Sylvia A. Earle is Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society, Founder of Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle Alliance, Founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (DOER), a Founding Ocean Elder, Chair of the Advisory Council for the Harte Research Institute , Advisor to NTU Earth Observatory of Singapore, and former Chief Scientist of NOAA.

Author of more than 230 publications, leader of more than 150 expeditions with 7500 hours underwater, she is a graduate of Florida State University with MA and PhD degrees from Duke University and 33 honorary doctorates.

Her research concerns the ecology and conservation of marine ecosystems and development of technology for access to the deep sea.

She is the recipient of more than 150 national and international honors and awards including being Time Magazine’s first Hero for the Planet, a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, Netherlands Order of the Golden Ark, the Princess of Asturias Prize for Concord, the TED Prize, the Explorers Club medal, Royal Geographic Society Patrons Medal, and the National Geographic Hubbard Medal.

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