People
Giora Proskurowski
Science Support, UW (Leg 2)
Giora graduated from Amherst College with a chemistry major, but was lured to the earth sciences with the prospects of using chemistry to study deep-sea hydrothermal vents. He got his masters and PhD from the University of Washington in chemical oceanography studying the connections between biology, geology, and chemistry at deep-sea hot vents. Since 2005 he has been in Woods Hole, MA, as a postdoctoral scholar and Visiting Investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and a Faculty Oceanography Scientist at Sea Education Association. The Enlighten'10 expedition represents his return to the University of Washington as a Project Scientist, where he will help make the exciting promise of seafloor cabled observatory a powerful tool for research and education.
