Pederson, Matt
Matt Pedersen’s career as an interactive software developer of 15 years took an interesting twist in December of 2011, and he is now a Sr. Editor of AMAZONAS and CORAL Magazines, as well as an Associate Publisher with the parental company, Reef To Rainforest Media, LLC. Matt has been a marine aquarist for 27 years,…
Read MorePierce, Richard
Richard Pierce has been keeping fish for as long as he can remember. He has earned degrees in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography. He has worked in a retail aquarium store and in two public aquaria. He currently maintains approximately 1200 gallons in roughly 120 aquaria in his fish room. Since his largest aquarium is…
Read MoreGardner, Todd
Todd Gardner is a biologist at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, NY and a professor of Biology at Suffolk County Community College. His life and his career have both been shaped by his passion for marine life and he has written numerous scientific and popular articles about his research and experiences collecting, keeping, and…
Read MoreDonston, Patrick
Patrick has worked within the Aquatics industry for the past 25 years as a retailer, in wholesale, and an AZA accredited public aquarium. He holds an MS degree in Zoology specializing in Ichthyology. Noted for writing and publishing numerous articles on aquarium keeping and business best practices, he is a frequent speaker at industry events…
Read MoreFellman, Scott
TFCB, sept 10 2009 -This presentation will benefit all marine and reef hobbyists! Mr. Fellman is a nationally recognized marine and reef hobbyist and is being sponsored by The Tropical Fish Club of Burlington and the Vermont Marine Aquarists at their combined monthly meeting. My name is Scott Fellman, and I’m a total fish…
Read MoreRhyne, Andy
Andrew Rhyne is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. He is also a Research Scientist at the New England Aquarium, a position he has held since August 2008. Andy’s research interests include marine ornamental aquacultures, and sustainability of the marine fishery in the…
Read MoreMcAndrews, Ryan
Programs: Fishes of the Rio Negro, Brazil (with Scott Dowd) The Great Barrier Reef Travels to the Amazon A Tale of Two Fishes
Read MoreSherman, Paul
Programs: Mudskippers Brackish Water Aquariums Brackish Fish Saltwater Cichlids in a Community Setting Paludariums, Ripariums, and Vivariums Mudskippers & Other Brackish Fish
Read MoreAbrams, Steve
Steve is an Aquarist at New York Aquarium caring for Marine and Freshwater quarantine area and caring for Freshwater and Marine public exhibits. Also, relief Aquarist for penguins and seals. He is a Curator for Science Museum of Long Island – Care and exhibit design for fish, reptiles mammals and birds, an Instructor for Limnology,…
Read MoreMandrekar, Kapil
Kapil Mandrekar, is currently a Ph.D. student in Aquatic Ecology/Ichthyology at SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry located in Syracuse, NY. As a Ecologist/Ichthyologist, my current research focuses on ecology and conservation of the MEGAFISH arapaima in the lower Amazon regions near the urban center of Santarém (Para State, Brazil). This area has multitude of…
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