AMOS is currently hosting one of our international collaborators, Professor Mark A. Moline, from the University of Delaware, USA.

Professor Mark Moline is regarded as one of the pioneers in operation of autonomous underwater vehicles including sensors.

Professor Mark A. Moline obtained BA degree in Biology in 1986 from St. Olaf College, and PhD degree in Oceanography from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1996. After a year-long post-doctoral fellowship at Rutgers University, Moline became a Professor at California Polytechnic State University.  During his tenure at Cal Poly, Moline received numerous national awards including the New Investigator Award from NASA, the Young Investigation Award from the Office of Naval Research and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.  In 2004, Moline established the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences and was the founding Director until 2012.  In 2010, Moline became a co-founder of the NTNU spin-off company Ecotone AS.  In 2011, Moline was named the Fulbright's Distinguished  Arctic Chair and served in that position at the University Centre in Svalbard.  In 2012, Moline became the Director of the School of Marine Science and Policy at the University of Delaware, overseeing activity of 40 faculty, 25 staff, 250 students, a satellite campus, and a regional class research vessel.  Moline has published over 150 peer-review articles on biological oceanography, marine ecology, polar biology, bioluminescence, underwater robotics, ocean observation networks, and scales of dynamics in the marine environment.