Kristin Politano

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Kristin Politano

Senior Faculty Research Assistant I

Senior Technician, OOI

Kristin joined Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) in November 2018. She received her B.S. in Biology from Florida State University in 2005, and a M.S. in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology from the University of Florida in 2009. Prior to working for OOI she was a faculty research assistant at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center, conducting research in support of wave energy development, and she also served as lead mooring technician for the OSU branch of PISCO. She has extensive sea-going experience and assists with field operations, instrument programming and maintenance, and mooring refurbishment.