Devin got his start in the Jaffe lab as part of an undergraduate engineering design project. He joined the lab as an engineer after receiving a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCSD in 2013 and has continued on ever since. His work with the lab includes underwater autonomous vehicles, control algorithm tuning, electrical and mechanical design for underwater imaging systems, and fabrication and assembly.
Joe uses the tools of virtual reality, neural imaging, and psychophysics to study how humans deal with the noisy, ever-changing, and confusing, environments we evolved in. Through this and his training in computational physics, he has 10+ years of integrating cutting-edge pieces of technology into coherent systems.
Pichaya has been a student in the Jaffe Lab since 2016. His research focuses on developing imaging platforms for ecological studies. He is currently working on an in situ imaging system for marine microogainsms and a low-cost imaging platform for zooplankton. Originally from Thailand, Pichaya received his B.S. in General Engineering with an Emphasis in Environmental Analysis from Harvey Mudd College, CA. He is currently working towards his PhD in Oceanography, which he is expected to complete in 2021.
Nicholas received his BS in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Marine Biology from SDSU in 2024, and is now a graduate student in the Jaffe lab working towards a Master's in Marine Biology. His work with the lab revolves around developing, fabricating and testing equipment for underwater imaging systems. He is currently collaborating with Devin Ratelle and Paul Roberts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute on an imaging system to image copepod gut content in-situ.
Alumni of the Jaffe Lab
Name | Graduated | Dissertation | Currently @ |
Pichaya Lertvilai
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2022 | Developing imaging platforms for ecological studies | |
Camille Pagniello | 2021 | Applied Ocean Sciences | Stanford Unversity’s Hopkins Marine Station |
Kevin Le | 2020 | ||
Andrew D. Mullen | 2018 | Underwater Microscopic Imaging & Velocimetry for In Situ Studies of Benthic Marine Environments | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Eric C. Orenstein | 2018 | Automated Analysis Techniques for Oceanographic Imaging | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Christian Briseno | 2015 | Fine-scale spatial and temporal plankton distributions in the Southern California Bight: lessons from in situ microscopes and broadband echosounders | University of San Diego |
Justin Haag | 2014 | Design and implementation of optical imaging and sensor systems for characterization of deep sea biological camouflage | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Paul L. D. Roberts | 2009 | Multiview, Broadband, Acoustic Classification of Marine Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
Chad Schell | 2003 | Advanced tracking algorithms for the study of fine scale fish behavior | |
David Zawada | 2002 | The Application of a Novel Multispectral Imaging System to the in vivo Study of Fluorescent Compounds in Selected Marine Organisms | US Geological Survey |
Keihan Rafii | 1997 | An adaptive ultrasonic technique for measuring blood vessel diameter and wall thickness | |
Girish Chandran | 1996 | Signal and receiver design for a multisensor imaging system | |
Andy Palowitch | 1994 | Chlorophyll a spatial microstructure determination from volumetrically reconstructed optical serial sectioned fluorescence images | |
Duncan McGehee |
1994 | A three-dimensional acoustical imaging system for zooplankton observations |