More About Marine Geology & Geophysics People at NGDC
James Bunn is MGG Team Co-Lead and the senior NOAA Corps Officer assigned to NGDC. He is the executive officer of the International Hydrographic Office Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (IHODCDB). Prior to joining MGG, he was assigned to NOAA Ship OSCAR ELTON SETTE in Honolulu, Hawaii, as Executive Officer. Prior to reporting aboard SETTE, he was the Associate Director for Operations and Scientific Operations Manager for the FOCI, Vents, and Tsunami DART programs at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle, Washington. His previous sea-going assignments include NOAA Ships MALCOLM BALDRIDGE, SURVEYOR, DISCOVERER, WHITING, and FERREL. He received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Engineering, from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.
John Campagnoli is a computer specialist. He manages co-manages the assimilation of multibeam bathymetry with Kelly Stroker, processes marine geophysical trackline data, and creates maps for DART Buoy deployment. Before joining NGDC in 1989, he held various positions in mapping and computer programming at the Environmental Protection Agency. He received his A.A. from Northern Virginia Community College.
Kelly Carignan collaborates with NGDC through the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) of the University of Colorado. Ms. Carignan works on compiling high-resolution gridded data sets in support of tsunami inundation research. She received her B.A. in Geography with a minor in Geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2006.
Marcus Cole is a cartographer and GIS specialist for the Cartographic and Geospatial Technologies Program, NOS. He was hired after serving with the group as an ECO Associate working on the Historical Map Project and assorted GIS programming tasks. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in Environmental Science, and M.S. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, focusing on human-environment interactions and GIS.
Dr. Eakins is a marine geophysicist who joined NGDC on March 27, 2006 as a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) researcher through the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). His current research efforts focus on the development of high-resolution digital elevation models, which merge coastal bathymetric and topographic data, in support of tsunami inundation modeling for select U.S. coastal regions. He served 6 years in the U.S. Navy, specializing in oceanography and anti-submarine warfare, before obtaining his B.A. in Geology from CU and his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
Susan McLean is a physical scientist and acting Division Chief of NGDC's MGG Division and Director of the World Data Center for Solid Earth Geophysics, Boulder. The MGG Division also includes Natural Hazards and Geomagnetism in addition to marine geology and geophysics data. Ms. McLean is a geochemist by training, but has worked the last 20 years managing the geomagnetic data archive and developing models and products based on magnetic observatory, repeat station, airborne, and satellite observations. Ms. McLean's past experience includes two years as the acting Division Chief of NGDC's Solid Earth Geophysics Division and program lead for NGDC's Tsunami, Geomagnetism, and Continuously Operating Receiving Station (CORS) West projects. She received her B.A. in Geochemistry from the University of Colorado.
Dan Metzger is a geophysicist. Mr. Metzger is the manager and primary author/developer of NGDC's marine geophysical data systems. His GEODAS software has been installed all over the world as a standard for geophysical data management and access, and he continues to adapt GEODAS, incorporating new technologies and data types, maintaining it as a premiere system for geophysical data viewing, quality control, editing and access. Prior to joining NGDC in 1976, he was a geophysicist with the US Naval Oceanographic Office, conducting worldwide geophysical surveys. He earned his B.S. in Earth and Space Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Carla Moore is a geologist, and co-lead of the MGG Team. Ms. Moore manages NGDC's marine geology databases and systems. She is the NGDC representative to the Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Consortium and a member of the Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS) Archive Expert Team. She is also responsible for web pages for marine geology and geophysics data, Web pages for several international mapping projects, and for coordination of Web content on the NGDC Web Site. Past activities include liaison to the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Science Measurements Panel 1997-2000, member of the ODP JANUS database steering committee 1994-1998, Chair of the SEPM Computer Applications Committee 1997-1998(member 1996-1998), member of the ODP Information Handling Panel 1994-1996, and corresponding secretary of the International Marine Minerals Society (IMMS) 1989-1994. Prior to joining NGDC in 1976, Ms. Moore worked for the USGS. She earned her B.S. and M.A. in Geology from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Kimberly Nye is the MGG Office Manager. Ms. Nye is also Office Manager for NGDC's Information Services Division.
Kelly Stroker is a physical scientist. Prior to becoming a federal employee, she collaborated with NGDC through the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) of the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). Ms. Stroker co-manages multibeam bathymetric data with John Campagnoli, and also the distribution and archive of various natural hazards data, including the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) and the significant volcanic eruptions databases. She received a B.S in Geology from Northern Arizona University and an M.S. in Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island.
Lisa Taylor is a geophysicist and lead of the Marine Modeling Team. She manages NGDC's gathering and gridding of fine-scale bathymetry for transmission to NOAA/PMEL for tsunami modeling. Ms. Taylor is a member of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Subcommittee on UnderSea Feature Names (SCUFN) and participates in several Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) regional bathymetric mapping projects, serving as a compiler for the International Bathymetric Chart of the Carribean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (IBCCA) and the International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean (IBCWIO).
Previously, Ms. Taylor was active in the Great Lakes Data Rescue Project, and also managed NGDC's cooperative project with the National Ocean Service (NOS) to digitize hydrographic data from NOS charts.
She is a member of the NOAA Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) cadre, and served as NGDC's representative on the NESDIS Diversity Council. She is a trained NOAA facilitator for the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as well as for NOAA's Survey Feedback Action (SFA) initiative. She also served on the NESDIS World-Class Workforce Stategic Planning Team. Prior to joining NGDC in 1988, Ms. Taylor worked at the USGS and NAVOCEANO. Ms. Taylor received her B.A. in Geology from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Robin Warnken is an oceanographer. Ms. Warnken is the data manager for analog marine geological and geophysical data, and one of the leads on the Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) data management project. She also manages the NOAA Climate Data Modernization Program (CDMP) project to digitize analog marine geophysical records at NGDC. Prior to joining NGDC, Ms. Warnken was a research associate with CIRES, collaborating with NGDC since 1983, and before that was a high school science teacher. She earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Northwest Missouri State University.
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