The science party and technicians celebrate Aaron Avery’s birthday. From left, kneeling: Chad Broyles (Curatorial Specialist, IODP-USIO/TAMU), Tetsuya Sakuyama (Physical Properties Specialist, JAMSTEC, Japan), Aaron Avery (Paleontologist, Florida State University, USA), Keith Dupuis (Publications Specialist, IODP-USIO/TAMU); standing: Jeffrey Ryan (Inorganic Geochemist, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA), Walter Kurz (Structural Geologist, University of Graz, Austria), Julie Prytulak (Petrologist, Imperial College London, United Kingdom), Rachael Gray (Chemistry Laboratory, IODP-USIO/TAMU), Maria Kirchenbaur (Inorganic Geochemist, Universität Kõln, Germany), Gail Christeson (Physical Properties Specialist, University of Texas at Austin, USA), Timothy Chapman (Petrologist, University of Sydney, Australia), Katerina Petronotis (Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist, IODP-USIO/TAMU), Steffen Kutterolf (Sedimentologist, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany), Amy West (Education Officer, USA), Mark Reagan (Co-chief Scientist, The University of Iowa, USA), William Sager (Paleomagnetist, University of Houston, USA), and John Shervais (Petrologist, Utah State University, USA). (Credit: Tim Fulton, IODP/TAMU) [Photo ID: exp352_043] Back to expedition photos.