Internship: Divers Alert Network (DAN) Diver’s Health and Safety Outreach Internship Kiran Alexander Balan, 21, is passionate about integrating his love for diving and science. He is currently in his junior year of Neuroscience at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, graduating in the spring of 2023. His future plans
Region: Australasia Scholar Date: 2022 to 2023 An upbringing filled with adventure has given Millie the opportunity to explore some of New Zealand’s most remote coastal and alpine areas. From a young age, the enchanting marine world captivated her. Millie’s fascination began with the discovery of alien-like species in shallow
Region: Europe Scholar Date: 2022 to 2023 Hannah Douglas, 23, is an avid scuba diver, Marine Science student and yoga teacher from Wicklow, Ireland with a passion for marine ecology, conservation and effective scientific communication through art and photography. Making the connection as a child between the ‘mermaid’s purses’ washed
Region: Europe Scholar Date: 2021 Arzucan is a human geographer and political ecologist deeply passionate about marine conservation, scientific exploration, and underwater cultural heritage. Born in Berlin as the daughter of Turkish immigrants, she spent all of her childhood summers on the Aegean coast, playing in seagrass meadows and observing
Region: North America Scholar Date: 2021 Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Jamil Wilson often frequented the small creek behind his house as a child and developed a strong fascination with life. As a result, Jamil dreamed of being a scientist and attended college at Cleveland State University. To support his studies,
Region: Australasia Scholar Date: 2019 to 2020 Joanna, 22, is from the seaside town of Hobart on Australia’s southern island, Tasmania. Her early memories of the ocean involve finding sea creatures in rock pools, fishing, and snorkelling through the giant kelp forests that once covered the Tasmanian coastline. Eager to
Region: Europe Scholar Date: 2019 to 2020 Kim, 22, is a Veterinary Medicine student with a fascination for aquatic animals, especially marine mammals. A keen sportsperson and hobby photographer with an adventurous mind, she is originally from Hamburg. Kim has always felt a deep connection to animals and nature. Her
Region: North America Scholar Date: 2019 to 2020 Growing up in Waterloo, Ontario, Neha, 24, spent much of her summers exploring the lakes and rivers that make up the Great Canadian Shield. Comfortable in the water from a young age, and ever curious about her surroundings, Neha’s interest in aquatic
Region: Australasia Scholar Date: 2018 Born in Hobart, Tasmania, 23 year-old Olivia’s fascination for the ocean began at a young age: her father was a commercial diver and she has always loved swimming, snorkelling and fossicking through rock pools. It was in Year 9 at Taroona High School where Olivia
Region: Europe Scholar Date: 2018 Èric, 24, is an enthusiastic diver from Barcelona. A PADI Rescue diver currently living in Norway, he has become enthralled with the Norwegian sub-arctic fjords. His passion for the oceans started early when his parents bought him the collection of Jacque-Yves Cousteau’s The Undersea World.
