Scientific Advisors

Helene Marsh FAA, FTSE is a conservation biologist with some 40 years’ experience in research into species conservation, management and policy with particular reference to tropical coastal and riverine megafauna, particularly dugongs. Helene is committed to informing interdisciplinary solutions to biodiversity conservation problems and has collaborated widely with colleagues in other disciplines including the social sciences. You can view her research

Michael is Research Zoologist and Curator of Marine Mammals in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, USA. His research centers on the evolution and systematics of cetaceans. He is particularly interested in the population and conservation genetics of small tropical cetaceans that are under increasing threats worldwide and in characterizing genetic diversity of cetaceans in

Connie Merigo started her career working with marine mammals and sea turtles in 1991. She is the Director of the National Marine Life Center on Cape Cod. Connie previously spent 28 years at the New England Aquarium, first as a biologist and ultimately leading the Rescue and Rehabilitation Department. Connie has led a team of professionals in the rehabilitation and release of dolphins, porpoises, seals,

Wim Mullié has a MSc in Environmental Toxicology and in Population/Conservation Biology (Wageningen University) and is currently finishing a PhD in Environmental Toxicology based on his field work on bird predation on acridids under stress of chemical pesticides and the use of entomopathogenic fungi in Africa and Australia. He has been based in Senegal, Niger and Ghana from where he has worked over the past