Steering Committee

The OceanHackWeek Steering Committee helps chart the continued evolution of OceanHackWeek and focuses on longer term issues like funding and infrastructure. The Steering Committee Charter guides these efforts.

Current Members

Filipe Fernandes

Research Software Engineer - NOAA IOOS

Steering CommitteeApplication SelectionTutorialsInfrastructureOHW22 Organizer - FlorianopolisOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer

Joseph Gum

Data Stewardship Coordinator - NSF NCAR

Steering CommitteeApplicant SelectionProjectsOHW22 Organizer - GlobalOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - USAOHW25 Organizer

Alex Kerney

Web Application Developer - Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Steering CommitteeInfrastructureWebsiteOHW22 Organizer - MaineOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - USAOHW25 OrganizerOHW25 Infrastructure

Wu-Jung Lee

Senior Oceanographer - UW Applied Physics Laboratory

Steering CommitteeApplicant SelectionTutorialsFinancial PlanningOHW22 Organizer - SeattleOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - USAOHW25 OrganizerOHW25 Project Mentor

Emilio Mayorga

Senior Oceanographer - UW Applied Physics Laboratory

Steering CommitteeApplicant SelectionWebsiteFinancial PlanningOHW22 Organizer - SeattleOHW22 Organizer - EspanolOHW23 Organizer

Catherine Mitchell

Senior Research Scientist - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Steering CommitteeApplicant SelectionTutorialsProjectsFinancial PlanningOHW22 Organizer - MaineOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - USAOHW25 Organizer

Denisse Fierro Arcos

Graduate student - Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania

Steering CommitteeTutorialsOHW22 Organizer - EspanolOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - Australia

Myranda Shirk

Senior Data Scientist - Vanderbilt University

Steering CommitteeOHW23 Organizer, TutorialOHW24 Organizer, Tutorial - USAOHW25 OrganizerOHW25 Tutorial Lead

Natalia Ribeiro

Science Officer - Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), Australia

Steering CommitteeOHW24 Organizer - Australia

Eli Holmes

Senior Scientist - NOAA Fisheries, UW SAFS

Steering CommitteeOHW23 Organizer, Project Mentor - SeattleOHW24 Organizer, Project Mentor - USAOHW25 OrganizerOHW25 Project Mentor

Valentina Staneva

Senior Research Scientist - eScience Institute

Steering CommitteeOHW20 InstructorOHW22 Instructor, Project MentorOHW23 Project Mentor, FundingOHW24 Organizer, Project MentorOHW25 OrganizerOHW25 Project Mentor

Rich Signell

Research Oceanographer - Open Science Computing

Steering CommitteeOHW25 OrganizerOHW25 Project Mentor

Past Members

We would also like to thank our past steering committee members. Without their help OceanHackWeek wouldn’t be what it is today.

Jane Koh

Program Specialist - UW eScience Institute

Steering Committee - EmeritusOHW22 Organizer

Paige Martin

User Training Team Leader - ACCESS-NRI, Australia

Steering Committee - EmeritusTutorialsInfrastructureWebsiteOHW22 Organizer - GlobalOHW24 Organizer - Australia

Thomas Moore

Ocean Data Analyst - CSIRO Climate Science Centre, Australia

Steering Committee - EmeritusOHW22 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - Australia

Nick Record

Senior Research Scientist - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Steering Committee - EmeritusFinancial Planning

Derya Gumustel

Data Analytics Instructor - General Assembly

Steering Committee - EmeritusTutorialsOHW22 Organizer - SeattleOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - USAOHW25 Organizer

Nick Mortimer

Senior Engineer - CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Australia

Steering Committee - EmeritusOHW22 Organizer - AustraliaOHW23 OrganizerOHW24 Organizer - Australia

Sophie Clayton

Assistant Professor of Oceanography - Old Dominion University

Steering Committee - EmeritusProjectsOHW22 Organizer - GlobalOHW23 Organizer