Science Team
Global Reef Expedition Marine Science Team
The following scientists worked with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation to survey the health and resiliency of coral reefs around the world on the Global Reef Expedition:
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Hoifua 'Aholahi
Scientific Diver
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Ameer Abdullah, PhD
Reef Fish Surveyor
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Alfredo Abril
Fish Surveyor
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Omar Abril
Scientific Diver / Industrial Design Investigator
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Ivory Akao
Fisheries Officer, Solomon Islands
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Omar Al-Kushaim
Project Coordinator
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Ahmed Al-Mansi, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Khalid Al-Shaikh
Scientific Diver
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Hatem Al-Yami
Fish Specialist
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Aurora Alifano
Visiting Scientist
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Abdullah Alsuhaibany
Seabird Surveyor
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Eghbert Elvan Ampou
Researcher
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Serge Andrefouet, PhD
Investigator
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Stefan Andrews
Scientific Diver / Fish Surveyor
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Alfredo Archbold
Fisherman (Queen Conch Survey)
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Jennifer Ashworth, PhD
Research Assistant
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Bar Ayalon
Research Assistant / Benthic Surveyor
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Dawn Bailey
Coral Reef Technician
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Jonathan Barnes
Dive Safety Officer
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Alison Barrat
Former Director of Communications for the Living Oceans Foundation
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Iliana Baums, PhD
Research Scientists
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Brian Beck, PhD
Coral Reef Ecologist
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Sonia Bejarano, PhD
2010 Research Fellow, Research Scientist
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Agnes Benet, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Heins Bent
Scientific Diver
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Megan Berkle
C.R.E.W. Participant
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Christopher Biggs
Scientific Diver
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Jude Peter Bijoux
General Science Staff
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Hussein bin Hajji Alnazry
Scientific Diver and Fish Surveyor
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Jeremiah Blondeau
Scientific Diver / GIS Analyst / Data Manager
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Azra Blythe-Mallett
Research Scientist
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Nacor Bolanos
Administrative Coordinator & Investigator
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Pauline Bosserelle
Scientific Diver
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Yves-Marie Bozec, PhD
Coral Reef Ecologist
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Viktor Brandtneris
Field Researcher
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Captain Steve Breen
Captain, M/Y Golden Shadow
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Allan Bright
Scientific Diver
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Indira Brown
REEF Fish Identifier
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Alexio Brown
Scientific Diver
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Jeanne Brown
Scientific Diver
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Graeme Brown
Scientific Diver
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Kristen Brown
Marine Biologist / Scientific Diver
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Andrew Bruckner, PhD
Former Chief Scientist of the Living Oceans Foundation
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Raymond Buckley, PhD
Lead Scientist / Fish Surveyor
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Asap Bukurrou
Fish Surveyor
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Gideon Butler
Coral Surveyor
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John Butscher
Scientific Diver
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James Byrne
TNC Lead Scientist and Diver
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Felipe Cabeza
Dive Instructor and Cameraman
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Andrew Calhoun
Research Assistant
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Martin Callow
Scientific Diver / Outreach
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Joseph Campanozzi
Scientific Diver
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Renée Carlton
Marine Ecologist
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Nick Cautin
Dive Safety Officer
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Laureline Chabran-Poete
Benthic Resource Assessment
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Mireille Chinain, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
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Christian Clark
Scientific Diver
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Samantha M. Clements
Benthic Surveyor / Scientific Diver
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Megan Cook
Photographer’s Assistant / Scientific Diver
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Marine Couraudon-Reale
Marine Biologist
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Georgia Coward
Oceans Watch New Zealand Representative
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Thomas Cribb
Scientist
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Rachel D'Silva
Scientific Diver
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Peter Dalton
Field Technical Officer
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Leno Davis
Scientific Diver / Local Coordinator
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Erwan Delrieu-Trottin
Scientific Diver
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Alexandra Dempsey
Chief Executive Officer
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Claire Dolphin
Scientific Diver
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Fanny Douvere, Head of UNESCO’s World Heritage Marine Programme
UNESCO Partner
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Nick Dupre
Scientific Diver
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Anna Ebanks
Fisheries Representative / Scientific Diver
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Keith Ellenbogen
Underwater Photographer
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Ian Enochs, PhD
Scientist
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Jim Evans
C.R.E.W. Participant
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Nathaniel Evans
Graduate Research Assistant, PhD. Candidate
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Janet Eyre
Scientific Diver
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Wade Fairley
Filmmaker / Cameraman
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Cécile Fauvelot
Chief Scientist
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Honourable Earnest Fea
Cultural and Local Representative
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Joshua Feingold
Coral Scientist
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Malakai Finau
Scientific Diver
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Trisha Forbes
Investigator (Queen Conch Survey)
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Nathan Formel
Scientific Diver
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Grace E. Frank
Researcher / Scientific Diver / Coral Surveyor
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Kate Fraser
Scientific Diver
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Jürgen Freund
Wildlife Photographer
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Robert Gardiner Jr.
