SES member Gaelin Rosenwaks is a marine scientist, explorer, photographer, and filmmaker who began diving at 14 and has since continued exploring ocean ecosystems. She began her career at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution conducting research in Antarctica and went onto earn her Master’s Degree in Coastal Environmental Management. She founded Global Ocean Exploration Inc (GOE) to share her passion for ocean exploration, marine conservation, and storytelling. She now participates and conducts expeditions in every ocean to alert the public not only to the challenges facing the oceans but also to what science is doing to understand these changes.

In her talk, “Tales of the Open Ocean: Adventures at Sea,” Gaelin will take you on a journey from satellite tagging Bluefin Tuna in the Western Atlantic Ocean to drilling ice cores in the frozen Bering Sea to the bottom of the Blue Hole in Belize, in order to illuminate cutting-edge scientific research being conducted to understand the complexity of our ocean ecosystems. Driven by her academic background in marine science and conservation, Gaelin hopes to heighten people’s awareness and sense of responsibility to preserve the health of our planet. By employing photography and video to document her exploration, she hopes to inspire people to appreciate the beauty of our oceans and the natural world. She will also talk about her current film in production, Finding Physty, about her personal connection with sperm whales.

Find out more about Gaelin by following her @GaelinGOExplore and visiting www.gaelinrosenwaks.com