our world-underwater scholarship society ® 47th Annual Awards Program – June 3 - 5, 2021 Welcome to the 47th anniversary celebration of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society®. It has always been a great pleasure for me as president of the Society to bring the “family” together each year in , so of course it is with great disappointment that for the second year we are unable to do so. A year ago, as the pandemic was beginning to spread throughout the world, the board of directors made the difficult decision to put all scholarship and internship activities on hold. 2020 was the first time in the Society’s history that we did not put Scholars or Interns in the field. But there is good news – the Society has new energy and is working with our hosts and sponsors to safely get our incoming 2021 Scholars and Interns started on their journeys. We bring three new Rolex Scholars and five new interns into our family for a total of 103 Rolex Scholars and 107 interns since the inception of the Society, and all of this has been accomplished by our all-volunteer organization. Forty-seven years of volunteers have been selfless in their efforts serving as directors, officers, committee members, coordinators, and technical advisors all motivated to support the Society’s mission “to promote educational activities associated with the underwater world.” None of this would have been possible without the incredible support by the Society’s many organizational partners and corporate sponsors throughout the years. The one constant in the Society’s evolution has been Rolex which continues to support the Society as part of its Perpetual Planet Initiative. I take this opportunity on behalf of the directors and officers of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society® to thank 47 years’ worth of volunteers, hosts, organizational partners, and corporate sponsors for supporting us and sharing in our dream of a better planet.

Steve Barnett, 1990 Rolex Scholar President ® © JOANNA SMART Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society 1 PARTNERS IN EDUCATION SINCE 1974

our world-underwater scholarship society ® 47th Annual Awards Program

SCHOLAR SYMPOSIUM – THURSDAY INTERN SYMPOSIUM – FRIDAY AWARDS CEREMONY – SATURDAY

2019 ROLEX SCHOLARS YEAR IN REVIEW Thriving in Uncertainty Neha Acharya-Patel 2019 North American Rolex Scholar One Ocean, One Health Kim S. Hildebrandt 2019 European Rolex Scholar Hope Joanna N. Smart 2019 Australasian Rolex Scholar

2021 DAN ROLEX DIVER OF THE YEAR Richard Moon, M.D.

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

PRESENTATION OF THE 2021 ROLEX SCHOLARSHIPS Jamil H. Wilson 2021 North American Rolex Scholar Arzucan N. Askin 2021 European Rolex Scholar Amelia Mannering 2021 Australasian Rolex Scholar

© Kim HILDEBRANDT

2 106 ROLEX SCHOLARS, 112 INTERNS, AND SO MANY VOLUNTEERS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE ALL CREATED A SIGNIFICANT From its roots in the Midwestern United States LEGACY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION 47 years ago, the Our World-Underwater­ Scholarship Society® has grown into a global organization. AND OUR FUTURE. 106 Rolex Scholars — in North America, Europe, and Australasia — along with 112 interns in North America and Europe have created a significant legacy for our organization. Many of our Rolex In 1972, Harry Shanks and The first few scholarships were managed by the diving industry in the form of diving and under- Scholars and interns have gone on to distinguished Joyce Markstahler traveled Scholarship Committee of Our World-Underwater, water photographic equipment, advanced and careers in the underwater sciences, marine research, to San Francisco to attend which was initially chaired by Dr. MacInnis. specialized dive training, hosting experiences and and photography. the “Man in the Sea” dive subsidized travel, and an engraved diver’s watch show. During a cruise on In 1978, the Scholarship Committee of Our World-­ donated by Rolex to each of the scholars. It all began in 1969, when Joyce Markstahler and San Francisco Bay, Joyce spoke with Dr. Joe Underwater was incorporated as a separate Jim Mackie-Smith formulated the idea of a MacInnis, a Canadian physician and well-known entity in the State of Illinois as the Our World-­ In 2001, Rolex SA, Geneva, saw the positive impact Middle Coast dive show. They approached Harry explorer. They discussed a proposal from the Underwater Scholarship Society®­ (OWUSS). of the award and agreed to sponsor a European Shanks, President-YMCA Metro Council of OWU Board of Directors to use $1,500 of the For many years, the annual meetings for the Rolex Scholar, giving the Our World-Underwater Chicago, for assistance in developing the Our OWU dive show profits to finance research. Dr. Scholarship Society were held in Chicago during Scholarship Society® international reach and World-Underwater (OWU) Dive and Travel MacInnis in turn pro­posed an alternative idea. the OWU show. exposure. In 2001, the scholarship of the Our Exposition. Harry supplemented the initial cadre He suggested using the money to invest in an World-Underwater Scholarship Society® was of volunteers with the officers of the Metro individual with an experience-based scholarship In 2000, the directors of OWU sold the rights of renamed the Rolex Scholarship and all scholars Council and premiered that first OWU show at that would cultivate the individual in the industry the dive show. Since that time, the Scholarship dating back to 1974 became Rolex Scholars. ­Chicago’s Playboy Hotel in 1971. and the underwater world. Then and there, on Society is no longer associated with OWU, and in Sep­tem­ber 3, 1972, the Our World-Underwater 2005, the Scholarship Society moved its annual In 2007, Rolex Australia further expanded The initial idea was that the profits from the Scholarship was born. meeting to New York City. The Scholarship Society the Society’s international outreach with the show would be donated to the YMCA scuba has thrived through the invaluable assistance of addition of the Australasian Rolex Scholarship. program in Chicago. Joyce named the new dive During the next year and a half, Joyce Markstahler its many dedicated volunteers and sponsors, who In addition to the Rolex ­Scholarships, OWUSS show “Our World-Underwater,” and LeRoy and Joe MacInnis worked to develop a list of hosts have worked hard to promote educational activities currently offers internships in North America. Winbush designed the logo, which is still in use and experiences that would provide a credible associated with the underwater world. Rolex Watch The North American summer internships are today. The upper half of the logo features the scholarship experience to a young person, so USA has been the Society’s­ “partner in education” offered for a one- to three-month period and Great Lakes of the United States, reflecting the they could be developed as a future steward since 1974. As the Society’s Founding Partner, are primarily directed at college undergraduates. primary diving environment of the Society’s of the waters of the world. The inaugural Our Rolex has worked with the board of directors in the Internship recipients receive a grant to help founders and supporters. The logo is a permanent World-Underwater Schol­ar­ship was awarded to form of advice and counsel since our inception. fund travel, room and board, and a stipend to reminder of the Society’s roots. Mark Bensen in 1974. Additional support comes from throughout the cover living expenses. 3 EXPERIENCES > Learnt about hyperbaric physiology and > Contributed to the development of a NORTH AMERICAN chamber operation at the USC Wrigley genetic reference library of cryptic fish in ROLEX SCHOLAR Catalina Island field station the Gulf of California NEHA ACHARYA-PATEL > Was introduced to > Accompanied renowned shark scientist on a and 3D photogrammetry by the Underwater citizen science expedition to biopsy oceanic Science unit of Indiana University mantas at the Revillagigedo Archipelago > Joined the 2019 Atlantis Imagemakers trip > Worked as cage captain and crew on the with a group of extremely accomplished White Shark expedition vessel underwater photographers in the Philippines > Visited the Poor Knights Marine Reserve, > Undertook coral restoration efforts, and and tracked a population of false MPA monitoring with local communities in killer whales with the Young Ocean YEAR IN REVIEW Raja Ampat Explorers group > Over 180 Dives > Maintained and updated a remote marine > Worked with Chilean scientists studying > 137 Hours compressed or 6 days observatory in the Canadian Arctic with Antarctic sponge holobionts in the South underwater Ocean Networks Canada Shetland Islands > 4 Continents During Scholarship Year > Joined the Arctic Research Foundation for a (bringing my total up to all 7 continents) research expedition studying the biological NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS AND > 9 Countries of the Kitikmeot Sea ACHIEVEMENTS (Canada, United States, Mexico, Philippines, > Surveyed biodiversity, and > Spent World Oceans day at CoralPalooza Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Antarctica) specimen collection for the Oceanwise 2019 outplanting corals at the world’s > Ranged from -62.459850, -59.794769 Vancouver Aquarium biggest coral restoration effort to 69.425517, -105.174554 > Worked with local fisheries in Baja > Became an SDI Scuba Instructor, and PFI > 50 Experiences California, Mexico to learn about sustaina- Freediver Instructor ble practices, and autonomous > Records: 45m PB in Free > Range: -1.5C © Neha Acharya-Patel (Canadian Arctic) – 32C (Florida Keys) management Immersion and 40m in constant ballast > Distance Travelled: 137476 Km > Introduced to , and became comfortable with diving > Dove with orcas, penguins, blue ringed octopus, and over 15 species of sharks > Learnt Spanish > Developed proficiency and a passion for and videography > Dove in both polar regions for research purposes > Made meaningful relationships with countless individual around the world doing important things to protect © Neha Acharya-Patel © Neha Acharya-Patel the ocean

