Authors & Contributors

Editorial Board

Gallaudet

The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, PhD, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret) is the CEO of Ocean STL Consulting and host of The American Blue Economy Podcast. He serves on several boards, is a fellow at The Explorer’s Club, and is a strategic advisor for a few dozen startups, research institutions, and nonprofits in the ocean, weather, climate, and space sectors. Gallaudet is a former acting Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary of Commerce, acting and Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and Oceanographer of the Navy. He has a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, and master and doctoral degrees from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Hardy

Kevin Hardy is President of Global Ocean Design, creating components and subsystems for unmanned vehicles, following a career at Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD. He holds important patents in the field of ocean landers. He is on the academic advisory board of Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Hardy received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Shanghai Ocean University in 2018. He proposed making thick wall glass spheres to Nautilus Marine Service/Vitrovex (Germany) that opened the hadal depths to routine exploration. Hardy was the Lander Team Leader for James Cameron’s DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Expedition. He writes for the Journal of Diving History and the Marine Technology Reporter.

Authors & Contributors

Ewing

Tom Ewing is a freelance writer specializing in energy and environmental issues.

Gallaudet

Laurel Gallaudet, B.A., is a second-year Master's student in the Composition, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program at Nova Southeastern University's (NSU), where she obtained her bachelor of arts in Strategic Communication and Marine Biology. She is the Chief Marketing Officer of Ocean STL Consulting, LLC and has worked on several science communication projects with NSU’s marine sciences departments.

Konowe

Celia Konowe is from Reston, Virginia, recently graduating from the University of Rochester with a degree in environmental studies. She has study abroad experience in France and Ecuador, including the Universidad de San Francisco Quito’s GAIAS (Galápagos Institute for the Arts and Sciences) program. Currently, she is pursuing her master of environmental studies degree at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Lundquist

Edward Lundquist is a retired naval officer who writes on naval, maritime, defense and security issues. He is a regular contributor to Maritime Reporter & Engineering News and Marine Technology Reporter.

Moniz

Rhonda J. Moniz is an underwater forensics expert specializing in diving technologies and subsea systems. She has more than 25 years of experience as a ROV pilot, master dive instructor, scientific diver, and dive safety officer. She is the president of the board of directors for the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS).