Welcome, Ben Gire, SIO CalCOFI’s new Oceanographic Technician & Programmer

We are excited to welcome Ben Gire to the SIO CalCOFI oceanographic team!

Ben holds a B.S. in Oceanography from Cal Poly Humboldt and previously worked at the Oceanographic Data Facility at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, supporting international research cruises as part of a technical team specializing in hydrographic data collection and analysis.

As an oceanographic technician for CalCOFI, his responsibilities include debugging legacy Visual Basic software, rewriting legacy code in Python, processing data for preliminary and finalized datasets, performing instrument calibrations, maintaining the CTD and rosette, and collecting and analyzing samples at sea.

Ben enjoys playing guitar, watching horror movies, and spending time in nature.

We’re so happy to welcome Ben to our team!