The Friends of the JPL Present:
Atlantic Shark Institute Presentation
Friday, May 16
4:00 p.m.
Meeting Hall
Join Jon Dodd, Executive Director of the Atlantic Shark Institute in South Kingstown, Rhode Island for a presentation all about his research on sharks!
Jon Dodd - Biography
Executive Director, Atlantic Shark Institute
Fellow, The Explorers Club, NY, NY
Jon Dodd is the executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute based in South Kingstown, RI. The ASI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that is dedicated to answering the most pressing questions concerning the biology, survival and sustainability of sharks in the NW Atlantic.
Jon is an experienced marine biologist who has spent his entire life on the water with a particular focus and affinity for sharks. From his first close encounter with a blue shark at age 14, he has been fascinated by sharks and their growing need for greater understanding and protection in many parts of the world. Jon has caught, released and tagged more than 1,000 sharks for different research projects. He brings a wealth of real world experience to this research and has worked with a wide variety of shark species both above and below the water including great white, mako, blue, thresher, porbeagle, spinner, blacktip, tiger, hammerhead, bull, lemon, dusky and many more.
Jon earned a Biology degree with a fisheries focus from the University of Rhode Island and he is a Fellow of the Explorers Club in NY, NY.
He has appeared on many networks discussing sharks and also appeared in countless articles such as Discovery, National Geographic, Shark Week, Sharkfest, NBC, ABC, CBS, BBC, Forbes, Fortune, US News and World Report and many more. Jon began his shark career working as a volunteer at the NMFS Apex Predator Investigation Lab in Narragansett, RI and holds an Advanced Open Water Dive Certification.