Mathew Biddle

Currently, I work as a physical scientist, improving access to this information by working on data management and ensuring the products put out by IOOS are easily accessible to the public. Growing up as a surfer near the ocean, I always wanted a career that had something to do with the ocean. I took a marine ecology class in high school where we learned about the various animals and how our local beaches changed throughout the year. I thought it was fascinating and realized that this was my path. After my undergraduate degree, I volunteered on a few NOAA research cruises and took an internship doing research in the Arctic Ocean. During the internship, I interviewed for a position at NOAA working on standardizing, documenting, and archiving oceanographic data. That was 13 years ago, and I’ve been working on standardizing and sharing oceanographic data ever since.