© Neha Acharya-Patel 4 NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS EUROPEAN > Developed knowledge and practical skills in ROLEX SCHOLAR the medicine, rescue, and rehabilitation of 1 KIM S. HILDEBRANDT reptile, 1 bird, 1 cetacean, 1 mustelid, and numerous pinniped and shark species from 6 rescue programmes, 6 aquariums, and 5 shark research programmes > Assisted the care team and veterinarian in the world´s first (beluga) whale sanctuary

© Tobias Friedrich © Kim Hildebrandt > Data collection and release of >500 pufflings for Iceland´s Puffling Patrol YEAR IN REVIEW > Learned from Manta Trust researcher who > >200 dives conducted world´s first contactless > Continents: travelled to and dived on all underwater ultrasound scans of pregnant 7 continents in 1 year, dived between wild manta rays 2 tectonic plates > Crossed the Antarctic circle, reached 68° > Countries: 16 southern latitude and dived in -1°C on an USA, Sweden, UK, Portugal, Malta, Egypt, Oceanwide Diving Expedition to the Maldives, Iceland, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica South Georgia > Part of dive group who were first to have > Flights: 60 flights EXPERIENCES ever dived on historically famous Point > The Costa Lab, University of California > Range in latitudes: 68° 11´ S - 63° 26´ N Wild, Elephant Island © Kim Hildebrandt Santa Cruz: > Nights at sea: 43 Participated in translocation field experiment > Became a PADI Scuba Instructor > Number of wrecks dived: studying the thermoregulation and 12 (5 in Malta, 6 in the Red Sea, 1 in Fiji) physiology of northern elephant seals with tag technology The Marine Mammal Center: CERTIFICATIONS Followed clinical procedures and necropsies in AND QUALIFICATIONS: the world´s largest marine mammal hospital > PADI: , Open Water Scuba Instructor, > Alaska SeaLife Center: Drysuit Diver Monitored pre-transport acclimatization of > Global Underwater Explorers: rescued sea otters Fundamentals (John Kendall), Cave Diver 1 (Kelvin > Olive Ridley Project Sea Turtle Rescue Center: Davidson) Veterinary internship > DAN: Diving for Professional Divers > SeaLife Trust Beluga Whale Sanctuary and > Underwater Photography Workshops by Alexander Puffin Hospital: Mustard, Paul Duxfield, Phil and Anne Medcalf Assistance in teaching medical behaviours to > Gates Underwater Housings STO belugas; monitored population status © Kim Hildebrandt © Kim Hildebrandt > Editing and colour grading of underwater video of world´s largest puffin colony in Iceland 5 EXPERIENCES: > Collaborated with 27 different hosting > Learnt how to farm seaweeds and AUSTRALASIAN sponsors provided the first underwater footage of a ROLEX SCHOLAR > Worked with 3 Major research JOANNA N. SMART © Joanna Smart seaweed farm in the Faroe Islands. institutions: > Piloted an ROV at 1000m depth with the University of Western Australia, Monterey Bay Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Aquarium Research Institute, USC Wrigley Institute, Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber Institute. > Visited 7 diving operators > Went on my first with MV Beqa Adventure Divers, Lady Elliot Island Eco Oceania in Papua New Guinea. Resort, Rodney Fox Expeditions, MV Oceania, © Jayne Jenkins Dive Centre Bondi, Lust 4 Rust Diving, Dive > Saw my first with Tutukaka Rodney Fox Expeditions in South > Worked with 4 businesses Australia. Tritonia Scientfic, Ocean Reef, Ocean Rainforest, > Solved the mystery of the Loch Ness YEAR IN REVIEW: Blue Latitudes > Over 150 hours underwater Monster in Scotland. > Learnt from 4 underwater communicators > Flew a drone for the first time. > More than 15 hours on a National Geographic, Down Under Aquatic Im- > More than 18 hours on twin tanks aging, Backscatter Photo Video, Shaun Wolfe > Met countless incredible and inspirational > Dived in more than 8 Oceans and Seas Photography women including her deepness, > Including the Pacific Ocean, Southern > Supported the work of 6 not for profits Dr. and diving royalty, Mahonia Na Dari, Sustainable Ocean Alliance, . Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, © Joanna Smart Blue Latitudes Foundation, Monterey Bay Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, Bismarck Sea, Aquarium, California Science Centre, Major Pro- > Got slapped in the face by a bull sharks’ North Atlantic Ocean, jects Foundation tail in Fiji. > Over 70 flights > Operated a hyperbaric chamber on > 18 Locations NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS AND Catalina Island, California. California, New York, Florida, Hawaii, Western > Joined 99 other young ocean leaders for Australia, , New South Wales, ACHIEVEMENTS: Queensland, Tasmania, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, > Undertook my first (of many) international the Sustainable Ocean Alliance Youth England, Scotland, Italy, Denmark, Faroe Islands, long-haul flights Leadership Summit in Oslo. Norway, New Zealand > Went on Assignment with > Contributed to world-class research on > Travelled the equivalent of 4 times around © Joanna Smart © Joanna Smart and Jennifer Hayes for National Geographic. the in Western the world and halfway to the moon. > Published 2 articles in magazines Australia. CERTIFICATIONS (Ocean Geographic and Scuba Diver). > Dived to 30m on a rebreather with Pete AND QUALIFICATIONS: > Produced a YouTube mini-series on Mesley in New Zealand. > GUE Fundamentals technical pass women in STEM in conjunction with the > Went to my first science fair and > Twin tanks Blue Latitudes Foundation. presented to high school students in > OceanReef Full Face Mask Diver > Farmed vegetables in biodomes 10m San Diego > PADI Advanced Rebreather Diver (AP underwater in Noli, Italy. > Contributed to cutting edge business Buddy Inspiration) > Became an aquarium exhibit for a day at development and environmental > Coxswain Grade 1 Monterey Bay Aquarium and California management of oil rig platforms to > 3-D Photogrammetry courses Science Centre. artificial reefs in California.

© Joanna Smart 6 NEHA ACHARYA-PATEL

“Not many people get such a unique chance of self-discovery so early in life, and for this I am eternally grateful. I have emerged from the year with so much more confidence in myself, and a greater ability to connect with people of different backgrounds and perspectives than my own.”

© Mark Strickland © Boaz Samorai

“What has KIM S. HILDEBRANDT inspired me most throughout the scholarship year were the diverse life stories of people who have committed their lives to the ocean. This makes me incredibly curious where my own path will lead to. I will forever be thankful to the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society for opening up perspectives which I would have not even dreamed © Lena Kavander of before.” © Elena Jäger

JOANNA N. SMART “Never has there been a time in history where stories of destruction, species extinction and habitat loss leave us feeling more helpless. Through the scholarship, I was able to explore a different future. One where action, creativity, ingenuity and innovation can help solve some of our most © Joanna Smart pressing problems.” © Martin Sayer 7 DAN ROLEX NORTH AMERICAN DIVER OF THE YEAR ROLEX SCHOLAR RICHARD MOON, M.D. JAMIL H. WILSON

