Renato Kane

About Renato Kane

I have been working in the field of ocean exploration for over 10 years, with a focus on…

Experience

1. Expedition Leader, Mapping Coordinator, and Lead Navigator

   Ocean Exploration Trust

   Jun 2013 — Present

   I have participated in over 75 research expeditions aboard Dr. Robert Ballard’s E/V Nautilus, supporting deep ocean research using multibeam sonar for seafloor mapping efforts, providing subsea navigation for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and participating in live educational telepresence. The projects I have worked on include exploration in marine biology, marine geology (hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and seamounts), marine archaeology (shipwrecks), and marine engineering (cabled network observatories). Collaborators and funders have included NOAA, NASA, US National Marine Sanctuaries, Charles Darwin Foundation, Ocean Networks Canada, National Geographic, Harvard University, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Locations of these scientific cruises have been global in scale, studying regions in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Galapagos Islands, Channel Islands, Revillagigedo Islands, Gulf of California, offshore British Columbia, Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Palau, and other locations in the remote Pacific Ocean.

Education

• University of Delaware

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

  2005 — 2009

• University of Delaware

  Master of Science (MS)

  2011 — 2014

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Programming
• Fortran
• Spatial Analysis
• Python
• Geography
• Environmental Science
• Research
• Matlab
• Lidar
• Science
• Statistics
• Sonar
• Gis
• Envi
• Navigation Systems
• Field Work
• Laboratory
• Remote Sensing
• Earth Science
• Arcgis
• Surveying