Dr. Erika Woolsey

Erika is a marine biologist, designer, VR filmmaker, National Geographic Explorer, Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab, and CEO and co-founder of The Hydrous, a non-profit devoted to translating marine science into public understanding. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she conducted her PhD research in coral reef ecology with James Cook University on the Great Barrier Reef, earned her Masters of Applied Science in Coastal Management from the University of Sydney, and studied biology and art history at Duke University. She also teaches human-centered design thinking at Stanford University and the Harvard Extension School.