Shark Research Confessions: Introductions and Adventures in the Field with New England Shark Experts

WHAT: New England is home to many different species of sharks: great white, basking, blue, and thresher sharks to name a few. It is also home to many shark researchers who travel all over the world to help the conservation of these fascinating yet vulnerable animals. The speakers will provide an overview of the amazing work they conduct while providing information on shark biology and their career paths. This lecture is not to be missed by any shark enthusiast!

WHO: Tobey H. Curtis, shark researcher and fisheries manager, NOAA Fisheries Service; Dr. John Sulikowski, associate professor of marine science, University of New England; Dr. Jeff Kneebone, research biologist; Dr. Greg Skomal, senior fisheries scientist, Massachusetts Marine Fisheries; Heather Marshall, PhD candidate, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth; Dr. Diego Bernal, associate professor, University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth; and John Chisholm, marine fisheries biologist, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Shark Research.

Program is hosted by the New England Aquarium’s Dr. John Mandelman, director of research and senior scientist in the John H. Prescott Marine Laboratory; and Cynthia Wigren, president and co-founder of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy