May Speaker Dr. Joe Dituri Biomedical engineer and United States Navy veteran.

PROJECT NEPTUNE 100:  PRESSURIZED, ANALYZED, ENERGIZED!

Biomedical engineer and United States Navy veteran Dr. Joe Dituri is doing science experiments in the sea. He is living underwater for 100 days in about 30 feet at the Jules Undersea Lodge in Key Largo.  If  he completes his proposed sojourn, he will have broken the record for time at depth in the ocean.   Please join SFDI on Wednesday, May 3 as we learn about the effects of water pressure on human subject Dr. Joe on Day #64!  Find out more about Dr. Dituri at  https://drdeepsea.com/

ABOUT DR. JOE DITURI 

Dr, Dituri did not slow down when he retired from the Navy after 28 years of active service.  Fueled by his passion for discovery, adventure, and making the greatest possible positive contribution to the world, he is fighting for change in a big way. 

As president of the Undersea Oxygen Clinic, Dr. Dituri has applied his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering to the development of a breakthrough treatment for healing Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), and the related symptoms of PTSD, depression, and long-term mental and physical impairments.

As a Director of the International Board of Undersea Medicine and in partnership with the Marine Resources Development Foundation Marine Lab, Dr. Dituri is embarking on a 100-day adventure in the Jule's Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, FL. Called the Neptune 100 Day Undersea Mission, the work Dr. Dituri is undertaking will further medical research, ocean conservation, and technical development.

Included among his many other projects and influential activities are

CEO of the Association for Marine Exploration 

Active membership on the American Bureau of Shipping Special Committee on Building and Classing Undersea Vehicles and Hyperbaric Systems

Active membership on the National Offshore Advisor Committee for Commercial Diving Safety

Consulting for the International Board of Undersea Medicine

His research areas of interest include hyperbaric medicine, life support equipment, and high carbon dioxide environments. 

Dr. Dituri is the author of numerous diver-training manuals, a co-author of the book “Tao of Survival Underwater”, a contributing author to Hyperbaric Medical Practice (4th edition) and the Navy Diving Manual. He has been published in several journals including those by the American Society of Naval Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 

Always up for a challenge, Dr. Dituri  enjoys writing books, skydiving and pursuing a lifelong goal of being a civilian astronaut. 

April Speaker Colin Foord marine biologist

ABOUT COLIN FOORD

Colin Foord is a marine biologist, coral aquaculturist, artist, and filmmaker educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University in Australia. He is co-founder of marine biological art duo Coral Morphologic, through which he developed the world's first multimedia coral aquaculture studio located in the heart of Miami. It is Colin’s mission to bridge the gap between art and science by exploring corals in a way that people of all ages can relate to the mystery and importance of conserving the world's tropical reefs.

Beyond Miami, Colin has dived the reefs of Indonesia, Jamaica, Australia, Fiji, Cook Islands, Bahamas, Hawaii, Arabian Gulf, Colombia, and the Solomon Islands. His work has been featured by the BBC, Nat Geo Channel, The New Yorker, the Miami Herald, Vice Magazine, NPR, The New York Times, and CBS Morning News.

His most recent project is the Coral City Camera, an underwater live-streaming camera broadcasting 24/7 from an urban coral reef along PortMiami named Best Public Artwork in 2020 by the Miami New Times and featured by the BBC. 

CORAL MORPHOLOGIC IN THE CORAL CITY

 Coral Morphologic is a hybrid art-science endeavor founded in Miami in 2007 to elevate public awareness of the importance of healthy reefs and to crossover corals into pop culture.  Marine biologist and co-founder Colin Foord will take us on a journey through space and time to understand what makes Miami the Coral City it is today, and how corals can illuminate a sustainable path towards an anthropogenic future that is symbiotic with nature.

Key Links:
www.coralmorphologic.com
www.coralcitycamera.com
Social Media:
Coral Morphologic Instagram
Coral City Camera Instagram

March Speaker Khrystyne Jamerson Outreach Coordinator for South Florida Wildlife Center

Khrystyne was raised in Texas and completed her bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Biology at Texas State University-San Marcos. Since she was a child, she has always had an interest in animals and nature. Throughout her career, she has been fortunate to work with sea turtles in Costa Rica, Texas, and Ghana, as well as manatees in Florida. She has since transitioned out of the field and into environmental education to spread awareness about the plight of wildlife in their natural spaces and how everyone can help ensure their survival for future generations.

In her spare time, Khrystyne enjoys paddling, camping with her dogs, and exploring any new trails she can find.

February Speaker Photographer Barry Kulick

ADVENTURES FROM BEYOND THE WATER

 Photographer Barry Kulick is an honorary member and longtime friend of SFDI.  This February, as he has done in at least 30 Februaries past, Barry will wow us with his photography and regale us with his wit.  Since, due to covid, he has not traveled at all since his last presentation in 2020, he'll show images that he has made in Florida since the beginning of the pandemic, including images of birds and other local terrestrial wildlife.  Club old-timers can also look forward to enjoying some fabulous images from past presentations, while newcomers will savor them for the very first time.  And, he may indeed have a few surprises in store!  Welcome to our friend, Barry!

 ABOUT BARRY KULICK

 Barry Kulick is a professional underwater photographer and cameraman. A long time sport-diver, he sold his guitar making business in 1988, and turned his hobby into a career. During the past decades he has had the opportunity to travel the world with his cameras to capture images of a wide variety of marine subjects; ranging in diversity from minute Pygmy Sea Horses, to enormous Great White Sharks, from the murky confines of ancient shipwrecks, to the vibrant color and ceaseless activity of majestic coral reefs.

 Although his major focus is the realm of still photography, Barry's cinema and video work has been seen in several films, commercials, training videos, and television shows. Hundreds of his still images have appeared throughout North, South and Central America, Europe, and Australia in books, magazines, advertisements, newspapers, postcards, puzzles, posters, computer software, art galleries, corporate and government publications, and private collections.

 Originally from New York City, Barry Kulick and his wife Miriam relocated to Florida in 1992, just in time to be greeted by Hurricane Andrew. Things have remained interesting since then.