Publications

Amon, D.J., R.R. Rotjan, B.R.C. Kennedy, G. Alleng, R. Anta, E. Aram, K.M. Gjerde, J. Gobin, T. Edwards, M. Ford-Creary, L-A. Henderson, R. Hinds, A. Hope, B. Phillips, R.K. Ali, S. Lanser, K. Lewis, H. Lochan, S. MacLean, N. Mwemwenikarawa, B. Rimon, S-A. Sarjursingh, A. Tekiau, T. Teemari, A. Turchik, H. Vallès, K. Waysang, K.L.C. Bell. Submitted. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: A Pilot Study to Build Capacity for Global Deep-Ocean Exploration and Research. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.

Boulais O., B. Woodward, L. Lundsten, K. Barnard, B. Schlining, K.L.C. Bell, K. Katija. 2020. FathomNet: An underwater image training database for ocean exploration and discovery. arXiv: 2007.00114.

Buglass, S., S. Nagy, D. Ebert, P. Sepa, A. Turchik, K.L.C. Bell, F. Rivera, & J. Giddens. 2020. First records of the seven-gilled Notorynchus cepedianus and six-gilled Hexanchus griseus sharks (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae) found in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Journal of Fish Biology. Accepted 23 Jun 2020.

Bell, K.L.C., M.L. Brennan, M.-H. Cormier, M. Legg, J.E. Conrad, C.M. Castillo, N. Raineault, M. Lubetkin, J. Marlow, C. Caldow. 2019. Initial Observations and Preliminary Interpretations from Telepresence-enabled Exploration of the Southern California Borderland, USA. In: From the Mountains to the Abyss: The California Borderland as an Archive of Southern California Geologic Evolution. Eds. K. Marsaglia, R. Behl, and J. Schwalbach. SEPM Special Publication 110: 296-327.

Brennan, M.L., F. Cantelas, K. Elliott, J.P. Delgado, K.L.C. Bell, D. Coleman, A. Fundis, J. Irion, H.K. Van Tilburg, R. D. Ballard. 2018. Telepresence-enabled maritime archaeological exploration in the deep. Journal of Maritime Archaeology. 13: 97.

Raineault, N.A., K.L.C. Bell, P. Girguis, eds. 2018. Results of Telepresence-enabled Exploration, Deep Sea Research II. Vol 150.

Student Theses

Boulais, O.E. 2020. Emerging computational methodologies for transparency in fisheries. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2020.

Jang, J. 2020. Marine snow tracking stereo imaging system. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2020.

Shoeppner, T. 2020. Large Interactive Laser Light-Field Installation (LILLI). Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2020.

Conference Papers

K.L.C. Bell. 2020. Affordable, Accessible Ocean Exploration. MIT Portugal Conference 2020. Poster #028.

Bell, K.L.C., R. Rotjan, D. Amon, B. Kennedy, B. Phillips & A. Turchik. 2020. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: Building Deep Sea Capacity in Big Ocean Developing States. Ocean Sciences Meeting, IS31A-05. San Diego, CA.

Katija, K., B. Woodward, B. Schlining, L. Lundsten, K. Barnard, K.L.C. Bell. 2020. Towards an open, underwater image repository (FathomNet) for automated detection and classification of midwater and benthic targets using machine learning. Ocean Sciences Meeting, IS31A-05. San Diego, CA.

Katija, K., B. Woodward, L. Lundsten, B. Schlining, K. Barnard, K.L.C. Bell. 2019. FathomNet: An open, underwater image repository for automated detection and classification of midwater and benthic targets using machine learning. Marine Imaging Workshop 2019. Victoria, British Columbia.

Popular Articles

Marquez, Melissa C. 2021. Two Shark Species Sighted for the First Time in the Galapagos. Forbes. 6 Jan 2021.

Marquez, Melissa C. 2018. My Deep Sea, My Backyard: Empowering Nations To Study The Deep. Forbes. 21 Nov 2018.

Professional Service

2020 [KCB] UN Global Compact COVID-19 Task Force: Towards a more robust ocean economy: advancement of technology and data-sharing

2020 [KCB] Chair, Advancing Technologies for the Future of Deep Ocean Exploration (Session IS002 & IS34A). Chair, Town Hall on All Hands on Deck: Results of the 2018 National Ocean Exploration Forum (TH25A). Career Panel. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2020 [NS] Co-Chair, Imagining Ocean Science: Education and Outreach Using Visualization, Storytelling, and the Arts, Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA (Sessions ED11B, ED12A, and ED14C) 

2019 [KCB] Testified for the hearing on Ocean Exploration: Diving to New Depths and Discoveries for the Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

2017-2019 [KCB] Vice Chair, Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee, US Department of Commerce & Department of the Interior.

2018-2019 [KCB] National Geographic Massachusetts Education Advisory Council

2018-2019 [KCB] Advisor, Blue Tech Challenge, Inter-American Development Bank Group