Richard Moon, M.D. is a professor of anesthesiology only has he enhanced our understanding of diving and Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Jamil Wilson research proposal outlining the limitations involved and professor of medicine at Duke University. He treatment of injured divers, he has provided hyperbaric often frequented the small creek behind in the biochemical elasticity of tardigrades. Jamil is the medical director of the Duke Center for therapy and other medical care, advice, and his house as a child and developed a strong was awarded the opportunity to present his and Environmental Physiology assistance directly to hundreds of divers who were fascination with life. As a result, Jamil dreamed of research at conferences at multiple universities, and a former medical director of DAN. suffering from diving-related injuries. being a scientist and attended college at Cleveland including the University of Chicago and Cornell, Throughout his more than 40-year career in dive Moon’s support for explorers and adventurers goes State University. and was named as one of Princeton’s 2018 Ecology medicine and research, Dr. Moon has worked to gain a beyond treating injured people and establishing safety To support his studies, Jamil balanced being a and Evolutionary Biology Scholar Finalists. better understanding of how the human body functions standards and procedures; he also works with divers full-time student while working no fewer than three In December of 2018, Jamil graduated with a at environmental extremes. His research focuses on gas and climbers prior to travel to help them determine jobs his entire college career. Jamil began to tutor Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in exchange and cardiorespiratory function in the body their fitness for diving or ascending to altitude. K-12 kids in predominately Black areas and received Music from Cleveland State University. With his while deep underwater or at high altitude. Beyond working with divers and travelers, Moon also the Best Tutor of the Year award during his first year. degree in hand and a deep desire to dive and Moon earned his Doctor of Medicine at McGill directs care for people with various medical conditions He also worked at the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, travel, in 2019 Jamil traveled to six U.S cities, University in Montreal and did several internships, who can benefit from hyperbaric . These which was the perfect juxtaposition of aquatic seven different countries and earned his rescue residencies and fellowships at the University of Toronto conditions include carbon monoxide poisoning, biology and teaching, and is where he first all in less than a year’s time. In and Duke University. He began working at the Duke wounds that aren’t healing properly, radiation-induced discovered the possibility of diving. addition, he became a member of the National hyperbaric center in 1979. Throughout his career Moon tissue injuries and more. While working and going to school, Jamil became Association of Black Scuba Divers. In 2020, has investigated numerous phenomena that affect Moon’s work on the effects of submersion and a member of several academic groups including despite the pandemic, Jamil obtained a virtual divers, including immersion pulmonary edema, arterial decompression has benefited countless divers over The McNair Scholars program, through which he internship at the Smithsonian Marine Station gas embolism, , and . the years. Through his commitment and significant had his first scientific research experience. In 2017, and began working elsewhere as an Aquatic He has also worked to improve the decompression contributions to dive medicine, Moon has made Jamil investigated freshwater mussels in the Ohio Ecologist studying algae. procedures used in and has studied the diving safer for all. Rocky River, with an emphasis on the Leptodea Now in 2021, Jamil is proud to be a recipient of the utility of novel gases in decompression. “One of our major tasks as senior people in any field fragilis species, in an effort to determine how OWUSS Rolex Scholarship and looks forward to In addition to being a prolific researcher, Moon teaches is to help the next generation, and I really love doing populations have changed over a period of 15 expanding his involvement in underwater research, and practices medicine. He has won multiple awards that,” said Moon. “If the Rolex award provides more years. Later he was awarded a National Science discovering more about ecological activism, and for teaching and mentoring medical students. And not opportunities to do that I’ll be absolutely ecstatic.” Foundation REU (Research Experience for further developing his diving and photography skills. Undergraduates) at the University of Puerto Rico. In the future, Jamil hopes to educate the public on About DAN: The world’s most recognized and respected dive safety organization, (DAN) has While there, Jamil built a successful experiment sustainable to issues facing the underwater remained committed to the health and well-being of divers for 40 years. The organization’s research, medical detailing the effects of severe hurricanes on the world and wishes to provide guidance for other services and global-response programs create an extensive network that supports divers with vital services such as injury prevention, medical training, and lifesaving evacuations. Every year, hundreds of thousands of divers around abundance of freshwater meiofauna communities. young diverse students who are interested in the the world look to DAN as their dive safety organization. Join the DAN community or learn more at DAN.org. Enthused by his findings, Jamil began working pursuit of science, diving and the restoration of our further with specific meiofauna and wrote a planet’s waters. 8 EUROPEAN AUSTRALASIAN ROLEX SCHOLAR ROLEX SCHOLAR ARZUCAN N. ASKIN AMELIA MANNERING

