Dr Muller-Karger is a Professor and Director of the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida and the Principal Investigator of the CARIACO time series in Venezuela. His research interests include satellite remote sensing of marine primary production, large data sets, networking, and high-speed computing, importance of continental margins, areas of upwelling, river discharge, and coral reefs in the global carbon budget. Also a member of ChloroGIN and ANTARES.