Our Team

Stephanie Ingle, PhD has over 25 years of experience in earth and ocean scientific exploration and sustained ocean observation – including as an academic researcher, as a science program manager for an innovative start-up, and as a leader of market strategy in the corporate world. Stephanie’s academic journey began with a passion for understanding earth’s systems, leading to a PhD in geochemistry with a focus on major extinction events that coincided with massive volcanic eruptions. Seeking broader impact, she transitioned to science program management at a startup focused on real-time ocean environmental monitoring and tsunami warning systems. There she contributed to bridging the knowledge and communication gaps between academic research and the engineered solutions. Currently with Fugro, a global geo-data advice, acquisition, and analytics services company, she focuses on developing and implementing a market strategy in the broad field of coastal resilience. As part of this role, she leads a diverse team of multi-disciplinary consultants and innovation experts focused on solving the problems inherent to living in dynamic coastal areas, problems rapidly becoming more critical to mitigate. Stephanie is a strong advocate for facing the problems of our time from the broadest perspective possible: to this end, she is a strong advocate for diversity and for innovations that can improve diversity of participation in science and engineering, an active mentor, and a life-long, insatiable learner and pursuer of knowledge who is always on the lookout for the next opportunity to make a positive impact on the world. She has a B.S. in Geology from Indiana University, M.S. in Geology from the University of Florida, and a PhD in Geochemistry from Brussels Free University.