The Marine Innovation Lab for Leading-edge Oceanography (MILLO) conducts research that directly addresses the growing need to rapidly develop cost-effective tools and approaches that expand our understanding of the interplay between biological, physical and chemical aspects of marine ecosystems at unprecedent, ecologically relevant scales that can also be used in science-based solutions.
To achieve this, we develop and use innovative oceanographic instrumentation, build advanced algorithms to extract novel information about the ocean from existing data streams and collect new oceanographic data in the field. This requires us to work at the intersection of engineering, data science, oceanography & marine biology.
Results from our work help meet the goals of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development to better predict ocean phenomena, to protect and restore ocean biodiversity, and to encourage a more inclusive and participative approach to ocean science.
The MILLO Group is led by Dr. Camille Pagniello, an Assistant Professor of Oceanographic Engineering in the Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering at the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.