Many of our colleagues are oceanographers, ocean scientists, biologists, geophysicists, etc. How would you describe your specialized profession?
I would say I am a deep sea volcanologist, seafloor surveyor and science visualizer.

Tom, during a 2013 expedition to visually survey Axial Seamount with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Did you have a moment in your childhood when you knew what professional direction your life would take? Did you have a “fall in love with the ocean” moment?
I probably have to cite the usual influences like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jacques Cousteau, and...
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