robotics, telecommunication and c...

Klaus von Bröckel is a senior scientist at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany., He started with all aspects of phytoplankton ecology more than 40 y...

Kristiyan Panayotov is a land survey engineer who graduated from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, Bulgaria. He also studied Cartography and T...

Kutalmis Saylam is employed as a research scientist associate at the Bureau of Economic Geology, of the Jackson School of Geosciences, at the University of Texas at Austin. He has...

Kyle Goodrich, President, TCarta Marine, Denver, Colorado, US, has had a 19-year career in geospatial services. Since founding TCarta in 2008, Kyle has led numerous global geospati...

Larry Mayer is a professor and director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire. His research deals with sonar imaging and remote characteriz...

Lars Langhorst is currently developing software to predict sedimentation levels in the Panama Canal using machine learning, with which he will conclude his MSc in Geomatics. He is...

Laura Coelho de Andrade is a geomatic engineer. She is a Master’s student in Spatial Information (Geodesy and Hydrography) at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). S...

Laura Robinson is a Reader in Geochemistry at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. Her research is focused on documenting and understanding the processes that govern climate on...

Laurentiu-Florin Constantinoiu obtained his Cat. A hydrographic surveying diploma from the University of Plymouth, UK and is currently a PhD student at the Department of Mechanical...

After majoring in maths and graduating from the École Supérieure d’Électricité, Laurent Louvart undertook postgraduate studies in Computer Science...

Laurie Biscara earned her PhD in Marine Geology from Bordeaux University in 2011. She has been working at SHOM since 2012 and has participated extensively in the implementation of...

Lawrence Haselmaier is an Oceanographer for the Naval Oceanographic Office'sHydrographic Department. He has received his BSc in Physics from the University of Alabama and his MSc i...

LCDR Cesar Reinert B Morais graduated from the Brazilian Naval Academy in 1997, became a Hydrographer in 2001 and earned an MSc in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the Ro...

Leandro Ponsoni is an oceanographer graduate from the University of São Paulo, where he also completed his master thesis. He has a PhD in physical oceanography from Utr...

Leo Maas is an oceanographer, interested in waves in stratified and rotating fluids. He has published over 60 papers in international journals and teaches a class on internal...

Liam Flynn – Survey Operations Manager, A-2-SeaLiam is an experienced Hydrographic Surveyor with over 8 years’ experience. Liam has been managing the survey department...

Lijuan Huang has been with NOAA and The Baldwin Group, Inc. as an oceanographer for 9 years and has provided tide reductions to support hydrographic operations. She holds a MSc in...

Lijuan Huang has been with NOAA as an oceanographer for 10 years developing tide reduction models to support hydrographic operations. She holds an MSc in Geological Oceanography fr...

Lilian Lieber is a PhD student at the University of Aberdeen investigating basking shark behavioural ecology using hydroacoustic methods. Her wider research focuses on basking shar...

Ms. Lisa Brisson was the lead engineer for EdgeTech’s bathymetric products. Her expertise is in underwater acoustics and hydrographic surveying. Over the last years she...

Louis Licate has been with NOAA as an oceanographer for 5 years developing tide reduction models to support hydrographic operations. He holds a BSc in Physics from St. Louis Univer...

Lt Cdr Chukwuma Azuike is a hydrographer with the Nigerian Hydrographic Office. He graduated with a BSc from the Nigerian Defense Academy (2000) and an MSc from CCOM, UNH (2012).

LtCdr João Vicente has been a hydrographer (CAT A) at the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute since 2000, with an MSc in GIS Science from Lisbon University (2011). He is curre...

Lieutenant Commander Michael Gonsalves has been working with NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey for over ten years. He has served sea tours aboard the hydrographic survey ships Ra...

LT Christine Schultz is an officer in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps serving as the technical operations coordinator at the National Weather Service’s Ocean Prediction C...

Lieutenant Georgios Georgopoulos graduated from the Hellenic Navy Academy in 2003 and served in a variety of roles across a range of vessels for a decade. He holds an MSc/PgDip in...

Luis Americo Conti received his BSc in Geography, MSc in Physical Oceanography and PhD in Marine Geology from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Today he is associate prof...

Luís Santos is a survey engineer at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL, 1992-1997) with a Post-Degree i n Geodesy (2002-2003). He worked as teacher as...

Łukasz Janowski holds a PhD in Earth Sciences. He has been an adjunct at the Maritime Institute, Gdynia Maritime University, since 2019 and has authored several articles and confer...