Arzucan is a human geographer and political ecologist change resilience in Cuba and unexpectedly returned An upbringing filled with adventure has given field work based at the Lizard Island Research deeply passionate about marine conservation, with a new-found appreciation for the endemic Millie the opportunity to explore some of New Station, . Her research examined scientific exploration, and underwater cultural garfish. Her dedication to creative and interdiscipli- Zealand’s most remote coastal and alpine areas. the impact of microplastic exposure on predator-prey heritage. Born in Berlin as the daughter of Turkish nary fieldwork was recognized with a fellowship from From a young age, the enchanting marine world interactions of fish. Based on her academic immigrants, she spent all of her childhood summers the Royal Geographical Society. captivated her. Millie’s fascination began with the merit and research potential, she was awarded a on the Aegean coast, playing in seagrass meadows Upon graduating from the LSE, Arzucan became a discovery of alien-like species in shallow rockpools University of Otago Master’s Research Scholarship and observing archaeologists excavate remnants of PADI Divemaster and briefly joined the World and the excitement and curiosity to understand the as well as the John Jillett Prize for the best thesis ancient shipwrecks. Bank’s West Africa Coastal Area Program, supporting underwater world has only continued to grow. proposal. Millie also represented New Zealand She gained her first experience in and the development of projects on integrated seascape At 17, Millie enrolled in a Bachelor of Science in through her selection as a delegate on the 32nd underwater photography at Li Po Chun UWC management and illegal wildlife trafficking. Shifting Zoology and Marine Science at the University Ship for World Youth Programme in 2020. Whilst in Hong Kong where she spent 2 years surveying coral her focus towards human-wildlife conflict, she is of Otago, New Zealand. As Millie studied and sailing aboard the Nippon Maru from Japan to populations in Hoi Ha Wan Marine Reserve. currently completing her MSc in Biodiversity, learnt to dive, her desire to protect the marine Mexico, she fostered her leadership capability and Fascinated by their resilience and after witnessing Conservation and Management at the University of environment and its inhabitants was ignited. gained a global perspective on environmental issues illegal dynamite fishing during a dive in Malaysia, she Oxford, where her research addresses the intersection She has investigated the effect of anthropogenic and solutions. realized that issues at sea are the result of decisions of anthropogenic and non-human charisma activity on marine through bioacoustics Millie has recently completed her MSc whilst made on land and decided to pursue her undergraduate of marine predators. She firmly believes in the power research at Leigh Marine Laboratory as well as working as a research assistant at the University of degree in Human Geography at the London School of of the arts, photojournalism and documentary oceanographic research in Doubtful Sound, Otago. Millie has enjoyed gaining more diving Economics and Political Science (LSE). filmmaking to redefine human relationships with the Fiordland. Millie also was a volunteer for the experience whilst also training to obtain her There, she started a university-wide campaign to raise ocean and seeks to build her skills in these fields Department of Conservation on various conserva- Scientific Diver qualification and preparing the next generation of social scientists trained to underwater. tion projects on predator-free islands surrounding research manuscripts for publication. Millie is address the issues faced by our global oceans by The OWUSS scholarship is truly a dream come true the mainland of New Zealand. In 2018, Millie was honoured to be selected as a 2021 OWUSS Rolex founding the LSE Marine Social Science Expedition for her, as it represents a transformative opportunity selected as a BLAKE Ambassador to sail on board scholar. She is eager to begin her journey and - the first of its kind to bridge the social and natural to learn advanced scientific diving techniques, further the research schooner, Tara, from Panama to New especially to upgrade her diving qualifications and sciences through sailing. Turning a research vessel into her understanding of challenges faced by different York as part of an expedition led by the Tara Oceans develop her competency as a scientific diver. Millie an interdisciplinary think tank for the ocean, she sailed marine environments around the world and develop Foundation. During this voyage, she worked with an is looking forward to learning more about future along the coast of Scotland while working on marine innovative solutions by learning from experts in the international collaboration of scientists to conduct strategies for marine conservation and research, plastics, multispecies anthropology, geopolitics and field. With the start of United Nations Decade of ocean biodiversity research. Greatly disturbed by the including the advancements in technology and the blue economics with her team. In search for new and Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021- extent of plastic pollution she witnessed, her drive resulting integration into protection plans. She hopes unconventional approaches to marine conservation in 2030), she could not imagine a more exhilarating time to protect our oceans was reinforced. to use her scholarship year to discover how to best small island developing nations, she spearheaded a to become a scholar of the Our World-Underwater Millie pursued a Master of Science (Marine contribute towards the conservation and preservation research expedition to investigate coastal climate Scholarship Society. Science) degree at the University of Otago with of our incredible underwater world. 