• Serves as Chief Scientist of Esri, the world's leading geographic information system software, research and development company.
• Maintains an affiliated faculty appointment as Professor of Geography and Oceanography at Oregon State University since 1995.
• Became the first Black person to dive to Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth, on July 12, 2022, and successfully operated a side scan sonar at full-ocean depth.
• Played a key role in creating the first GIS data model for the oceans.
• Serves as a US Science Envoy under the Biden administration.
• Member of the US National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.
• Earned an Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Marine Geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994.

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