Full Name
Sylvia Earle
Job Title
Founder and President
Company
Mission Blue
Speaker Bio
Dr. Earle is the founder and president of Mission Blue, a National Geographic Society Explorer at Large, Founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research Inc. (DOER), former Chief Scientist of NOAA, and an Ocean Elder.
Dr. Earle is the author of more than 225 publications and leader of more than 100 expeditions with years at sea and thousands of hours under the ocean. She is a graduate of Florida State University with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University and 34 honorary degrees. Her research concerns the ecology and conservation of marine ecosystems and the development of technology for access to the deep sea.
Dr. Earle served on the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, and she led the first all-woman team of aquanauts in Tektite II, the first scientists-in-the-sea program where Dr. Earle and her team spent two weeks working and living in an underwater laboratory.
She was instrumental in persuading President George W. Bush to create the PapahānaumokuākeaMarine National Monument around the Hawaiian Atolls and in encouraging President Obama to expand the Monument, creating the world's largest marine protected area.
She led the Google Ocean Advisory Council, which provided content and scientific oversight for “Ocean in Google Earth,” in collaboration with Google, DOER, the National Geographic Society, and the U.S. Navy.
Dr. Earle co-hosts the ‘Dive in with Liz and Sylvia’ webinar series, sponsored by Ocean Elders.
Dr. Earle is the author of more than 225 publications and leader of more than 100 expeditions with years at sea and thousands of hours under the ocean. She is a graduate of Florida State University with M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University and 34 honorary degrees. Her research concerns the ecology and conservation of marine ecosystems and the development of technology for access to the deep sea.
Dr. Earle served on the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, and she led the first all-woman team of aquanauts in Tektite II, the first scientists-in-the-sea program where Dr. Earle and her team spent two weeks working and living in an underwater laboratory.
She was instrumental in persuading President George W. Bush to create the PapahānaumokuākeaMarine National Monument around the Hawaiian Atolls and in encouraging President Obama to expand the Monument, creating the world's largest marine protected area.
She led the Google Ocean Advisory Council, which provided content and scientific oversight for “Ocean in Google Earth,” in collaboration with Google, DOER, the National Geographic Society, and the U.S. Navy.
Dr. Earle co-hosts the ‘Dive in with Liz and Sylvia’ webinar series, sponsored by Ocean Elders.
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