Richard A. Lutz

Richard Arthur Lutz (born June 8, 1949) is an American marine biologist and deep-sea oceanographer. He is known for deep-sea research using the ''Alvin'' submersible, and is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on the ecology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

Lutz is a professor at the Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences. In 2003 he served as Principal Investigator and Science Director of the IMAX film ''Volcanoes of the Deep Sea'', which included footage and research from his numerous expeditions to study an active deep-sea caldera on the East Pacific Rise, at depths of 2500 meters. His research has been included in publications such as ''National Geographic Magazine'', ''Science'', ''Nature'', and ''American Scientist''. Provided by Wikipedia