9 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF UNDERWATER Krista Laforest, 23, is from Quincy, MA. SCIENCES (AAUS) MITCHELL Certified in 2014, she attributes her love of SCIENTIFIC DIVING RESEARCH INTERNSHIP diving to her time as the 2017 Boston Sea Rovers’ Intern, where she worked with underwater photographers, aquarists, and marine scientists. Through the support of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, she completed her PADI Krista Laforest Divemaster course while earning her AAUS University of Scientific Diver credentials. During her time at North Carolina, the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington she interned with the New England Aquarium, researched sea otter foraging ecology in Alaska, Elizabeth L. Hasan Kyra Jean M. Cipolla Abigail S. Dias and was the SCUBA Club President. She The Mitchell Scientific Diving Research recently published research from her honors AAUS Mitchell Dr. Lee H. Somers Divers Alert Network Internship provides undergraduates with thesis examining the ontogenetic shifts in brain Scientific Diving AAUS Scientific Diving Diver’s Safety experiences to build upon their scientific size in the Atlantic sharpnose shark. Research Internship Internship Education Internship diving education and to further help prepare After graduating with a Bachelor’s in Marine them for a future in science, research Biology and Psychology, Krista combined her diving, or scientific diving-related fields. passion for diving and marine conservation by The internship is designed for interning with the Coral Restoration Foundation undergraduates who are active American in Key Largo. She outplanted hundreds of corals, Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) monitored them to determine survivorship and scientific divers interested in assisting with growth, and treated fragments for Stony Coral the day-to-day operations of an AAUS Tissue Loss Disease. During the summer, she Organizational Member. Opportunities was responsible for managing coral spawning, include planning scientific dives, preparing comparing data between a restoration site and dive equipment, assisting in scientific diver their in-situ nursery, as well as collecting gamete training, participating on research projects, bundles for cryopreservation. spending time on research boats, diving, Krista has continued diving as a volunteer at the interacting with divers, and logging dives. Clearwater Marine Aquarium. She is honored The internship may also include advanced to return to research diving as the AAUS training in program management, offering Mitchell Scientific Diving Research Intern. insights into operational standards, Michael R. Langhans Benjamin H. Farmer She is elated about the opportunity to conduct properdive planning, documentation, and research on the relationship between parrotfish National Park Service Dr. Jamie L. King operation and maintenance of equipment and algae on the reefs of Bonaire and collaborate Research Internship REEF Marine Conservation and facilities. with members of the McCoy lab at Florida Internship State University. 10 DR. LEE H. SOMERS AMERICAN DR. GLEN H. EGSTROM ACADEMY OF UNDERWATER SCIENCES DAN DIVER’S HEALTH AND SAFETY (AAUS) SCIENTIFIC DIVING INTERNSHIP As a child, Amanda Claire Ho, 23, used to take INTERNSHIP walks around her neighborhood with her dad and a composition notebook, jotting down every life form she saw. After filling it with Benjamin J. Kistler, 21, is from Fort Wayne, terrible sketches of fungi, newts, and redwoods, Indiana. He studies Human Biology at she had unwittingly signed herself up for a Indiana University Bloomington with plans Amanda C. Ho lifetime of environmental science. Benjamin J. Kistler of graduating in the spring of 2022 and University of Amanda grew up by the water in Berkeley, Indiana University, matriculating at medical school in the fall California, Davis California. Spending most of her time in the Bloomington of 2022. ocean, she developed an insatiable fascination Ben grew up in North Carolina and developed with the marine realm and proceeded to earn a love for the natural world at an early age, degrees in Ecology, Conservation, and exploring the state’s mountains and beaches. Biodiversity and Oceanography from the Despite moving to a landlocked midwestern University of California, Davis. Amanda is state, he found a passion for and thrilled to be the 2021 Our World-Underwater obtained Open Water and Advanced Open Scholarship Society Dr. Lee H. Somers Offered at Divers Alert Network (DAN) Water certifications. Around Indiana, he has This internship provides experience for a Scientific Diving Intern with AAUS where she headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, had the opportunity to dive in lakes, quarries, young person interested in a future in will be able pursue her two passions: science and this internship, with a special focus on the and mines. He has also had the opportunity to science, diving for research, or scientific the sea. health and safety of divers, will be flexibly explore shipwrecks and coral reefs in the diving-related fields. Intern applicants can As an avid diver, she loves swimming amongst tailored to the recipient’s interests based Atlantic Ocean. At Indiana University, he be students from colleges and universities vibrant and diverse coral reefs. Hence, she wants upon the available experiences and research enjoys hiking and exploring the great outdoors with an interest in science and diving. The to dedicate her life to researching, restoring, and being conducted at DAN. The intern will around Bloomington. program runs from mid-May through August conserving coral reef systems. Her specific have the opportunity to participate in With his Physiology professor, Ben has been and will include training at one of several interests are in the microbiomes of corals and continuing education courses, gain a deeper able to do research on cardiac and urinary AAUS organizational member sites. This how they differ between vulnerable corals and understanding of diving physiology and point-of-care ultrasound and presented the training will give the intern the necessary corals that seem to have some resilience to current diving research worldwide, learn findings at the Indiana University School dive qualifications to allow participation on threats like disease and climate change. to prepare, plan, and conduct scientific of Medicine Education Day in March of 2020. research projects requiring scientific diving Amanda was in Costa Rica working with experiments, and learn techniques of He is excited for the research experience he will and introduce the intern to careers that utilize mangroves and sea turtles briefly in 2020 before physiological data acquisition and analysis. gain through the Dr. Glen H. Egstrom DAN scientific diving as a tool. Once trained as an the pandemic and is looking forward to The intern will be interacting with divers Diver’s Health and Safety Internship. In AAUS-recognized diver-in-training, interns returning to research this summer. She is excit- during field research events, collecting the future, he has hopes of becoming a will participate in underwater fieldwork at ed to contribute to science and society like physiological data, and communicating hyperbaric physician and staying involved in one or more locations and research facilities many scientists before her by researching, DAN Research endeavors to the diving the dive community. He also hopes to also associated with AAUS. restoring, and conserving our beautiful marine community at large. educate explorers on the importance of ecosystems through this AAUS internship. ecological conservation. 