Amy Kukulya
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Amy Kukulya is an Ocean Vehicle Operations Engineer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). She is a recognized authority in technical management and operations of autonomous underwater vehicle systems at WHOI. She has either led or participated in over 80 oceanographic expeditions since 2002 from the Arctic to Antarctica. Her research interests are navigation, acoustic communications, underwater archaeology, three-dimensional tracking of marine animals and under-ice capabilities. Her work focuses on the development of science applications with underwater robots and several of her projects have been featured on Discovery Channel and PBS and in mainstream news. Most recently, Amy led a successful crowd funding campaign to study endangered sea turtles with an AUV and developed a new suction cup tag capability with a patent pending. Amy is also passionate about education and outreach initiatives and has been named by the Governor's Office as a STEM role model in Massachusetts.
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Amy Fleischer
Science Teacher
Nauset Regional Middle School
Amy Fleischer is a science teacher at Nauset Regional Middle School and a former Northeast Regional Leader for the National Network of Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI), an NSF-funded consortium spear-headed by the New England Aquarium. Amy previously served as the Education Director at Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, as the Public Programs Coordinator at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, FL, and as a development editor for the publisher Pearson Education/ Addison-Wesley Higher Education. She was a Science Communication Fellow on board Dr. Robert Ballard's E/V Nautilus during the April 2015 Gulf-Integrated Spill Response (GISR) expedition and will serve as the Lead Science Communication Fellow for the summer 2017 expedition in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
Amy holds a master's degree in science education (grades 5-8) from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, a master's degree in Communications (Writing & Publishing) from Emerson College in Boston, MA, and a bachelor's degree in English and Sociology, with a concentration in Education: Curriculum and Instruction, from the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Michael Fishbein
Radiologist
Falmouth Hospital
Dr. Michael Fishbein has been a Radiologist at Falmouth Hospital for over 25 years. He is a former President of the Falmouth Hospital Medical Staff, the former Chairman of the Radiology Department of Falmouth Hospital, the former President of the Cape Cares International Medical Organization and the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Cancer Committee CCHC.
Radiologist FH 25 years.
Former President Falmouth Hospital Medical Staff
Former Chairman Radiology Department Falmouth Hospital
Former President Cape Cares International Medical Organization
Community Outreach coordinator Cancer Committee CCHC
Linda Beetlestone
Genetic Counselor
Women and Infants Hospital, Rhode Island
Linda Beetlestone completed her MS in Genetic Counseling at Brandeis University. Genetic Counselors assess individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects. They provide information and advice to other healthcare providers, or to individuals and families concerned with the risk of inherited conditions. She is presently working at Women and Infants Hospital In Rhode Island in a prenatal capacity.
Ronald D. Zweig
Aquaculture Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management
Ronald Zweig served as a staff member of the World Bank (1992-2007), where he worked as a technical specialist and task team leader on programs that involved food security and environmental assessment and management of aquatic resources, including freshwater, brackish and marine aquaculture; inland and costal fisheries; hydropower; transport – water ways and ports; marine and inland aquatic sanctuaries; lake and reservoir fisheries management; coastal zone planning and management; and biodiversity conservation projects. Much of this work focused on poverty reduction through the direct engagement of women and other disenfranchised groups in those activities in Asia – Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Laos, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. He was awarded the Bank’s 2006 Green Award for the formulation and adoption of international principles for responsible shrimp aquaculture. Since retiring from the World Bank, he has consulted for it and the Japan International Development Agency via the Washington, DC-based Centennial Group International on the advancement of sustainable aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic resource conservation projects in Southeast Asia. Before joining the World Bank, Zweig worked on similar activities for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Food Program, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), U.S. government agencies, private sector entities, and NGOs as well as for the World Bank as a consultant (1985-1992). After a year at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Zweig joined and led the New Alchemy Institute’s aquaculture program in Falmouth, Massachusetts from 1975 to 1985 with support from two National Science Foundation grant awards. As an ecosystem modeler, Zweig developed ecological and economic mathematical simulation models and a training game of integrated aquaculture systems. In addition, he is a proponent of renewable energy development and energy conservation programs and is the Falmouth Representative on the Board of the county-level Cape Light Compact, an energy aggregator and energy efficiency promoter, for Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard; a member of Falmouth’s Water Quality Management Committee; and former President of the Coonamessett Farm Foundation that is involved in research on ecosystem-based fisheries management, aquaculture and the natural history of sea turtles . He has more than 50 publications in scientific and popular journals.
Katie Ferreira
High School Student
Katie is an 11th grade student at Cape Cod Academy (CCA) and involved with the CCA Environment Club. Katie is also a creative writer and is passionate about nature, the outdoors and environmental causes.