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Katy Croff Bell
Bell interviewed byJoichi Itoin 2016
Alma mater
Known forOcean Exploration
Scientific career
Institutions

Katy Croff Bellis a marine explorer who has been on more than 30 oceanographic and archaeological expeditions including in theBlack Sea,theMediterranean,theGulf of Mexico,theCaribbean Sea,and thePacific Ocean.She is also anAmerican Association for Advancement of ScienceIf/Then Ambassador in recognition of her work to interest girls inSTEMcareers.[citation needed]

Education

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Bell received abachelor of scienceinocean engineeringfrom theMassachusetts Institute of Technologyin 2000, working with Professor David Mindell in the Deepwater Archaeology group.[1][2]Following college, she spent 2001 as aJohn A. KnaussMarine Policy Fellow in theNOAAOffice of Ocean Exploration.[3]She completed amaster's degreeinmaritime archaeologyat theUniversity of Southampton,before moving to the Graduate School of Oceanography inRhode Island.[4][5]She was appointed aNational GeographicEmerging Explorer in 2006.[6][7]At theUniversity of Rhode Island,she was awarded theAda SawyerAward in 2007 and the Robert McMaster Award in 2008.[8]Bell completedDoctor of Philosophy degree,"On the Origin of Submarine Sediment Features in the Southern Aegean Sea," at theUniversity of Rhode Islandin 2011, under the supervision ofRobert Ballard.[9]

Research and career

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In 2011, Bell became vice president of the Ocean Exploration Trust.[10][11]She was Chief Scientist ofRobert Ballard's exploration vesselE/VNautilus,overseeing expeditions to the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, eastern Pacific Ocean and the Aegean Sea.[12][13]The Nautilus Exploration Program is an open science initiative, which shares the process and outcomes of ocean exploration with everyone.[14]The expedition attracted a variety of media coverage, and Bell gave several interviews and lectures.[15][16][17][18]

In addition being a leader of expeditions, Bell is also a lecturer of underwater exploration and technology.[19]In 2014, she was aMIT Media LabDirector's Fellow.[20]In 2015, she usedtelepresence technologyto participate inNautilusexpeditions in the Gulf of Mexico and eastern Pacific Ocean.[2]That year, she took part in the social media campaign #ILookLikeAnEngineer.[21]She led a team of MIT explorers on a deep-ocean exploration off the coast of Southern California in 2016.[22]In 2017, as an MIT Visiting Scientist, she created the Open Ocean initiative at theMedia Lab.[14][23]Bell is developing technology for ocean exploration projects, to allow for remote science and education,[24]which no longer active.[25]Bell also said that, at the Open Ocean initiative, she is reimagining the future of ocean exploration and storytelling.[26]

Bell is vice chair of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee[27]and aPADIAdvanced Open Water Diver.[citation needed]In July 2017, she became the first female Technology Fellow atNational Geographic.[28]She is a founding member of theOcean CollectivArchived2020-05-27 at theWayback Machine,a group formed to find solutions to ocean problems.[29][30]

References

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  1. ^"Expeditions".web.mit.edu.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  2. ^abMaxwell, Jill Hecht (Feb 18, 2015)."Katy Croff Bell '00 Brings Oceanic Exploration to the Desktop".MIT Technology Review.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  3. ^"Katy Croff Bell".fabfems.org.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  4. ^"GSO on National Geographic This Sunday".URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography.16 May 2014.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  5. ^"Sub hunters strike gold beneath the waves".dofundodomar.blogspot.co.uk.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  6. ^Favorite, Crowd (2006-01-31)."Theoretical Physicist, Adventure Photographer Among New Class Of National Geographic Emerging Explorers".National Geographic Partners Press Room.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-10-23.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  7. ^"Katy Croff Bell".National Geographic Expeditions.2018-08-30.Retrieved2022-04-10.
  8. ^"Of Interest".riwba.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-18.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  9. ^Katherine Lynn Croff Bell (2011-01-01)."On the origin of submarine sediment features in the southern Aegean Sea".Dissertations and Master's Theses (Campus Access). Paper AAI3450922.:1–146.
  10. ^"Webb Middle Science Teacher Kirk Beckendorft to Embark on Deep-Sea Expedition".Webb School of Knoxville.2015-08-26.Retrieved2018-01-18.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^"Ocean Exploration Trust Staff".Ocean Exploration Trust.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-01-19.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  12. ^"Meet the Team".Nautilus Live.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-07-01.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  13. ^NAUTILUS LIVE 2012 | Aegean Sea Leg with Chief Scientist Katy Croff Bell,retrieved2022-04-10
  14. ^ab"Katy Croff Bell".MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows.Archived fromthe originalon 2019-03-21.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  15. ^Blackwell's Bookshops (2013-06-26),Ocean exploration: Interview with Dr Katy Croff Bell,retrieved2018-01-18
  16. ^"The Future of the Past: Day 2".FIA.2013-12-10.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  17. ^"Plenary Presenters".stem.ky.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-02-23.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  18. ^"Interview with Chief Scientist Katy Croff Bell | Nautilus Live".nautiluslive.org.2011-08-12.Retrieved2022-04-10.
  19. ^Max Seigal (May 16, 2014)."Sailing/Cape Sounion, Greece".expeditions.com.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  20. ^Joi Ito (2014-07-10)."Announcing the Director's Fellows Cohort 2".MIT MEDIA LAB.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  21. ^Stephanie McFeeters (August 4, 2015)."#ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign supported by women at MIT, Kendall Square, and elsewhere".BostonGlobe.com.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  22. ^"An Ocean Exploration on Board of the Nautilus E/V".MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  23. ^Katy Croff Bell (Director)."Group Overview".MIT Media Lab.Retrieved2018-07-17.
  24. ^"Katy Croff Bell".Nautilus Live.6 February 2010.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  25. ^"Group Overview ‹ Open Ocean".MIT Media Lab.Retrieved2023-04-03.
  26. ^"Katy Croff Bell".National Geographic.October 20, 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 2018-01-19.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  27. ^"Profile: Katy".Ocean Collectiv.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-07-18.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  28. ^Ito, Joi (2016-12-24)."Conversation with Ocean Explorer Katy Croff Bell".Joi Ito.Retrieved2018-01-18– viahttps://joi.ito.com/weblog/2016/12/24/conversation-wi-18.html.{{cite web}}:External link in|via=(help)
  29. ^Lauren Hertel (2017-11-05)."Johnson launches new consulting firm for ocean problems".Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation.Retrieved2018-01-18.
  30. ^"Person Overview ‹ Katy Croff Bell".MIT Media Lab.Retrieved2022-04-10.


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