NEPTUNE Canada

NEPTUNE Canada staff are listed below. For more contacts, see our full listing of staff within VENUS, Ocean Networks Canada, and the Ocean Networks Canada Centre for Enterprise and Engagement.

Director

Kate Moran, director

• Karen Douglas, technical administrator

Science

Kim Juniper, associate director

• Dilumie Abeysirigunawardena, scientific data specialist
• Clio Bonnett, science communications assistant
• Alice Bui, underwater imagery analyst (co-op)
• John Dower, visiting scientist
• Martin Heesemann, research theme integrator, plate tectonics & earthquake dynamics
• Maia Hoeberechts, research theme integrator , engineering and computational research
• Jessica Klassen, data curation specialist (co-op)
• Marjolaine Matabos, research theme integrator, deep-sea ecosystem dynamics
• Steve Mihaly, research theme integrator, ocean/climate dynamics and effects on marine biota
• Dwight Owens, web content manager
• Corinne Pomerleau, research assistant (co-op)
• Ajaya Ravindran, scientific data specialist
• Martin Scherwath, research theme integrator, gas hydrates and seabed fluid dynamics
• Alex Spicer, scientific analyst

Administration and Finance

Fern Johnson, associate director

• Claudio Alfaro, systems administrator
• Leslie Elliott, project coordinator
• Jason Rush, systems administrator
• Christina Waddle, administrative assistant
• Marion Will, accounting coordinator

Engineering

Ian Kulin, associate director (interim)

• Mike Beard, electronics engineering technologist (CO-OP)
• Chris Carpenter, mechanical engineering technologist (CO-OP)
• Reece Hasanen, scientific instrument manager
• Jonathon Miller, Marine Equipment Technologist
• Richard Riddell, installation support specialist
• Matthew Uganecz, installation support specialist
• Jonathan Zand, Systems Integration Engineer

Engineering Consultants

The following external consultants have worked closely with NEPTUNE Canada.

• Steve Lentz, network engineering consultant
• Peter Phibbs, systems engineering consultant
• Mike Wilson, engineering consultant

Information Technology

Benoît Pirenne, associate director

Software Team

Eric Guillemot, Manager, Software Team

• Ben Biffard, scientific applications programmer
• Tim Boesenkool, web technology specialist
• Yan Chen, senior software engineer
• Helena Jeeves, senior software engineer
• Reyna Jenkyns, scientific applications programmer
• Josef Krentz, co-op student
• Tim Lavallee, senior software engineer
• Tony Lin, intermediate software engineer
• Khai Yih Ong, intermediate software engineer
• Susan Perkins, intermediate software engineer
• Ronald Schouten, senior software engineer
• Michael Thorne, senior software engineer
• Mitozcelle Valenzuela, intermediate software engineer

Data Curation

• Andy Robertson, video specialist
• Meghan Tomlin, metadata specialist

Software Quality Control

Bob Crosby, Team Lead

• Murray Leslie, software quality control specialist 
• Daisy Qi, software quality control specialist
• Yingsong Zheng, software quality control specialist

Systems

Martin Hofmann, systems manager

• Austin Henry, mission-critical systems administrator
• Shane Kerschtien, mission-critical systems administrator
• Nic Scott, mission-critical systems administrator