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The Synchro Program office will coordinate program delivery including test bed activities, facilitating and scheduling access to coastal shore stations, piers, wharf stations, and research vessels. The Program Manager also assists with National Marine Sanctuary permit applications, co-design sessions and other engagements, and works with the program team (Institutional leads and staff) and others in translating successes into a general plan for bringing maturing technologies into broader use.

Amy West
Amy West
Program Staff

Synchro Program Manager Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Christian Meinig
Christian Meinig
Advisory Members

Coastal Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Christopher Edwards
Christopher Edwards
Institution Leads

University of California, Santa Cruz

Collin Closek
Collin Closek
Co-Design Leads

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions

Corey Garza
Corey Garza
Executive Committee, Institution Leads

University of Washington

Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson
Advisory Members

Tula Foundation

Erika Heine Montague
Erika Heine Montague
Advisory Members

Schmidt Marine Technology Partners/Schmidt Family Foundation

Fiorenza Micheli
Fiorenza Micheli
Co-Design Leads, Executive Committee, Institution Leads

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions

Francisco Chavez
Francisco Chavez
Executive Committee, Institution Leads

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Henry Ruhl
Henry Ruhl
Executive Committee, Institution Leads, Program Staff

Director, Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Ingrid Puillat
Ingrid Puillat
Advisory Members

Ifremer, French Institute for Ocean Science

Jason Adelaars
Jason Adelaars
Program Staff

Synchro Technical Manager Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Jim Hanlon
Jim Hanlon
Advisory Members

Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship

Jim Leape
Jim Leape
Co-Design Leads

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions

John Ryan
John Ryan
Institution Leads

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Jon Kaye
Jon Kaye, ex officio
Advisory Members

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Josh Kohut
Josh Kohut
Advisory Members

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers

Joy Page
Joy Page
Advisory Members

Department of Energy

Justin Manley
Justin Manley, Chair
Advisory Members

Senior Advisor, Oceankind

Kendra Daly
Kendra Daly
Advisory Members

University of South Florida

Peter Girguis
Peter Girguis
Advisory Members

Harvard University

Raphe Kudela
Raphe Kudela
Executive Committee, Institution Leads

University of California, Santa Cruz

Rob Dunbar
Rob Dunbar
Institution Leads

Stanford University

Robert Bochenek
Robert Bochenek
Executive Committee, Institution Leads

Axiom Data Science

Stephen Monismith
Stephen Monismith
Institution Leads

Stanford University

Tiffany Vance
Tiffany Vance
Advisory Members

NOAA, Integrated Ocean Observing System

Tom Connolly
Tom Connolly
Executive Committee, Institution Leads

San Jose State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories