The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project, held at the University of New Hampshire, USA, is a program under which maritime experts from around the world are brought together to become experts in deep-ocean mapping. The program's ultimate goal is to create a cadre of such experts, working together all over the world. GEBCO is an acronym for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean, and is an organization with formal links to the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and the International Hydrographic Organization. It is in the process of developing a world-wide chart of the ocean floor.
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 | Clive Angwenyi |
| Personal Profile | Clive Migosi Angwenyi received his BS degree in Mathematics from the University of Nairobi, Kenya in 1994 and his MS in Physical Oceanography from Gothenburg University, Sweden in 2002. He joined the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute in 1996 where he has been working in the physical oceanography department. His area of interest is in wave-induced circulation in coastal areas and oceanographic data management. Clive is also the technical editor for the African Ocean Portal which is a sub-project of the Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (ODINAFRICA). Of late he has taken a special interest in ocean bathymetry and has just started training on the same. |
 | Srinivas Karlapati |
| Personal Profile | Srinivas Karlapati is a Technical Officer in National Institute of Oceanography, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from Goa University, India. Srinivas has participated in various cruises for the collection of marine geophysical data and has published 16 research papers. His research interests lies in understanding the evolution of Arabian Sea in general and the northeastern Arabian Sea in particular. He likes to watch sports like football, tennis, cricket and play shuttle badminton. |
 | Hugo Montoro |
| Personal Profile | Hugo Montoro, is a Lieutenant Commander in the Peruvian Navy. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Marine Sciences from the Naval Academy, and he specialized in Hydrography in the Peruvian Hydrographic Service. In addition, he participated on the XII Peruvian Expedition to the Antarctic and was the Captain of the survey hydrographic vessel, BAP Melo. |
 | Taisei Morishita |
| Personal Profile | Taisei Morishita is a hydrographer with the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, of the Japan Coast Guard. He has several years' experience in seismic reflection surveys of active submarine faults, active submarine volcanoes and other seafloor features. He is engaged in the surveys of the Japanese continental shelves under Article 76 of UNCLOS. He has an M.Sc in geology, Nagoya University in Japan where, among other things, he studied granites. Now he is happy learning Ocean Mapping in the "Granite State". |
 | Abubakar Mustapha |
| Personal Profile | Abubakar Mustapha is a Lieutenant Commander in the Nigerian Navy. He obtained a bachelors degree in Physics from the Nigerian Defense Academy in 1994 and a Masters degree in Hydrography from the University of Plymouth, UK in 2004. Having undergone various naval courses, he developed a special interest in Hydrography and his desire is to contribute to the improvement of hydrographic sciences in his country through training. He enjoys sports and has a flare for world affairs and general knowledge. |
 | Walter Luis Reynoso-Peralta |
| Personal Profile | Walter Luis Reynoso-Peralta, is a Licentiate in Geophysics Lieutenian of the Argentinean Navy, Professional Corp - Navy Hydrographic Service member of GEBCO Subcomitee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN) and a member of the International Association for Physical Sciences of the Oceans - Argentinean Comitee (CNIAPSO). Since 1995 he has been involved in oceanographical, geophyisical and geological surveys in the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica and he is engaged with the Delimitation of the Argentinean Continental Shelf Project. Now, he is student of Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program, representing the South Atlantic region. |
 | Shereen Sharma |
| Personal Profile | Shereen Sharma, is a MS candidate at the University of the South Pacific and will be graduating next semester. Her qualifications include a Post-Grad Diploma and a BS in Marine Science. She worked as a Research Assistant for the South Pacific Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)Secretariat and later as a Tutor/Marker for the University of the South Pacific. She is also a member of the Fiji GIS and Remote Sensing User Forum. Her area of interest is Marine Pollution with an emphasis Physical Oceanography and Hydrodynamic Modeling. |