David Scheel is a Professor of Marine Biology at Alaska Pacific University as well as a nationally recognized authority on octopus behavior and ecology. His research has been featured on the NPR Science Friday program, National Geographic website and Scientific American magazine, as well as numerous academic journals. After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, Scheel earned masters and doctorate degrees in Ecology at the University of Minnesota. He joined APU in 2000 and has since studied octopus behavior all around the world. At this event, he'll highlight his research in Australia and Alaska, including his discovery here of a new species of large octopus.