Today’s special guest is a marine biologist, marine ecologist and an internationally renowned whale researcher, Dr Olaf Meynecke.

He graduated in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lueneburg, Germany and then travelled to Australia and completed a PhD at Griffith University, Queensland. His PhD research focused upon the relationship between commercial fish harvesting and the environmental drivers influencing fish populations. 

He is currently managing an international research project on the impacts of climate change on whales and studies the health of humpback whales primarily in south-eastern Queensland. 

He is also the CEO and co-founder of Humpbacks & High-Rises Inc, a not for profit research organization dedicated to marine mammal research and protection. This organisation is supported by a number of associate Researchers and also Citizen Scientists.

More Information

https://www.hhr.org.au/

https://www.dr-olaf.com/

https://experts.griffith.edu.au/8358-olaf-meynecke

https://twitter.com/DrOlaf_

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-olaf-meynecke-8b504b39/

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