Growing up on a small island in the Maldives, Zim developed a passion for marine life from an early age. She kick started her career in 2016 and is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Science. Zim has worked as a Marine Environment Officer at a resort, where she gained valuable skills in […]

Kamey works for our long standing partners, and supporters, Secret Paradise Maldives who have a strong ethos in regards to local and sustainable tourism. Kamey is typically a regular on our whale shark expeditions in South Ari Atoll, joining as an additional guide, and he is always sure to bring buckets of enthusiasm to the […]

Shameel is originally from the Maldives capital Malè. Yet despite the city boy tag this automatically gives him, he is happiest in the water! He joined our team after coming out to volunteer in 2013, deciding on a change of course from an office job in Human Resources to marine research and conservation. Since then […]

A former volunteer, Chloe is also an accomplished artist, (a costume designer for TV and film no less!). However, her other (some may say ‘main’)  passion is all things marine. Since her placement with MWSRP in 2018 she has gone on to work as excursion guide in Dhigurah and is currently working her way towards […]

Jess is a Mechanisms of Behaviour PhD student at St Andrews University. A bit of a statistical wizard, Jess is currently helping us by applying statistical modelling techniques to our data set to investigate whale shark population dynamics and aiding welfare policy improvement. Her PhD focuses predominantly on a comparative neuroscience approach to investigate the […]

Cameron is originally from Poughkeepsie, New York and received his B.A in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science from Boston College in 20.  He has always loved the ocean and knew from early on that he wanted to be a marine biologist.  After graduating he decided to volunteer with the MWSRP to get a […]

As a former Lead In-Field Coordinator and later Operations Manager, Clara has earned her stripes (and spots…). She spends most of her time coordinating the Big Fish Network. She joined us as a volunteer in 2016 and has been part of the team since 2017. Clara comes from Mallorca, a small island in Spain. Seeing large […]

Irthisham hails from the capital city of Male’ and goes by her nickname ‘Iru’. We’re excited that Iru will be taking on a brand new role for the 2019 season, heading up MWSRP’s community and industry outreach efforts. Her pathway to the head of our field team started in her early years with an abundantly […]

Rich comes from the West coast of Wales and this is probably where his love of the ocean and penchant for day dreaming originates. It took him two research expeditions to the mountains of Papua New Guinea and Kazakhstan to realise just how much he wanted to work by the sea. Rich worked as a […]

Professional Foci: Population Biology, Ecology and Physiology of Marine Vertebrates. Dr. Stewart holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, a Master of Science degree in Ecology from California State University at San Diego, a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and […]