Background
Born in New Jersey, Frank graduated with a B.S. in Biological Oceanography from Rutgers University in 2016, and has spent time in a variety of places teaching and researching. completing his PhD in Oceanographic Engineering. The through-line has always been the ocean.
Oceanographic Research
I am currently focused on using a mixture of measured environment data and modeled acoustic propagation to predict future detection efficiencies and contextualize collected detections. Our data should never be detections in isolation; the water column is a complex variable medium and needs to be accounted for.
I combined measured data from moorings, robots, surface buoys, hydrophones, and satellites with my modeled soundscapes to understand the underwater environment.
Teaching and Outreach
If I can’t explain something to any audience, I don’t understand it well enough! I have been an educator on many levels: swim instructor/judo teacher/undergraduate TA/graduate TA/outdoor educator/snorkel guide/lab instructor, and more! This is a mixture of formal and informal mentorship opportunities.
Some of my favorite outreach moments came from my deployments to Palmer Station, Antarctica. HBO Vice came to film their climate change episode (HBO Vice’s “Our Rising Oceans”), showing our work using robots along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. I was featured in the thumbnail; this short documentary is the only piece of art that contains myself and a sitting President, so far.
Reach out for collaborations, questions, or compliments.
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