Katy Croff Bell
{{short description|American marine explorer}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Katy Croff Bell
| image = Katy Croff Bell interviewed by Joichi Ito in 2016.jpg
| caption = Bell interviewed by Joichi Ito in 2016
| alma_mater = {{Ubl | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.) | University of Southampton (M.S.) | University of Rhode Island (Ph.D.)}}
| workplaces = {{Ubl | MIT Media Lab | National Geographic Society}}
| known_for = Ocean Exploration
}}
Katy Croff Bell is a marine explorer who has been on more than 30 oceanographic and archaeological expeditions including in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. She is also an American Association for Advancement of Science If/Then Ambassador in recognition of her work to interest girls in STEM careers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Education
Bell received a bachelor of science in ocean engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000, working with Professor David Mindell in the Deepwater Archaeology group.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/expeditions.html|title=Expeditions|website=web.mit.edu|access-date=January 18, 2018}}{{Cite news|last=Maxwell|first=Jill Hecht|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/02/18/11737/katy-croff-bell-00/|title=Katy Croff Bell '00 Brings Oceanic Exploration to the Desktop|date=February 18, 2015|work=MIT Technology Review|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en}} Following college, she spent 2001 as a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fabfems.org/users/katy-croff-bell|title=Katy Croff Bell|website=fabfems.org|access-date=January 18, 2018}} She completed a master's degree in maritime archaeology at the University of Southampton, before moving to the Graduate School of Oceanography in Rhode Island.{{Cite web|url=https://web.uri.edu/gso/uncategorized/gso-on-national-geographic-this-sunday/|website=URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography|title=GSO on National Geographic This Sunday|date=May 16, 2014|language=en-US|access-date=January 18, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://dofundodomar.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_dofundodomar_archive.html |title=Sub hunters strike gold beneath the waves|website=dofundodomar.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=January 18, 2018}} She was appointed a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2006.{{Cite news|last=Favorite|first=Crowd|url=http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2006/01/31/emerging-explorers-2006/|title=Theoretical Physicist, Adventure Photographer Among New Class Of National Geographic Emerging Explorers|date=January 31, 2006|work=National Geographic Partners Press Room|access-date=January 18, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023115618/http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2006/01/31/emerging-explorers-2006/|archive-date=October 23, 2012|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=August 30, 2018 |title=Katy Croff Bell |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions/experts/katy-croff-bell/ |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=National Geographic Expeditions |language=en}} At the University of Rhode Island, she was awarded the Ada Sawyer Award in 2007 and the Robert McMaster Award in 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.riwba.com/ofinterest/|title=Of Interest|website=riwba.com|language=en-US|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718040546/http://www.riwba.com/ofinterest/|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=dead}} Bell completed Doctor of Philosophy degree, "On the Origin of Submarine Sediment Features in the Southern Aegean Sea," at the University of Rhode Island in 2011, under the supervision of Robert Ballard.{{Cite journal|last=Katherine Lynn Croff Bell|date=January 1, 2011|title=On the origin of submarine sediment features in the southern Aegean Sea|url=https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3450922|journal=Dissertations and Master's Theses (Campus Access). Paper AAI3450922.|pages=1–146|archive-date=March 2, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302120821/https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3450922/|url-status=dead}}
Research and career
In 2011, Bell became vice president of the Ocean Exploration Trust.{{Cite news|url=https://www.webbschool.org/page/news-detail?pk=772038|title=Webb Middle Science Teacher Kirk Beckendorft to Embark on Deep-Sea Expedition|date=August 26, 2015|work=Webb School of Knoxville|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oceanexplorationtrust.org/our-team|title=Ocean Exploration Trust Staff|website=Ocean Exploration Trust|language=en|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120356/http://www.oceanexplorationtrust.org/our-team|url-status=dead}} She was Chief Scientist of Robert Ballard's exploration vessel E/V Nautilus, overseeing expeditions to the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, eastern Pacific Ocean and the Aegean Sea.{{Cite news|url=https://nautiluslive.org/people/all|title=Meet the Team|work=Nautilus Live|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701020323/http://nautiluslive.org/people/all|url-status=dead}}{{Citation |title=NAUTILUS LIVE 2012 {{!}} Aegean Sea Leg with Chief Scientist Katy Croff Bell | date=August 30, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C52l6j4nwFc |language=en |access-date=April 10, 2022}} The Nautilus Exploration Program is an open science initiative, which shares the process and outcomes of ocean exploration with everyone.{{Cite news|url=http://directorsfellows.media.mit.edu/fellow-profiles/katy-croff-bell/|title=Katy Croff Bell|work=MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321064945/http://directorsfellows.media.mit.edu/fellow-profiles/katy-croff-bell/|archive-date=March 21, 2019|url-status=dead}} The expedition attracted a variety of media coverage, and Bell gave several interviews and lectures.