Our Team
Dr. Joaquim Goes
After finishing his Master’s degree in 1992 at the University of Bombay in India, Joaquim was offered a Doctoral fellowship by the Japanese Ministry of Education and he moved to Nagoya University, Japan. Clueless in a pre-internet age, he dived headlong into a new culture and language, and loved every bit of it from the sashimi and onsen to kanji.
Anushka Agarwal
Originally from India, Anushka Agarwal pursued her Master's in Computer Science degree at Columbia University, specializing in Machine Learning and Computer Vision. At the lab, Anushka contributed to developing end-to-end deep learning pipelines for phytoplankton microscopy analysis, including data preprocessing, model fine-tuning and deploying research tools that significantly reduced manual workload for researchers. She is currently working as a Backend Engineer at an AI startup in New York.
Dr. Helga do Rosario Gomes
Helga do Rosario Gomes (Maria Fatima Helga do Rosario Gomes) is from the state of Goa in India, famous for its beautiful beaches so it’s inevitable that she was drawn to oceanography from a young age. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from Bombay University and after research positions in Japan and in Maine, she has been a Research Scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Climate School from 2010 onwards.
Jinghui Wu
Jinghui Wu is an optical oceanographer focusing on ocean optics and ocean color remote sensing. She has extensive experience in bio-optical modeling, development of ocean color inversion algorithms, field radiometric measurements, radiative transfer simulation, and quality control and quality assurance. Her recent research interests include a) Modeling of marine phytoplankton physiology and productivity using Hyperspectral/Multispectral remote sensing reflectance b) Development of remote sensing methods to estimate the euphotic depth c) Development of algorithms for mapping phytoplankton biodiversity and functional types using Hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance data.
Xiwen (Gia) Wu
Xiwen (Gia) Wu is a research assistant. She holds a B.S. in Marine Science with a concentration in Marine Biology from the University of Florida and an M.P.H. in Biostatistics from Columbia University, along with a Certificate in Advanced Epidemiology.