SCIENCE PARTICIPANTS
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Stefan Sievert
Microbiologist, Chief Scientist
Craig Taylor
Microbiologist
Dr. Taylor will work with the Vent-SID, which he has helped design and build.
Jeffrey Seewald
Geochemist
Dr. Seewald will study the chemistry of the vent environment and participate in experiments using the Isobaric Gas-tight Samplers (IGTs) he helped design.
Jesse McNichol
Graduate student
McNichol will look for microbes in fluids collected by the Isobaric Gas-tight Samplers (IGT) and will measure their activity in the lab.
Sean Sylva
Research associate
Sylva will help Dr. Seewald collect fluid samples from the vents and will analyze the gas content contained in each sample.
Jen Barone
Writer
Barone will cover the cruise for Scholastic’s Science World classroom magazine, and she’ll also help out the science team on board the ship.
Guest student
Signori is helping with various projects on this cruise.
Florian Götz
Guest student
Götz is helping with various projects on this cruise.
Visiting graduate student from Japan
Mino is helping with the IGT incubations and will also cultivate chemosynthetic bacteria.
Brown University
Microbial biogeochemist
Dr. Rich will be involved in measuring in situ rates of nitrate reduction using the Vent-SID.
postdoctoral researcher
Dr. Gonzalez will work with Dr. Rich to measure rates of nitrate reduction and perform microbial community analyses.
Rutgers University
Donato Giovannelli
Postdoctoral researcher
Dr. Giovannelli will isolate bacterial species from biofilms that form at vent sites and preserve those samples for later study.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Horst Felbeck
Marine biologist
Dr. Felbeck will study symbionts that live inside tubeworms at the vents.
E.-M. Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany
Graduate student
Hinzke will study the endosymbionts of Riftia.
Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Microbiologist
Dr. Wang will study the genomes and metabolism of vent microbes, in particular Archaea.
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Graduate student
Dyksma is working closely with McNichol to measure the activity of microbes in the vent fluids by using radiolabeled substrates.
University of South Carolina
Geophysicist
Dr. White is leading the efforts to explore off-axis venting sites.
Avery Lee
Undergraduate student
Lee is working with Dr. White on the discovery of new vent sites.
University of South Florida
Microbiologist
Dr. Scott and Dr. Pete Girguis at Harvard University are funded in a separate project by NSF to study carbon fixation in Riftia. Some of the experiments will be conducted with specialized high pressure equipment on board the ship.
Juliana Leonard
Graduate student
Leonard is working with Dr. Scott on the carbon fixation by Riftia.
Harvard University
Technician
Delaney is a technician in Dr. Girguis’ lab and on this cruise she will be working with Dr. Scott on the carbon fixation by Riftia.
Graduate student
Panzarino is a graduate student in Dr. Girguis’ lab and on this cruise she will be working with Dr. Scott on the carbon fixation by Riftia.
Graduate student
Sanders is a graduate student in Dr. Girguis’ lab and on this cruise he will be working with Dr. Scott on the carbon fixation by Riftia.
ALVIN GROUP
Group jefe, Alvin pilot
Expedition leader, Alvin pilot
Alvin pilot
Alvin tech, pilot-in-training
Chris Lathan
Alvin tech, pilot-in-training
Alvin tech, pilot-in-training
Alvin tech, pilot-in-training
Alvin tech, pilot-in-training
ATLANTIS CREW
Captain
Chief mate
Second mate
Third mate
Communication electronics tech
Bosun
Able-bodied seaman
Able-bodied seaman
Able-bodied seaman
Ordinary seaman
Ordinary seaman
Chief engineer
First assistant engineer
Second assistant engineer
Third assistant engineer
Electrician
Oiler
Oiler
Wiper/OS
Steward
Cook
Mess attendant
Shipboard Scientific Services Group (SSSG) Technician
Shipboard Scientific Services Group (SSSG) Technician