Short Bio:
Brian Buckingham is a skilled Glider Technician with over 6 years of working with autonomous vehicles/performing oceanographic fieldwork. He received his B.S. from Texas A&M University and is currently working on his M.S. as part of the MOO program to advance his skillset. Brian assists in teaching glider camp, as well as prepares gliders and other oceanographic equipment, pilots gliders, and leads field expeditions for several projects. He is a GIS analyst and is advancing his programming skills analyzing mooring data through the MOO program. Furthermore, he is certified in hazardous materials (HAZMAT) shipping to assist in logistics of shipping research equipment for projects outside of the state of New Jersey.