when I was four years old my father threw me in the ocean until he was sure that I could swim on my own my parents used to say I could swim like a fish being on the water I learned how to think about the physics of water in different ways I’m a total geek actually I spend my days and my nights in front of the computer and I try to think of new ways to talk to fish it is very difficult to communicate in the ocean it can be comparable to communicating to outer space if I had a superpower I’d like to be able to sense what fish are thinking you see those waveforms that’s what we’re trying to mimic so basically what I do is I build little robots to go talk to fishes I’d like to be able to help them it’s very important for us to understand the ocean it’s a measure of the health of the planet so underwater communication is a really an exciting field to be in there’s a lot of innovation happening I’ve found a new passion to try to help our next generation who will live on our planet.