Craig McClain is the Executive Director of the Lousiana University Marine Consortium. He has conducted deep-sea research for 20 years and published over 50 papers in the area. He has participated in and led dozens of oceanographic expeditions taken him to the Antarctic and the most remote regions of the Pacific and Atlantic. Craig’s research focuses on how energy drives the biology of marine invertebrates from individuals to ecosystems, specifically, seeking to uncover how organisms are adapted to different levels of carbon availability, i.e. food, and how this determines the kinds and number of species in different parts of the oceans. Additionally, Craig is obsessed with the size of things. Sometimes this translated into actually scientific research. Craig’s research has been featured on National Public Radio, Discovery Channel, Fox News, National Geographic and ABC News. In addition to his scientific research, Craig also advocates the need for scientists to connect with the public and is the founder and chief editor of the acclaimed Deep-Sea News (http://deepseanews.com/), a popular ocean-themed blog that has won numerous awards. His writing has been featured in Cosmos, Science Illustrated, American Scientist, Wired, Mental Floss, and the Open Lab: The Best Science Writing on the Web.
Awesome. Wes Anderson would be proud.
Make sure next time to keep the gun away from Kartik.
Awesome!
ummm…………sorry……..I don’t get it…..:-/ American sub-culture theme?
Andrew, I suggest if you want to be a *true* marine biologist you purchase and watch repeatedly this epic film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362270/
Hey, I’ve got Cannery Row – doesn’t that count….a little…?
What? No Log from the Sea of Cortez???
No Sea of Cortez, no Life Aquatic…I bet you you don’t even own a copy of Rickett’s “Between Pacific Tides”…if you were my graduate student I would have to seriously question your dedication to this field ;-)
Yeah, probably doesn’t even have a Light’s Manual…
Well, lads, I actually DO own a copy of Sea of Cortez, and The Deep, and Deep New Zealand and about 14 linear metres of other books about the sea and fishes, and work as a collection manager in a Fish Collection, and have occasionally been known to publish describing new taxa. So…can I join your club…can I, can I? :-)