Ocean Discovery Fellows are innovators with experience in science, technology, design, recreation, entertainment, storytelling, and community building who share a passion for ocean exploration. Travel expenses are being provided for Fellows to enable participation in the 2018 National Ocean Exploration Forum. Our 42 Ocean Discovery Fellows hail from 11 US States and 17 countries around the world.

 
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Sulaiman AlSibani
Sulaiman AlSibani

Oman

Mariana Andrade
Mariana Andrade

University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Tassia Biazon
Tassia Biazon

University of Sao Paulo
Brazil

Tyler Carrier
Tyler Carrier

University of North Carolina Charlotte
North Carolina, USA

Regina Easley
Regina Easley

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maryland, USA

Zoleka Filander
Zoleka Filander

Nelson Mandela University & South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs
South Africa

Alexis Garretson
Alexis Garretson

Brigham Young University
Utah, USA

Beverly Goodman, PhD
Beverly Goodman, PhD

University of Haifa
Israel

Anna Guasco
Anna Guasco

California, USA

Lori Hepner
Lori Hepner

Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania, USA

Jovita Ho
Jovita Ho

Hong Kong

Esther Howard
Esther Howard

South African National Parks
South Africa

Carmen Hoyt
Carmen Hoyt

Duke University
North Carolina, USA

Jinnapat Indrapiromkul
Jinnapat Indrapiromkul

Cisco Systems
Thailand

Beno Juarez
Beno Juarez

Fab Lab
Peru

Simone Kilgore
Simone Kilgore

Savannah State University & 88Vintage
Georgia, USA

Luis Lara
Luis Lara

Chilean Geological Survey
Chile

Lizmar Luna
Lizmar Luna

Genaro Cautiño Vázquez School
Puerto Rico

Ning Ma
Ning Ma

Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania, USA

Anna Madlener
Anna Madlener

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden

Leigh Marsh, PhD
Leigh Marsh, PhD

Oceansturn & University of Southampton
United Kingdom

Leah Meth
Leah Meth

California Environmental Associates
California, USA

Nadia Meyers
Nadia Meyers

Healing H2Os & Savannah State University
Georgia, USA

Samuel Mitchell
Samuel Mitchell

University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Hawai'i, USA

Beatriz Naranjo
Beatriz Naranjo

Ureke Aquaticos & University of Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Kaitlin Noyes
Kaitlin Noyes

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
Bermuda

Jeremy Raguain
Jeremy Raguain

Seychelles Islands Foundation
Seychelles

Glorianne Rivera Santiago
Glorianne Rivera Santiago

University of Miami
Florida, USA

Nadiah Rosli
Nadiah Rosli

Malaysia

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Rebecca Rutstein
Rebecca Rutstein

Artist
Pennsylvania, USA

Harpreet Sareen
Harpreet Sareen

Parsons School of Design
New York, USA

Kyle Sorenson
Kyle Sorenson

Montana, USA

Shanee Stopnitzky
Shanee Stopnitzky

the institute for emergence
California, USA

Clarisse Sullivan
Clarisse Sullivan

University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Hawai’i, USA

Juliet (Satya) Sullivan
Juliet (Satya) Sullivan

Savannah College of Art and Design
Georgia, USA

Sheena Talma
Sheena Talma

Ministry of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change
Seychelles

Andrew Thaler
Andrew Thaler

Blackbeard Biologic & University of Maryland
Maryland, USA

Ernst van der Poll
Ernst van der Poll

Connect Ocean
Costa Rica

Sarah Ward
Sarah Ward

University of Sydney
Australia

Alexis Weinnig
Alexis Weinnig

Temple University
Pennsylvania, USA

Geneviève Yehounmè
Geneviève Yehounmè

Green Keeper Africa
Benin