Ground Truth Team
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Antoine Gilbert
Scientific Diver
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Brooke Gintert
Benthic / Photomosaicing Specialist
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Peter Glynn, PhD
UMiami Team Chief Scientist
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Eddie Gonzalez
Educator
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Marine Gouezo
Fish Surveyor
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Danny Green
Scientific Diver
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Sean Green
Scientific Diver
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Dave Grenda
Scientific Diver / Fish Surveyor
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Emma Grigg, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Daphné Grulois
Research Engineer
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Annelise Hagan, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
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Michael Haley, PhD
Benthic Fish Surveyor
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Tony Hall
Scientific Diver
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Sarah Hamylton
2007 Research Fellow
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Colleen Hansel
Coral Long-core Drilling Team
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Alasdair Harris
Benthic Surveyor
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Julie Hartup
Fish Surveyor
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Gabriel Haumani
Scientific Diver
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Laetitia Hédouin
Scientist
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Alex Henderson
Scientific Diver / Fish Surveyor
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Katherine Hillyer
Scientific Diver
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Gloria Hinestroza
Biologist (Queen Conch Survey)
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Fanny Houlbreque, PhD
Coral Physiologist / Researcher
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Konrad Hughen, Phd
Senior Scientist / Coral Surveyor
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Brittany Huntington, PhD
Scientific Diver / Coral Ecologist
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Charlie Huveneers, Phd
Senior Lecturer / Research Assistant / Scientific Diver / Shark Surveyor
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Katie James
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Joaquin Javech
Scientific Diver / RVC Fish Counter
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Garrett Johnson
Scientific Diver
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Daniel Jones, PhD
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Stacy Jupiter, PhD
Local Scientist
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Candice Jwaszko
C.R.E.W. Participant
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Frederique Kandel
Fish Surveyor
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Mandy Karnauskas, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Jeremy Kerr
2010 Research Fellow, Benthic Habitat Mapping
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Matti Kiupel
Scientific Diver
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Lindy Knowles
Fish Surveyor
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Graham Kolodziej
Research Associate
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Valeriya Komyakova
PhD Student / Fish Surveys
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Marie Kospartov
Scientific Diver
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Judith Lang, PhD
Coral Scientist
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John Laulae
Cultural and Local Representative
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Abigail Libbin Cannon
Coral Surveyor / Scientific Diver
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Steve Lindfield, PhD
Fish Surveyor
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Katie Lubarsky
Masters Student / Fish Surveyor
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Agnessa Lundy
Scientific Diver
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Sione Mailau
Scientific Diver
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Bertrand Make
Turtle Observer & Sampler
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Derek Manzello, PhD
Ocean Acidification Scientist
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Ken Marks
Science Diver / Underwater Photographs
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Robert Martimbeault
Dive Safety Officer
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Anderson Mayfield, PhD
2013 Research Fellow
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Dave McClellan
RVC Team Lead / Scientific Diver
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Eva McClure
Scientific Diver
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Llewelyn Meggs
Scientific Diver in Training
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'Apai Moala
Community Education Leader
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João Monteiro
2012 Research Fellow
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Jenna Moore
Scientific Diver
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Clare Morrall, PhD
Scientific Diver (Coral Survey)
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Gerard Mou-Tham
Scientific Diver
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Professor Peter Mumby
Lead Scientist
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Scott Munro
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Kirsty Nash
Research Associate / Benthic Team
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Benjamin Neal
Head of Reef Survey Team
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Chief Johnstill Niola
Cultural and Local Representative
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Maggy Nugues, PhD
Benthos (Coral & Algae)
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Dawnette Olsudong
Fish Surveyor
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Justin Ossolinski
