Seminar: "Lights, Action, Camera! How advances in Ocean Engineering will Lead to an Improved Understanding of the Sub-Sea World" - Jules Jaffe

Marine and Coastal Sciences Seminar:

"Lights, Action, Camera! How advances in Ocean Engineering will Lead to an Improved Understanding of the Sub-Sea World"

Jules Jaffe
Senior Research Oceanographer
Affiliation   Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Jules Jaffe is a pioneer in developing new tools to explore the ocean. His research interests are broadly concerned with the use of new technology for observing oceanic phenomena and the development of inverse techniques for their interpretation. His research has focused primarily on ocean ecology; he has also worked in biomedical applications. In the realm of ocean ecology, several acoustic systems invented by Jaffe resulted in the first ever behavioral observations of zooplankton in situ. In addition, the small-scale distribution of phytoplankton, as mapped via an autonomously deployed imaging fluorometer, have provided unprecedented views of oceanic biota. A new generation of miniature, sensor-equipped drifters that can acoustically network is also being considered in order to gain insights into coastal circulation and larval transport. Most recently, Jaffe is developing underwater microscopes for in-situ characterization of micro and macro plankton.