Kelley Santos is the Director of The Launch, the Fisheries and Marine Institute’s and Memorial University’s state of the art living lab and ocean innovation center. Her leadership at The Launch provides invaluable support to industry, researchers, students, and stakeholders in a unique operational field environment where she collaborates with highly skilled engineering and technical teams, facilitating access to research focused on ocean mapping, habitat delineation, forecasting, modelling, management, and operational decisions, providing ideal conditions for industry, academia, and other stakeholders to come together and collaboratively implement leading initiatives.
For 15 years, Kelley’s work with Memorial University of Newfoundland has focused on the development and management of multidisciplinary research initiatives that connect the talents and abilities of academic and student researchers with the innovation and ingenuity of the public and private sector. Her work with the Marine Institute supports initiatives that leverage the talents and capabilities of Canada’s oceans communities and the adoption of technology in the ocean sector.