Region: North America Scholar Date: 2018 Thanks to the connections and fieldwork experience he made during his scholarship year, Yann is currently a PhD candidate at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. He studies marine ecology of temperate and tropical reef ecosystems under the
Region: Australasia Scholar Date: 2017 Born 24 years ago in Newcastle, on the east coast of Australia, Melinda Brown has always been fond of swimming, diving and studying all things marine related. At the age of 19, she enrolled at the University of Newcastle to pursue a Bachelor of Environmental
Region: Europe Scholar Date: 2017 It all began with her visits to the Malaysian coast line to see her mother’s family. From a young age, Mae would be thrown into the water by her aunts and uncles with a mask and snorkel on and from there it grew exponentially. When
Region: North America Scholar Date: 2017 For as long as Leah can remember, water has been her close friend. Born 22 years ago in Blacksburg, Virginia, Leah’s earliest memories are of splashing around on the banks of the New River and competing in her local swim league. In high school,
As a kid living in Chile, I spent days exploring the coast and its marine inhabitants. When not in the water, I’d listen to my father’s numerous dive stories. Unfortunately, as life went on, I had to return to the farmlands of central Pennsylvania. I became a “fish out of
Internship: National Park Service Research Internship Garrett Fundakowski is a senior from Bear, Delaware. He will be graduating from the University of Richmond in May 2016 with a B.S. in Biology and Mathematics and a minor in Integrated Sciences. During his freshman year, he joined the lab of Dr. Malcolm
Allie Sifrit is from Aurora, Colorado. In December of 2015, she graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology with Honors and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. During her time at UHM, she learned how to scuba dive, traveled, and
Region: Australasia Scholar Date: 2016 I was born in California, USA, and from an early age, a love for adventure and nature was encouraged. It was my Dad’s marine biology background and profound love for the ocean that ignited my interest in marine life. When I was 11, my family
Region: Europe Scholar Date: 2016 Felix, 24, grew up in Innsbruck amidst the alpine mountains of Austria, far away from the sea and without any notion about the diversity of marine life. This changed rapidly in 2009 when Felix was awarded a full scholarship to complete high school at the
Region: North America Scholar Date: 2016 Chris Millbern is a latecomer to the underwater world, but his passion for diver safety and adventure has made him a natural fit for the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society’s Rolex Scholarship Program. Born 26 years ago in Newport Beach, California, Chris was raised on