{{Citation|last=Blackwell's Bookshops|title=Ocean exploration: Interview with Dr Katy Croff Bell|date=June 26, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjlgzduV9Co|access-date=January 18, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://fia.umd.edu/lost-and-found/|title=The Future of the Past: Day 2|date=December 10, 2013|work=FIA|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://stem.ky/archives/2013/plenaries.html#croff|title=Plenary Presenters|website=stem.ky|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223182903/http://stem.ky/archives/2013/plenaries.html#croff|archive-date=February 23, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2011 |title=Interview with Chief Scientist Katy Croff Bell {{!}} Nautilus Live |url=https://nautiluslive.org/video/2011/08/12/interview-chief-scientist-katy-croff-bell |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=nautiluslive.org |language=en}}
In addition being a leader of expeditions, Bell is also a lecturer of underwater exploration and technology.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expeditions.com/daily-expedition-reports/175784/events/|title=Sailing/Cape Sounion, Greece|last=Max Seigal|date=May 16, 2014|website=expeditions.com|access-date=January 18, 2018}} In 2014, she was a MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow.{{Cite web |last=Joi Ito |date=July 10, 2014 |title=Announcing the Director's Fellows Cohort 2 |url=https://medium.com/mit-media-lab/announcing-the-directors-fellows-cohort-2-41d27d989410 |access-date=January 18, 2018 |website=MIT MEDIA LAB}} In 2015, she used telepresence technology to participate in Nautilus expeditions in the Gulf of Mexico and eastern Pacific Ocean. That year, she took part in the social media campaign #ILookLikeAnEngineer.{{Cite news|last=Stephanie McFeeters|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2015/08/04/ilooklikeanengineer-campaign-supported-women-mit-kendall-square-and-elsewhere/fpqXVJwHkgpYKn583gS3lI/story.html|title=#ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign supported by women at MIT, Kendall Square, and elsewhere|date=August 4, 2015|work=BostonGlobe.com|access-date=January 18, 2018}} She led a team of MIT explorers on a deep-ocean exploration off the coast of Southern California in 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://directorsfellows.media.mit.edu/new-projects/|title=An Ocean Exploration on Board of the Nautilus E/V|work=MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en-US}} In 2017, as an MIT Visiting Scientist, she created the Open Ocean initiative at the Media Lab.{{Cite web|url=https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/open-ocean/overview/|title=Group Overview|last=Katy Croff Bell (Director)|website=MIT Media Lab|access-date=July 17, 2018}} Bell is developing technology for ocean exploration projects, to allow for remote science and education,{{Cite web|url=https://nautiluslive.org/people/katy-croff-bell|title=Katy Croff Bell|website=Nautilus Live|date=February 6, 2010 |language=en|access-date=January 18, 2018}} which no longer active.{{Cite web |title=Group Overview ‹ Open Ocean |url=https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/open-ocean/overview/ |access-date=April 3, 2023 |website=MIT Media Lab}} Bell also said that, at the Open Ocean initiative, she is reimagining the future of ocean exploration and storytelling.{{Cite web|url=https://ngstudentexpeditions.com/experts/katy-croff-bell|title=Katy Croff Bell|date=October 20, 2015|website=National Geographic|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119121847/https://ngstudentexpeditions.com/experts/katy-croff-bell|archive-date=January 19, 2018|access-date=January 18, 2018}}
Bell is vice chair of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee{{Cite web|url=https://www.oceancollectiv.co/katy/|title=Profile: Katy|website=Ocean Collectiv|language=en-US|access-date=January 18, 2018|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030555/https://www.oceancollectiv.co/katy/|url-status=usurped}} and a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} In July 2017, she became the first female Technology Fellow at National Geographic.{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@joi/conversation-with-ocean-explorer-katy-croff-bell-5c2742210428|title=Conversation with Ocean Explorer Katy Croff Bell|last=Ito|first=Joi|date=December 24, 2016|website=Joi Ito|via=joi.ito.com|access-date=January 18, 2018}} She is a founding member of the {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20200527123532/https://www.oceancollectiv.co/ Ocean Collectiv]}}, a group formed to find solutions to ocean problems.{{Cite news|last=Lauren Hertel|url=https://www.switzernetwork.org/fellows-news/johnson-launches-new-consulting-firm-ocean-problems|title=Johnson launches new consulting firm for ocean problems|date=November 5, 2017|work=Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120134/https://www.switzernetwork.org/fellows-news/johnson-launches-new-consulting-firm-ocean-problems|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Person Overview ‹ Katy Croff Bell |url=https://www.media.mit.edu/people/katybell/overview/ |access-date=April 10, 2022 |website=MIT Media Lab}}
References
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External links
- [https://ifthenexhibit.org/ambassador/A-07/ #IfThenSheCan Ambassador]
- [https://asnt.org/MajorSiteSections/About/Awards/GoldMedal.aspx Robert McMaster Award]
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Category:21st-century American explorers
Category:American marine engineers
Category:MIT School of Engineering alumni
Category:21st-century American women engineers
Category:21st-century American engineers
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