11 NATIONAL PARK DR. JAMIE L. KING REEF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE RESEARCH Sarah D. Von Hoene, 25, graduated in December EDUCATION FOUNDATION (REEF) INTERNSHIP 2019 with a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary MARINE CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her path to a degree was unconventional. Shortly after graduating high school, she served as an AmeriCorps intern, working alongside the Mary Quinn, 21, is currently enrolled as an Sarah D. Von Hoene National Park Service on conservation-focused undergraduate at Wheaton College in University projects throughout the American West. She Massachusetts, pursuing degrees in both of Colorado, gained a deep admiration for the efforts of the Mary T. Quinn Biology and Creative Writing. Originally from Boulder NPS and was motivated to take her curiosity to a Wheaton College Fairfield, Connecticut, Mary has grown up on new environment — the ocean. the coast of Long Island Sound and has always She moved to Koh Tao, Thailand to pursue a loved exploring the ocean. Whether it was lifelong dream of integrating her passion for the kayaking in the Sound, or exploring pools ocean with what she hopes to be a lifelong and subsequently ruining clothes, Mary had an professional career. While completing her scuba active outdoor childhood. She has worked with certifications and subsequently working as a the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance on divemaster, she took two years of undergraduate their Diamondback Terrapin Project as a field classes online before moving to Boulder, CO. She intern team leader. The National Park Service Research then piloted a new coral reef ecology research In the early spring of 2020, Mary became Internship provides a unique opportunity program and defended an honors thesis on baited Offered in Key Largo, Florida, the Marine certified as both a PADI and to work with leading archaeologists, remote underwater video systems in coral reef Conservation Internship provides an as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver while underwater photographers, and scientists ecosystems at the University of Colorado, Boulder. opportunity to experience working at a studying abroad at the School for Field Studies, in the National Park Service and other During the Covid-19 pandemic, Sarah worked nonprofit environmental organization. REEF Center for Resource Management Studies on agencies in the American state and federal with the NPS Submerged Resources Center and is a grassroots, nonprofit organization of South Caicos, Turks and Caicos. In South governments. Specific work projects will collaborators in their efforts to publish a paper recreational divers dedicated to protecting Caicos, Mary fell in love with fieldwork, living be determined based upon the interests regarding the ongoing research in and preserving the . at a remote field station as a part of a team and of the intern as well as the needs of Channel Islands National Park. Additionally, she Outside duties include delivering environmental sustainable living. She enjoys , diving, associated projects. The internship is wrote and co-produced a podcast series that presentations to local and visiting schools, and kayaking in the ocean. based in Denver, Colorado, but it is explores the field of underwater soundscapes. universities, dive groups, and public forums; Mary hopes to continue working to give back expected that the intern will travel to Sarah is honored to be the 2021 Our World- working with local marine conservation to the environment, learning, and exploring projects within the continental United Underwater Scholarship Society NPS intern. She entities; and conducting marine life surveys different marine ecosystems around the world. States and potentially overseas as part sees this as an opportunity to gain scientific diving during local dives. Office duties include During the last year, Mary has been working to of this internship. Experiences could experience and to help the NPS Submerged handling memberships, recording marine finish her undergraduate degrees and has been involve a specific project in a single park Resources Center continue to enhance apprecia- life survey data, answering e-mail, and completing independent research on the or a larger project in multiple parks. tion, access, understanding, and preservation of interacting with the public. foraging behavior of yellowtail snapper in the underwater wonders within the national parks. South Caicos. 12 FOUNDING PARTNER Rolex Elvin W. D. Leech, MBE Jenna M. Clos Vincent J. Malkoski Tabata Australia Chairman VP – Internships Class of 2023 FOUNDING PATRON TUSA Joseph B. MacInnis, M.D. VP – European Operations Class of 2022 Marion, Massachusetts Undersea Hunter Group Class of 2021 2011 AAUS Intern CORPORATE SPONSORS Waterproof Belfast, N. Ireland Newport, Oregon Howard N. 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14 BAIZAROVA, Martina CALVER, Tim HARDY, Steve LYONS, Jennie Noll Aquarena 2004 SNOW, Ryan European Young Underwater National Geographic Society Divers Alert Network 2004 U.S. Navy 2004 NURC 2000 PATRYLAK, Ryan Photographer Award Ford Fellow 2002 MASON, Julia HARMAN, Leah Divers Alert Network 2009 SPECTOR, Michael H. “Pike” 2005 & 2006 National Park Service 2013 CALINI, Danielle Darling Marine Center 2000 National Park Service 2015 PAYNE, Katy BARCHUS, Sarah REEF 2009 MAXWELL, Henry HASAN, Elizabeth L. Divers Alert Network 2005 Sport Diver Magazine 2005 SPILLMAN, SHANNON Bonnier Dive Group Media CIPOLLA, Kyra Jean M. AAUS 2019 Sport Diver Magazine 2008 2013 AAUS 2019 MAZILLE, Guillaume PECK, Patrick M. HELLMANN, Emily A. European Young Underwater REEF 2016 SPLAIN, Ellen L. BASSION, Kirsten CLOS, JENNA M. Divers Alert Network 2018 REEF 2013 Photographer Award 2003 PIERCY, Robert REEF 1997 A AUS 2011 HENDRICKS, Lisa McNALLY, Lucy HydroOptix 2005 STRAW, Jessica BEECHAM, Dan COFFEY, Charles Mitigation Water Project Darling Marine Center 2005 Sport Diver Magazine 2006 PRUTZMAN, Steve European Young Underwater Divers Alert Network 2000 Dubuque IA 1995 REEF 2004 TATE, Stephanie F. Photographer Award 2004 MICHALIK, Courtney CODALBU, Andrew HO, AMANDA C. Bonnier Dive Group 2011 REEF 2008 PUGSLEY, Andrew BENNETT, Andrew Sport Diver Magazine 2004 AAUS 2021 MITCHELL, Catherine R. European Young Underwater TEPPER, Joseph Blackbeard’s Cruises 2008 COTTON, James HOBAN, Mykle L. AAUS 2015 Photographer Award 2002 European Young Photographer BENSON, Bridget Divers Alert Network 2010 AAUS 2010 Award 2011 MOBLEY, Kenyon QUINN, Mary T. U.S. Navy 2006 COX, Schyler HOWELL, Ruth NURC 1997 REEF 2021 THOMPSON, Scott Bonnier Dive Group Media Darling Marine Center 2001 Divers Alert Network 2002 BILLUPS, Brianne MOORE, Rebekah SAWICKI, Erika L. 2014 National Park Service 2010 JAFFE, Adam REEF 1996 AAUS 2017 THOMSON, Annie DIAS, Abigail S. NURC 2001 AAUS 2012 BLINICK, Naomi S. MULLANEY, Claire B. SCHEM, Jessica Divers Alert Network 2019 National Park Service 2011 JOSEPH, Mariclaire REEF 2017 REEF 2014 TYMON, Teresa FARMER, Benjamin H. Divers Alert Network 2012 AAUS 2013 BLOCK, Lena