{"id":303,"date":"2021-08-03T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.dev\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:04:08","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/mets-rcn\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/mets-rcn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/08\/nsf.png\" alt=\"nsf\" height=\"696\" width=\"692\" title=\"nsf\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/mets-rcn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/08\/logo_earthcube_no-subhead_horizontal.png\" alt=\"logo_earthcube_no-subhead_horizontal\" height=\"205\" width=\"600\" title=\"logo_earthcube_no-subhead_horizontal\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/mets-rcn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/129\/2021\/08\/METS-RCNgears.png\" alt=\"METS-RCNgears\" height=\"500\" width=\"867\" title=\"METS-RCNgears\" \/>\n\t<h1>Leadership<\/h1>\n<p>The METS RCN steering committee consists of representatives from renowned long-running METS such as HOT (Hawaii Ocean Time Series), BATS (Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Study), CalCOFI (California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations), and from complementary NSF-funded ocean observing efforts including OOI (Ocean Observatories Initiative) and marine LTER (Long-term Ecological Research) sites. Additional data expertise from BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre; also OCB (Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry) and BCO-DMO (Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management) representatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<h2>Steering Committee Members<\/h2>\n\t<h3>Heather Benway*<\/h3>\n<p><em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chemical Oceanographer, lead PI of OCB Project Office<\/p>\n\t<h3>Danie Kinkade*<\/h3>\n<em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<br \/>\n<\/em>\n<p>Director of BCO-DMO and ocean data expert<\/p>\n\t<h3>Angelique White*<\/h3>\n<em>University of Hawai&#8217;i<br \/>\n<\/em>\n<p>Biological Oceanographer and lead PI of HOT<\/p>\n\t<h3>Justin Buck<\/h3>\n<p><em>National Oceanography Centre<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Senior marine data manager at BODC<\/p>\n\t<h3>Pier Luigi Buttigieg<\/h3>\n<p><em>Alfred Wegener Institute<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Microbial ecology, Bioinformatics, Ecoinformatics, Multivariate analysis, Ontology development<\/p>\n\t<h3>Kim Currie<\/h3>\n<p><em>University of Otago and NIWA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marine carbonate chemist, Principal Investigator on the Munida Time Series<\/p>\n\t<h3>Dana Gerlach<\/h3>\n<p><em>Biological &amp; Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/em><\/p>\n\t<h3>Audrey Mickle<\/h3>\n<p><em>Biological &amp; Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/em><\/p>\n\t<h3>Rut Pedrosa<\/h3>\n<p><em>Marine Biological Laboratory<\/em><\/p>\n\t<h3>Nico Lange<\/h3>\n<p><em>Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oceanographer with experience in ship-based BGC data QC and synthesis products, current PhD researcher, starting hands-on with the CVOO time-series<\/p>\n\t<h3>Frank Muller-Karger<\/h3>\n<p><em>University of South Florida<\/em><\/p>\n\t<h3>Todd O&#8217;Brien<\/h3>\n<p><em>Independent scientist<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oceanographer and developer of statistical and visual methods for analyzing METS data, led projects including COPEPOD (Coastal and Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, and Observation Database), and IGMETS (International Group for Marine Ecological Time Series<\/p>\n\t<h3>Margaret O&#8217;Brien<\/h3>\n<p><em>Univ. 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