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Joseph Ayers
Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences

Joseph Ayers in the Press

The Swiss consider the lobster. It feels pain, they decide.

Dr. Elwood’s position — and the Swiss government’s — is outside the scientific mainstream, said Joseph Ayers, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University in Boston. “I think the idea of producing such a law is just a bunch of people anthropomorphizing lobsters,” Dr. Ayers said, adding that there were other possible […]
Men's Journal

Underwater robots – ocean technologies: AUVs featuring Fetch and Robolobster

A lot of marine scientists are more than happy to spend time in the ocean, placing instruments, taking samples, and getting a firsthand look around. Mark Patterson, an affable Harvard-educated professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, takes it a bit farther. He’s lived on the seabed for a grand total of 87 […]
Men's Journal

Ocean Technologies for the Next Era of Exploration

A lot of marine scientists are more than happy to spend time in the ocean, placing instruments, taking samples, and getting a firsthand look around. Mark Patterson, an affable Harvard-educated professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, takes it a bit farther. He’s lived on the seabed for a grand total of 87 days. […]

Joseph Ayers for Northeastern Global News