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Maria Paola Tomasino is a pioneering roboticist at the forefront of autonomous ocean exploration. Her research centers on multi-robot coordination, field robotics, and the study of dynamic open-ocean phenomena. She is best known for her work developing coordinated fleets of underwater, surface, and aerial vehicles to observe complex ocean features like fronts and eddies—a task impossible with traditional ship or satellite methods alone. Her 2018 field report from the R/V Falkor cruise (12 citations) demonstrated a novel multi-vehicle approach for real-time ocean observation, while her 2022 paper (9 citations) established frameworks for robotic exploration of dynamic physical, chemical, and biological interactions. Her 2021 work (9 citations) further advanced coordinated robotic dives into previously inaccessible ocean regions. Though early in her career, Tomasino’s contributions are already shaping the future of autonomous oceanography, enabling high-resolution, multi-scale sampling that promises to revolutionize our understanding of marine ecosystems and climate processes.