Join DCP in Bimini!
The next Bimini Eco-Tour has been scheduled. We hope to see you soon!
Sunday 16 May 2010 (Arrival)
Friday 21 May 2010 (Departure)
General Trip Info
Bimini
Bimini, the most westerly inhabited island of the Bahamas, is less than 50 miles from the coast of Florida, yet a world away.
Mighty Sea Beagle
Umi, the Mighty Sea Beagle, never sets paw on a boat without her trusty yellow life jacket. She was born in Osaka, Japan, to a litter including five brothers. She came to live with Kathleen on Miyake Island at the age of 7 weeks and soon made herself right at home.
Umi easily makes friends and is trilingual, or maybe quadra-lingual … She understands Japanese, English and the canine bark code in both the U.S.
Undergraduate Education: Texas A&M University – B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Graduate Education: M. A. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology – Emphasis: Comparative Psychology
Masters Thesis: The ontogeny of social play partners in bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves Doctorate Thesis: An investigation of the use of touch in the social interactions of a group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Research Interests: Research interests include comparative cognition and behavior, including animal emotions and welfare.
DCP Secretary & Bimini Research Manager
B.A. Environmental Studies, Connecticut College
M.Sc. Environmental Science, Alaska Pacific University
(Right: photo credit, Al Sweeting Jr)
Kel has been a part of the DCP team since 2003. Born and raised in North Haven, Connecticut, USA, she graduated from Connecticut College in 2004 after having spent time living in Australia and attending the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Always interested in the marine environment, she joined DCP as an undergraduate intern in the summer 2003, which allowed her to combine this interest with her love of traveling and experiencing new cultures.
Senior Research Associate
Justin Gregg received his doctorate from the School of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin in Dublin Ireland in 2008. He has been a research associate with DCP since 2004, assisting with data collection on Bimini for 2004 and leading the field research on Mikura Island for the 2005, 2006, and 2007 field seasons.
Director, Terramar Productions
John Anderson has been diving for 35 years and photographing ocean wildlife for more than 25 years. In 1999, he launched Terramar Productions LLC, a young, though seasoned, media production company, to focus his talents on creating marine-related environmental films, DVDs and fine art photography. With thousands of frames exposed, and having worked on film greats such as the IMAX “Dolphins ” and “Amazing Caves ”, Anderson specializes in video and photography on and under the water.
Stan Kuczaj was a longtime friend of and collaborator with the Dolphin Communication Project. Everyone here at DCP is sad to have lost Stan, but are eternally grateful for all that he has done for our organization, and for his amazing contributions to marine mammal science. Below is a biography of Stan that was published in Aquatic Mammals Journal.
On 14 April 2016, the scientific community lost Dr. Stan Kuczaj, professor at the University of Southern Mississippi and Director of the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Laboratory. He was a beloved teacher, researcher, friend, mentor, and colleague.
Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Peter is a Vietnam veteran and retired Navy Lieutenant Commander. Having entered the Navy as an enlisted man he served in various ratings.
Director, Dolphin Research Australia
Elizabeth Hawkins, PhD Since 2000, Dr. Elizabeth Hawkins has been researching the intricate and fascinating lives of dolphins. Elizabeth’s research focuses on the behaviour, social dynamics and communication of dolphins. Her honours research, which was completed in 2002, examined the behaviour and acoustics of a group of provisioned dolphins at Tangalooma, Moreton Island, Australia. In 2007, Elizabeth completed her PhD research with the Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre.
Currently attending University of Southern Mississippi | Master’s/PhD student in Experimental Psychology
B.A. Environmental Studies (focus in Marine Biology), minor in Biology-Eckerd College 2005
Briana was born and raised in Orlando, Fl. She was obsessed with animals as young as she can remember and her first word was ”doggie”. In middle school she adopted a lab rat her aunt rescued and would stay up at night and record it’s behavior in her journal.
