Senior Research Scientist (SSAI) Ryan is a research oceanographer at NASA’s Ocean Ecology Laboratory located at Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. His objective as a scientist is to explore the dynamics of the ocean at scales ranging from microscopic to telescopic, in an effort to understand and mitigate anthropogenic (human) influence, while promoting the sustainability of our ocean resources. Ryan received his MS degree in Biological Oceanography from the University of Southern Mississippi. https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/ryan.a.vandermeulen