Over the duration of his 6 month internship, Ziyan will be working with us on our South Ari expeditions and other projects. Read more about his path to conservation below. “Hello! My name is Ziyan. I’m from HA.Utheemu, and I’m currently working as an intern with the Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme. I absolutely love […]
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Kamey Hussein
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 […]
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Ibrahim Shameel, Project Manager/Field Support
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 […]
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Chloe Winn, Lead Infield Coordinator and Social Media Manager
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 […]
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Jessica-Lily Harvey
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 […]
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Cameron Perry, Chief Scientific Adviser
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 […]
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Clara Cánovas Pérez, Operations Manager and Volunteer Coordinator
As a former Lead In-Field Coordinator and contributor of much whale shark encounter data, Clara has earned her stripes (and spots…) as a true whale shark hero! She first joined us as a volunteer in 2016 and has been part of the team since 2017. Clara comes from a small island in Spain, Mallorca. She grew […]
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Iru Zareer, Outreach Educator/Field Support
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 […]
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Richard Rees, Co-Founder, Managing Director
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 […]
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Brent Stewart, PhD, JD
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 […]