Greg Skomal PhD

Gregory is an accomplished marine biologist, underwater explorer, photographer, aquarist, and author. Through the Massachusetts Shark Research Program, he has been actively involved in the study of sharks since 1989. His research on shark ecology, life history, and behavior has spanned the globe from the Arctic Circle to the Red Sea. 

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He is also adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology in New Bedford, MA, a guest investigator at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, MA, and an adjunct scientist with the Center for Shark Research in Sarasota, FL. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Rhode Island and a PhD from Boston University.