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Meet The Team

Co-founder and Team Lead

Mark Leone

M.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering

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Co-founder and Conservation Lead

Jaden Clark

Ph.D. Student, Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Co-founder and Research/Software Lead

Chinmay Lalgudi

M.S. Student, Computer Science

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Hardware Lead

Julian Schultz

B.S. Student, Engineering Physics

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Ocean Science

Daviana Berkowitz-Sklar

Ph.D. Student, Oceans

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Hydrophone Systems

B.S. Student, Mechanical Engineering

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Electrical Systems

Ankush Dhawan

Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

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Autonomy

Isaac (Ike) Ward

Ph.D. Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics

CTG Alumni

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Ocean Science Lead (2023-24)

Dakota Riemersma

M.S. Student, Energy and Atmosphere

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Software & AI (2023-24)

Sonnet Xu

B.S. Student, Computer Science

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Software & AI (2023-24)

Jayson Meribe

B.S. Student, Computer Science

Join Our Team

We welcome students of all majors and experience levels. If you have a passion for designing, building, coding, data science, drones, or marine life, we'd love to have you join our team. We are actively recruiting electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers, roboticists, ocean scientists, and operations officers for our ongoing projects. 

 

If you are a Stanford affiliate, please click here to join Stanford Student Robotics (SSR) Slack. Once in the SSR Slack workspace, join the #conservation-technology channel to hear more about what we are currently doing! Please also fill out this short interest form.

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We typically meet on Wednesdays at 7 PM in Packard 214. 

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Please email mleone@stanford.edu with any questions, or if you have trouble joining the Slack.​

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