- Monica Stoops, Ph.D.

- Kathleen Dudzinski, Ph.D.

- Robert Michaud, MSci, Director

Robert Michaud is president and founding member of GREMM: a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific research and education relative to the marine mammals of the St. Lawrence and the protection of their habitat. Robert completed a master’s degree at Laval University on the behavior of St. Lawrence beluga whales in 1989. He is a Ph.D. candidate at Dalhousie University where he is presently completing a thesis on the social organization of beluga whales. He has directed GREMM’s research programs on the behavioral ecology of beluga whales since 1985. He has co-directed several master’s theses and participated in numerous primary scientific publications and technical reports. The research programs cover several aspects of beluga whale ecology and are based on the use of a wide variety of techniques, such as photo-identification, systematic surveys at sea or from the air, land-based observation, bioacoustics, radio-telemetry and genetic analysis.

- Michel Moisan

Michel Moisan is a wildlife technician born in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated in 1980 and has since been involved in a number of research projects throughout eastern Canada. His experience includes work with terrestrial mammals, migratory birds and freshwater fishes. In 1987, he began working at sea as a diver on research projects in the fisheries and aquaculture. Michel has been a senior technician with GREMM (www.gremm.org) since 1995. He is captain of the research vessel Le Bleuvet and is responsible for the at-sea operations of the group. Michel is involved in all research projects of GREMM, particularly in the long-term study of the behavioral ecology of the St. Lawrence Beluga Whale. He lives in the small town of Tadoussac, Quebec.

- MIchael T. Johnson, Ph.D.

- Tracy Romano, Ph.D.

Tracy Romano PhD is the Vice President of Research and Veterinary Services at the Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration and assists in conducting pathology research in stress and distress in marine mammals.

- J. Lawrence Dunn, VMD

Larry Dunn, VMD, has served as Mystic Aquarium’s Staff Veterinarian since its inception in 1973. Following graduate work at the Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island (URI) he spent three years in the US Navy at the Naval Oceanographic Office where he conducted bioacoustic research. He then received the VMD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He has held numerous positions including President of the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, adjunct faculty at URI and as a reviewer for numerous scholarly journals. He has been an Aquavet faculty member since its inception and is an author of more than 50 papers on aquatic animal medicine. His interests include infectious diseases of marine mammals and aquatic animal medicine education.

- Eric Gaglione

Eric C. Gaglione, is manager of the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta responsible for all activities involving the care of the living collection for Cold Water Quest, River Scout and Georgia Explorer Galleries. With a degree in Zoology and Wild Life Management from the State University of New York, Empire State College, he has been active in animal husbandry and aquaria management at several aquaria in the eastern United States. Eric currently serves on a variety of professional committees and on the Board of Directors of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA) as the Third Vice President.

- Frank Musiek, Ph.D.

Frank Musiek, Ph.D., one of the co-originators of the canine audiology clinic, is a renowned hearing researcher, scholar, teacher and clinical audiologist. His research on electrophysiology and central auditory processing has led to the discovery and implementation of numerous tools that are widely used for assessment of the auditory brainstem and central auditory pathways. Dr. Musiek has published over 140 refereed articles and presented more than 220 invited lectures and seminars and nearly 300 papers at national and international conferences, research symposia and other venues around the world. He has developed four clinical audiologic tests, three of which are mainstays of the clinical central auditory test battery and has published nine books and authored 35 book chapters. He has earned an international reputation as an authority on the human auditory system and hearing.

- James H. Miller, Ph.D.

James H. Miller, D. SC., earned his BSEE in 1979 from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, his MSEE in 1981 from Stanford University, and his Doctor of Science in Oceanographic Engineering in 1987 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He was on the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School from 1987 through 1995. Since 1995 he has been on the faculty of The University of Rhode Island where he holds the rank of Professor of Ocean Engineering and Oceanography. He has more than 100 publications in the area of acoustical oceanography, signal processing and marine bioacoustics. In 2003, he was elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.

- Gopu Potty, Ph.D.

Gopu R. Potty finished his graduate studies at the University of Rhode Island, USA in Ocean Engineering with specialization in Underwater Acoustics in the year 2000. He has been actively involved in research in the areas of Underwater Acoustics, Acoustical Oceanography, Acoustic Signal Processing and Marine Bio-Acoustics. His research has resulted in over 100 publications in the form of journal articles, book chapters, presentations and invited talks. He has participated in many field experiments in the last 10 years including the Shelf Break Primer (1995,1996), ASIAEx (2001) and the recent SW-06 (2006). He has been active in the Acoustical Society of America and has been nominated to the Acoustical Oceanography Technical Committee, Technical Program Organizing Committee (TPOM), student paper judging coordinator, reviewer for the Journal of Acoustical Society of America and the specialty committee on ocean observatories. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Rhode Island.