A5028165221- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine animal studies overview
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coastal and Marine Management
University of Rhode Island
2014-2024
Harvard University
2016-2018
Baruch College
2016
John B. Pierce Laboratory
2016
Yale University
2016
American Museum of Natural History
2016
Oceanography Society
2016
Maine Department of Marine Resources
2016
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2008
This article presents the development of an underwater gripper that utilizes soft robotics technology to delicately manipulate and sample fragile species on deep reef. Existing solutions for sea robotic manipulation have historically been driven by oil industry, resulting in destructive interactions with undersea life. Soft material relies compliant materials are inherently impedance matched natural environments or organisms. We demonstrate design principles robot end effectors, bench-top...
Modern marine biologists seeking to study or interact with deep-sea organisms are confronted few options beyond industrial robotic arms, claws, and suction samplers. This limits biological interactions a subset of "rugged" mostly immotile fauna. As the deep sea is one most biologically diverse least studied ecosystems on planet, there much room for innovation in facilitating delicate multitude organisms. The biodiversity physiology shallow systems, such as coral reefs, common targets due...
This article presents the development of modular soft robotic wrist joint mechanisms for delicate and precise manipulation in harsh deep-sea environment. The consists a rotary module bending module, which can be combined with other actuators as part complete manipulator system. These are suite being developed via submersibles remotely operated vehicles, designed to powered hydraulically seawater. also activated pneumatic pressure terrestrial-based applications, such automated assembly...
A robot end effector uses one rotary actuator to fold the net of a dodecahedron, completely surrounding delicate mid-water organisms.
Soft robotics is an emerging technology that has shown considerable promise in deep-sea marine biological applications. It particularly useful facilitating delicate interactions with fragile organisms. This study describes the shipboard design, 3D printing and integration of custom soft robotic manipulators for investigating interacting were tested down to 2224m via a Remotely-Operated Vehicle (ROV) Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) facilitated diverse suite soft-bodied life....
The deep ocean is the largest ecosystem on planet, constituting greater than 90% of all habitable space. Over three-quarters countries globally have within their Exclusive Economic Zones. While maintaining deep-ocean function key to ensuring planetary health, deficiencies in knowledge and governance, as well inequitable global capacity, challenge our ability safeguard resilience this vast realm, leaving fate hands a few. Historically, scientific exploration research been purview limited...
The discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977 challenged our views ecosystem functioning and yet, the research conducted at these extreme logistically challenging environments still continues to reveal unique biological processes. Here, we report for first time, a behavior where skate, Bathyraja spinosissima, appears be actively using elevated temperature vent environment naturally "incubate" developing egg-cases. We hypothesize that this is directly targeted accelerate embryo...
Misty Groupers (Hyporthodus mystacinus) are one of the largest and most geographically widespread grouper species few known to occur at depths greater than 200 m. However, aspects their basic biology, behavior, ecology remain poorly understood, leaving significant gaps in our ability evaluate functional role throughout vertical water column, as well understanding conservation needs a changing ocean. Through in-situ video observation obtained using deep-sea landers both The Bahamas Cayman...
Genetic bottlenecks are evolutionary events that reduce the effective size and diversity of natural populations, often limiting a population's ability to adapt environmental change. Given accelerating human impact on ecosystems worldwide, understanding how populations evolve after genetic bottleneck is becoming increasingly important for species conservation. Ash deposits from 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption in Southwest Pacific led drastic decline animal symbioses associated with hydrothermal...
Revolutionary advancements in underwater imaging, robotics, and genomic sequencing have reshaped marine exploration. We present demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach that uses emerging quantitative imaging technologies, innovative robotic encapsulation system with situ RNA preservation next-generation to gain comprehensive biological, biophysical, data from deep-sea organisms. The synthesis of these provides rich morphological genetic information for species description, surpassing...
Medical shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic saw numerous efforts to 3D print personal protective equipment and treatment supplies. There is, however, little research on potential biocompatibility of 3D-printed parts using typical polymeric resins as pertaining volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which have specific relevance for respiratory circuit equipment. Here, we measured VOCs emitted from freshly printed stereolithography (SLA) replacement medical proton transfer reaction mass...
Abstract The Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) is an international, community-driven initiative that facilitates collaboration across disciplines and fields, elevates a diverse cohort of early career researchers into future leaders, connects scientific advancements to societal needs. DOOS represents global network deep-ocean observing, mapping, modeling experts, focusing community efforts in the support strong science, policy, planning for sustainable oceans. Its initiatives work propose...
Schooling fishes, like flocking birds and swarming insects, display remarkable behavioral coordination. While over 25% of fish species exhibit schooling behavior, nighttime has rarely been observed or reported. This is due to vision being the primary modality for schooling, which corroborated by fact that most schools disperse at critically low light levels. Here we report on a large aggregation bioluminescent flashlight Anomalops katoptron exhibited behavior during multiple moon phases,...
Delicate grasping of complex diverse objects is a challenging task for underwater vehicles, such as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). In this article, novel controllably compliant soft robotic gripper presented, which uses two neutrally buoyant particle jamming pads to safely and securely grasp arbitrarily shaped objects, including fragile and/or massive targets. Antagonistic low-friction rolling diaphragm hydraulic cylinders are used control the compliance jaw closure passively limit total...
An expedition to the Kavachi submarine volcano (Solomon Islands) in January 2015 was serendipitously timed with a rare lull volcanic activity that permitted access inside of Kavachi’s active crater and its flanks. The isolated location explosive behavior normally restrict scientific volcano’s summit, limiting previous observational efforts surface imagery peripheral water-column data. This article presents medium-resolution bathymetry main peak along benthic imagery, biological observations...
Technological advances have enabled the expansion of ocean exploration to include deep ocean, providing new species observations. Here, authors present two observations, captured by deep-sea cameras, sleeper shark Somniosus cf. pacificus from Solomon Islands and Palau. This presents first observation S. in western Pacific tropics extends its range about 2000 nautical miles south. The observations presented here provide much-needed information on this which can help guide future management...