Antonella Wilby is a robotics engineer, submersible pilot, underwater photographer and National Geographic Explorer.

I develop robots to autonomously explore underwater environments, with the goal of better understanding and protecting our blue planet.

My work encompasses marine robotics, autonomy, and computer vision and spans hardware and software development and field operations. I work offshore as a submersible pilot, and onshore as a marine roboticist and computer vision engineer.

My research has applications to ocean exploration and environmental monitoring. I am working on using robots to map critical marine ecosystems like coral reefs and aquatic vegetation, monitoring endangered marine species with autonomous underwater camera systems, and exploring extreme environments like deep-sea ecosystems.

I am also a PhD Candidate at the University of California, San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute, and hold Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

I’m currently based in Los Angeles, California and work globally.