B. MULLENS, Abigail Smigel SCHRAMM, Aurora REEF 2019 AAUS 2018 KISTLER, BENJAMIN J. Rodale Magazine 2001 Aquarena 2010 VATLAND, Sarah FARRELL, Shane P. Divers Alert Network 2021 Darling Marine Center 2002 MYERS, Robert A. SHAGREN, Chad BODENSTEIN, Dan AAUS 2018 U.S. Navy 2007 KITTREL, Casey Bonnier Dive Group 2015 Sport Diver Magazine 2010 VAN HOENE, SARAH D. FOOTE, Elizabeth Man-In-The-Sea 1997 MYHR, Molly National Park Service 2021 BONE, David SHILLING, Eric NURC 1998 REEF 2001 Aquarena 2008 KOCHERGINA, Anna Lake Michigan WATTS, Alison FUNDAKOWSKI, Garrett J. European Young Underwater NESS, Jeremiah Biological Station 2000 Monterey Bay Aquarium 2012 BOWIE, Jacqueline National Park Service 2016 Photographer Award 2008 Aquarena 2007 REEF 2005 SHOELSON, Adam WHITE, Allison GHANI, Aiyesha KRZYSTAN, Andrea NEWCOMER, Katherine A. Divers Alert Network 2008 NURC 1999 BROGAN, Kate REEF 2006 Divers Alert Network 2006 AAUS 2014 SIFRIT, Allie D. WHITE, Timothy D. Blackbeard’s Cruises 2009 GIBEILY, Christopher LAFOREST, Krista V. NIELSON, Alec B. AAUS 2016 National Park Service 2012 BROWN, Shannon D. U. S. Navy 2008 AAUS 2021 Bonnier Dive Group Media SKERRY, Brian WILLIAMS, Kristine National Park Service 2018 GRAY, Jeff LANE, Claire E. Kitchin 2012 National Geographic Society Divers Alert Network 2003 NURC 1996 REEF 2011 Ford Fellow 2001 BRUNTON, Chase A. NOONAN, Ronnie A. WOLFE, Ronald REEF 2018 Bonnier Dive Group Media HACK, Nicole LANGHANS, Michael R. SLAUGHTER, Sally Lake Michigan 2017 COARE 2014 National Park Service 2019 NUTTAL, Marissa Darling Marine Center 2003 Biological Station 1995 REEF 2007 BURKHEAD-WEINER, Davita HAJDUCZEK, Barbara LEVINE, Ari SMALLEY-NORMAN, Yasmeen WOLFE, Shaun A. REEF 2003 REEF 2002 Darling Marine Center 1998 OLENYCH, Noah National Park Service 2014 National Park Service 2017 Mitigation Water Project 1995 BURFEIND, Dana HALL, Kara B. LEV Y, Jessica SMITH, Melissa J. ZEIGLER, Erin Divers Alert Network 2001 REEF 2015 REEF 2012 ORR, Andrew Bonnier Dive Group 2016 Divers Alert Network 2007 15 CORPORATE COMMITTEES Michael N Emmerman, George W. Wozencraft Sara Shoemaker Lind Joe Rees Stevens Peter Mesley BY-LAWS COMMITTEE BCFE FACFEI Houston, Texas California Regional Coordinator Bristol, Somerset, England New Zealand Coordinator La Jolla, California Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA, Chair New York, New York Auckland, New Zealand SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Australasia Worcester, England Vincent J. and Martha L. Sanders Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. E. Jayne Jenkins Margaret M. Malkoski Aengus B. Moran Chicago, Illinois Co-Chair, Coordination VP, Australasian Operations Julie S. Barber Northeast Regional Social Media Sydney, NSW, Australia Anacortes, Washington Filip J. Wolski Kerry J. Nickols, Ph.D. Coordinators Sydney, NSW, Australia Marion, Massachusetts Jenna M. Clos Chicago, Illinois Co-Chair, Selection Liam Allen Robert L. Straight Selection Newport, Oregon INTERNSHIP COMMITTEE WEBSITE COMMITTEE North America Gulf Coast Regional Sydney, NSW, Australia Jenna M. Clos, Chair Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA Filip J. Wolski Robin MacFadden Parish Coordinator VP – Internships Stefan M. Andrews Chair Chicago, Illinois VP, North American Bellaire, Texas Newport, Oregon Operations Australasian Worcester, England NOMINATING COMMITTEE Wheaton, Illinois Europe Coordinator Roberta A. Flanders Elvin W. D. Leech, MBE Adelaide, SA, Australia Megan Cook E. Jayne Jenkins, Chair Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. Whitewater, Wisconsin VP, European Operations Database Trainer Sydney, NSW, Australia Co-Chair, Coordination Belfast, N. Ireland Benjamin L. Buchan Friday Harbor, Washington Garrett J. Fundakowski Berkeley, California Jenna M. Clos Queensland Coordinator St. Andrews, Scotland Newport, Oregon Kerry J. Nickols, Ph.D. James R. Standing Hayman Island, QLD, Susan C. Crowe, Mykle L. Hoban Co-Chair, Selection European Co-Coordinator Australia Webmaster Vincent J. Malkoski Honolulu, Hawaii Sherman Oaks, California Helston, Cornwall, England Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia Chicago, Illinois Susan C. Crowe Joshua Stewart Katherine A. Newcomer Delia Ní Chíobháin Enqvist New South Wales Coordinator Co-Chair, Selection Robert Day STRATEGIC PLANNING AAUS Internship Coordinator European Co-Coordinator, Port Macquarie, NSW, La Jolla, California Database Developer COMMITTEE Edgewater, Maryland Selection Australia Berkeley, California Vincent J. Malkoski, Chair Neha Acharya-Patel Gothenburg, Sweden Dr. Richard “Harry” Harris Martha L. Sanders Coordinator - Canada Marion, Massachusetts Johan Enqvist Ana S. Guerra Chicago, Illinois Victoria, British Columbia SC, OAM European Co-Coordinator Alison LaBonte, Ph.D. Medical Advisor, Selection Goleta, California Yasmeen N. Smalley-Norman Julie S. Barber, Selection Berkeley, California Adelaide, SA, Australia Oakland, California Northwest Regional Gothenburg, Sweden Anna Watson Hanson Filip J. Wolski Coordinator – USA, Olivia J. Johnson Saunderstown, Rhode Island Melissa J. Smith Selection Assistant Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA Chicago, Illinois Tasmania Coordinator DAN Internship Coordinator Anacortes, Washington UK Coordinator Hobart, TAS, Australia Karl E. Huggins European Accountant OPERATING COMMITTEES Raleigh, North Carolina Yann Herrera Fuchs Avalon, California Worcester, England Mathew Kertesz ALUMNI COMMITTEE Ellen Splain Roberts Coordinator – Mexico Pacific Coordinator Alison L. LaBonte, Ph.D. La Paz, Baja California Sur, Yann Herrera Fuchs, Co-Chair Lead Internship Coordinator Carol Ann Leech Canberra, ACT, Australia Berkeley, California Mexico La Paz, Baja California Sur, REEF Internship Coordinator European Executive Cpt. Colin L. Kesteven Mexico Silver Spring, Maryland Patrix Heschel Administrator Anthea Ibell Madill Great Lakes Regional Belfast, N. Ireland Project Specialist Internship Blog Manager Melissa Smith, Co-Chair Stephanie F. Tate Coordinator Sydney, NSW, Australia Kelvin Murray Christchurch, New Zealand Raleigh, North Carolina Newport, Rhode Island Oak Harbor, Ohio Polar Coordinator Gina Lednyak Aengus B. Moran All Rolex Scholars and Interns Timothy D. White Karl E. Huggins Edinburgh, Scotland Selection Monterey, California Channel Islands Regional Sydney, NSW, Australia Scholarship Blog Manager FINANCE AND Coordinator Jade Berman, Ph.D. Sydney, NSW, Australia AUDIT COMMITTEE Shaun Wolfe Project Specialist Assistant Coordinator Steven Lindfield Howard N. Painter, JP, FCA, Chair NPS Internship Coordinator (Hyperbaric Medicine) Hillsborough, Co. Down, Western Pacific Coordinator Karen Raubenheimer, Ph.D. Worcester, England Santa Barbara, California Avalon, California N. Ireland Palau, Micronesia Sydney, NSW, Australia 16 DIVERSIT Y, EQUIT Y, AND SOCIAL MEDIA WORKING GROUP INCLUSION WORKING GROUP VOLUNTEERS

