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NOAA Ocean Exploration Advisory Board

OEAB Alumni

Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II

President Emeritus Monmouth University and Fellow, Urban Coast Institute
Monmouth University 

James A. Austin, Jr., PhD

Senior Research Scientist
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics 

John R. Kreider

Consultant

Jacqueline Eaby Dixon, PhD

Dean, College of Marine Science
University of South Florida 

David Lang

Co-founder and Vice President of Business Development and Outreach
Sofar Ocean Technologies 

Nicolette Nye

Vice President for Communications and External Relations
National Ocean Industries Association

Richard J. Rikoski, PhD

CEO/Chief Scientist
Hadal, Inc. 

Lance M. Towers

Consultant

Amanda W. J. Demopoulos, PhD

Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Darlene Lim, PhD

Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center

Dominique Rissolo, PhD

University of California, San Diego

Cameron Hume

Consultant

Christopher R. German, PhD

Senior Scientist, Geology and Geophysics
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

*Positions were held while board members.