Vicki Ferrini

Vicki Ferrini, PhD came to Lamont as a post-doctoral research scientist in 2004. She is a Senior Research Scientist in the Marine and Large Programs Division and is the inaugural LDEO Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Bias. After earning an M.S. in Marine Environmental Science and a Ph.D. in Coastal Oceanography, both from Stony Brook University, her research focus shifted to the deep sea, and she has been working at the intersection of global seabed mapping and geoinformatics for nearly two decades.

Vicki has dedicated her career to ensuring that data are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) and is committed to broadening access to marine geoscience data. She leads several projects related to the management, curation and synthesis of seafloor and sub-seafloor data acquired with ships and submersibles, and is focused data accessibility and re-use by a broad user community. She holds an adjunct position at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where she serves as the Associate Director of Data Strategy for the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF), and an adjunct position at the University of New Hampshire's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. Dr. Ferrini serves as the Chair of the NOAA's Ocean Exploration Advisory Board and is a member of The Oceanography Society (TOS) Council.