Code
Open-source tools and platforms built with research groups, universities and ocean conservation organisations. For peer-reviewed work, see publications.
Projects
Core contributor · 2025
A community-built AI model trained to detect fish across any underwater imaging domain. 17 contributors standardised 17 open datasets (2M images, 935K annotations) into one corpus and trained an RF-DETR/YOLOv12x detector that outperforms SOTA fish detectors out-of-domain.
Lead developer & first author · 2023 to present
An open-source machine-learning pipeline that analyses underwater BRUVS video 20× faster than manual annotation. Used by researchers worldwide; published in Ecological Informatics.
AI lead aboard OceanXplorer · 2024 to present
Designed and deployed SeaSwipe, a real-time AI platform that classifies vulnerable organisms in deep-sea video as it's collected, with on-vessel human-in-the-loop retraining throughout the expedition.
Angel investor & ideator · 2024 to present
Early-stage company building AI infrastructure for ocean conservation data. Co-shaping the technical direction and connecting the team with field deployment partners.
Founder · 2022 to 2023
Founded a university accelerator that launched 30+ climate tech startups across two cohorts. Featured in Forbes; nominated Climate Innovator by UNICEF.