Senior Research Assistant, Coral Coring Team
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Andrea Pacheco
Researcher & Observer
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Glen Page
Scientific Diver
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Mark Patterson, PhD
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Timothy Payne II
Dive Safety Officer
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Claude Payri
Phychologist
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Eve Perrin
Turtles “Sampler” Scientist
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Sylvain Petek, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Jason Phillip
Local Scientific Diver
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Greg Piniak
Scientific Diver
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Valentina Piveteau
Turtle Observer and Sampler
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Serge Planes, PhD
Chief Scientist
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Justin Prosper
2004 Research Fellow, Remote Sensing and CASI data collection
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Sam Purkis, PhD
Chief Scientist
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Rodney Quatre
General Science Staff
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Gaelle Quere
Scientific Diver / Benthic Surveys
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Laitia Raloa
Protocol Officer
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Luis Ramirez
Ground Truthing & Mapping
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Bernard Reigl, PhD
Scientist
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Philip Renaud
Former Executive Director of the Living Oceans Foundation
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Herbert Ripley
Remote Sensing
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Williams Robbins, PhD
Research Scientist / Shark Biologist
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George Roff, PhD
Coral Reef Ecologist
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Andrew Ross
Benthic Monitoring
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Melanie Roue, PhD
Scientist
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Anthony Rouphael, PhD
Scientific and Benthic Diver
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Gwilym Rowlands, PhD
2007 Research Fellow, Ground Truthing and Acoustic Surveyor
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William Saladrau
Scientific Diver
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Badi Samaniego
2012 Research Fellow, Scientific Diver
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Anas Sambas
Seagrass Researcher
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Pierre Sasal, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Roko Sau (Roko Josefa Cinavilakeba)
Traditional Leaders & Community Representative
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Steve Saul, PhD
2013 Research Fellow, Reef Sampling
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Steve Schill, PhD
Sonar System Scientist
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Mark Schrope
Blogger & Photographer
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Joyce Schulke
Scientific Diver
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Jennifer Schull
Scientific Diver
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Jack Seubert
Outreach
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Krista Sherman
Scientific Diver
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Uli Siebeck, PhD
Senior Research Fellow
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Gilles Siu
Scientific Diver
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Stopher Slade
Scientific Diver
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Liz Smith
Science Writer and Photographer
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Julian Smith
Expedition Blogger
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Tyler Smith, PhD
Deep Coral Scientist
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Tom Spencer, PhD
UK Coordinator
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Junior Squire
Scientific Diver
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Anastasios Stakhakopoulos
Researcher / Benthic Habitat Mapping
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Professor Robert Steneck
Senior Scientist / Co-investigator
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Ben Stobart, PhD
Scientific Diver / ROV Operator
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Kristin Stolberg
Research Assistant / Benthic Surveyor
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Karen Stone
Scientific Diver, Educational Outreach
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Terri Taylor
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Brett M. Taylor
PhD Student / Shark Surveyor
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Tavares Thompson
Fish Surveyor
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John "Mike" Trimble
C.R.E.W. Participant
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Andre Ung
Technical Assistant
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Lauren Valentino
Ocean Acidification
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Kit Van Wagner
Outreach
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Simon Van Wynsberge
Scientific Diver
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Ron Vave
Scientific Diver
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Alannah Vellacott
Scientific Diver
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Fiona Webster
Scientific Diver
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Michelle Westmorland
Photographer
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Jean Wiener
Scientist / Researcher / Liaison
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Amanda Williams
GIS Analyst
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Dana Williams, PhD
Scientific Diver
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Jeffrey Williams, PhD
Scientific Diver / Fish Taxonomist
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Nathalie Zenny
Scientific Diver & Guest