Neha Acharya-Patel Julie S. Barber Michael Boo Victoria, BC, Canada Anacortes, Washington Executive Correspondence Chesterton, Indiana Stefan M. Andrews Mark V. Bensen Adelaide, SA, Australia Raleigh, NC Michael N Emmerman & Patricia A. Stockhausen Mae KL Dorricott Felix Butschek New York Event Coordinators Bristol, England Cork, Ireland New York, New York Garrett J. Fundakowski Mae KL Dorricott Joseph C. Hoyt St. Andrews, Scotland Bristol, England Maritime Archaeology Advisor Olivia J. Johnson Aiyesha Ghani Norfolk, Virginia Hobart, TAS, Australia Orlando, Florida Amy E. Malkoski Èric Jordà Molina Ana Sofia Guerra Media Assistant Bodø, Norway Santa Barbara, California Marion, Massachusetts

Shaun A. Wolfe Vincent J. Malkoski Kimberly M. Malkoski Santa Barbara, California Marion, Massachusetts Special Asst. to President Boston, Massachusetts Joshua Stewart La Jolla, California Craig L. Nelson, MD Medical Consultant Nevada Winrow © Joanna Smart Raleigh, North Carolina Baltimore, Maryland Peter Lightowler Videography Sydney, NSW, Australia

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