Interviews

Learn more about our Extreme 2004: Exploring the Deep Frontier team at sea! From the ship's captain to the submersible pilots, from the chief cook to the research scientists, every person on deck plays a critical role in the expedition. You can meet some of these hard-working individuals here. Our very cool correspondents, Michael League and Karen Romano Young, will be conducting the interviews.

Check back often to learn more about the
Extreme 2004 team at sea!

Click on a name of each Extreme 2004 team member to read their interview.

Kazumi Baba
SSSG Technician
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Shellie Bench
Graduate Student
University of Delaware

Anthony Berry
ALVIN Group
Electronics Technician
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Barbara Campbell
Research Scientist
University of Delaware

Mitzi Crane
Chief Mate
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Eric DeChaine
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University

Michael Doherty
Wiper, Atlantis Engine Room
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution

Ky Hacker
Video Editing
University of Delaware

Horst Felbeck
Professor, Marine Biology
University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Joe Grzymski
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Desert Research Institute, Nevada

Mihailo Kaplarevic
Ph.D Candidate
University of Delaware

Alison Kelley
Field Support
Desert Research Institute, Nevada

Mike League
M.S. Student and
Shipboard Ed. Coordinator,
University of Delaware

Charles Lee
Ph.D. Student
University of Waikato,
New Zealand

Jeff Little
Chief Engineer
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute

Stephanie Markert
Graduate Student
University of Greifswald, Germany, Institute of Marine Biotechnology

Ian McDonald
Assistant Professor,
of Microbiology
University of Waikato,
New Zealand

Sean McPeak
Electrician,
Pilot-in-Training
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute

Stu Meacham
Electrician
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute

Alison Murray
Assistant Research Professor
Desert Research Institute, Nevada

Thomas Niederberger
Microbiology Student
University of Waikato,
New Zealand

Michelle Phillips
Scientist
University of Oregon

Edward "Catfish" Popowitz
Able-bodied Seaman
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Kevin Portune
Graduate Student
University of Delaware

Astrid Schnetzer
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Southern California

Adam Seamans
3rd Mate and Watch Stander
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institute

David Sims
Shipboard Science Services Group Technician, Atlantis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Frank Stewart
Graduate Student
Harvard University

Philip M. Treadwell
R/V AtlantisCrew,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Shannon Joy Williamson
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Delaware

Carl Wood
Chief Steward, Atlantis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Karen Romano Young
Author and Shipboard Ed. Coordinator,
University of Delaware