About Current Lab

Purpose#

To unlock ocean understanding for everyone through computation and visualization.

Leadership#

Kevin Rosa, PhD • Founder and CSO#

Dr. Kevin Rosa founded Current Lab in 2021. He holds a B.A. in Physics and a PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island and is a recognized expert in the fields of numerical oceanography and high performance computing. He has previously has served as an oceanographer in the Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Department of Defense at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

Neil Hamel • CEO#

Neil has dual ABBs in Public Policy and Business Economics from Brown University. He has spent 5 years across several venture backed startups and 12 years in corporate innovation and venture capital, most recently at the global offshore wind leader, Orsted, where he led innovation for Orsted’s Americas business and became the Managing Director of Orsted Ventures. Neil met Kevin in 2022 as a mentor in the SeaAhead BlueSwell startup accelerator. An entrepreneur at heart whose goal since his junior year at Brown has been to build a lasting and loved company, and with a new found passion for ocean related challenges and opportunities from his time at Orsted, Neil joined Kevin in 2025 to help scale Current Lab.