We have assembled a dream team of experts in the development of new macroalgal cultivation operations who have managed to forge strong working relationships despite the complexity and diversity of backgrounds.
This project is part of the ANCIENT (Alaska, Northeast, Caribbean Initiative for ENergy Technology) MARINER consortium, which is coordinating multi-proposal development, and has coordinated communication and project execution between team leaders and cooperators in cost-effective and mutually supportive ways. We build on this model for interacting with new team members to not only leverage new tools but provide information to help improve and expand their use.
Principal Investigators
Loretta Roberson, Lead PI
Marine Biological Laboratory; Woods Hole, MA
Clifford Goudey
CA Goudey & Associates; Newburyport, MA
Domenic Manganelli
CA Goudey & Associates; Newburyport, MA
Hauke Kite-Powell
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole, MA
Scott Lindell
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole, MA
David Bailey
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Woods Hole, MA
Charles Yarish
University of Connecticut; Stamford, CT
Gretchen Grebe, Project Coordinator
Marine Biological Laboratory; Woods Hole, MA
Collaborators
Marine Biological Laboratory
Loretta Roberson
CariCOOS, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; Lajas, PR
Julio Morell
Cascadia Research Collective; Olympia, WA
Amy Van Cise
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV) Merida; Mexico
Daniel Robledo, Yolanda Freile-Pelegrin
Makai Ocean Engineering; Kailua, HI
Greg Rocheleau
Materials Characterization Center, INC.; University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; San Juan, PR
Liz Diaz
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Seattle, WA
Zhaoqing Yang
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Piscataway, NJ
Thomas Grothues
The Nature Conservancy; Placencia, Belize
Robert Jones, Tiffany Waters
Two Docks Shellfish, LLC; Tampa Bay, FL
Aaron Welch (LinkedIn, Instagram)
University of California Irvine; Irvine, CA
Kristen Davis (UCI, project)
University of California Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara, CA
Tom Bell (MSI, personal), Nicholas Nidzieko