Garv Hoefler holds an MA in biology from San Jose State University has been a biology instructor at DeAnza College. . A talented and dedicated expedition leader, Garv has been the Principal Field Researcher for the Oceanic Society's Belize Expeditions and co-developed the Crocodiles and Corals Research. He was worked with the Oceanic Society since 1996 when he served as the Midway Atoll Field Manager.

Martha Brown has worked with Oceanic Society at Midway Atoll and Palmyra since 1992.   Martha is senior editor at the Center for Agroecology at the University of California at Santa Cruz.  Her articles have been published in a number of natural history magazines and she has contributed to a number of natural resource management plans.

Breck Tyler has worked as a naturalist and field biologist with the Oceanic Society at Midway Atoll since 1997. Breck received his M.S. in Marine Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and is currently an Associate Specialist at the Institute of Marine Sciences at Long Marine Laboratory. He wrote an environmental assessment for the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

Jennifer Cruce holds an MS in Conservation and Biodiversity and is currently in
the doctoral program at the University of Exeter in Cornwall. Ms. Cruce was a
Natural Resources Conservation and Development Peace Corps Volunteer in Ulithi
Atoll, Yap, FSM from September 2004 through November 2006. During this time,
she was the project supervisor of the 2005 and 2006 Ulithi Turtle Tagging
Project on Gielop and Iar Islands. She has worked on coral reef surveys in
Palau and is a certified diver. She has worked with the Oceanic Society since

Katherine Cure holds an M.S. in tropical marine ecology and fisheries biology from James Cook University in Australia. Her specialty is tropical reef fish, their ecology, population dynamics and fisheries.  She worked as an assistant in reef monitoring surveys of the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Knowledgeable in coral reef species in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indo-Pacific, familiar with worldwide conservation issues and experienced in living at remote locations, Katherine brings a wealth of experience to every expedition.

Oceanic Society Naturalists

Pepper Trail, Ph.D. from Cornell University, studying of the Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock in Suriname. He has studied the behavior and conservation of birds around the world with the support of the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and other groups. He works as wildlife and forensic biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Although his specialty is birds, his interests range broadly from mammals to poetry and photography.

Since 1999, he has led trips to Suriname for the Oceanic Society.

Isidore Szcepaniak, holds an M.S. degree from San Francisco State University .He is a Research Associate at the California Academy of Sciences' Department of Mammalogy. He has conducted research on harbor porpoise in the Gulf of the Farallones for 25 years, and has conducted humpback whale research in California and in Costa Rica.

Bruce Stewart received his Bachelor of Science in Zoology at the University of California at Davis and completed graduate studies in marine science at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. He is former Director of Public Programs at the Birch Aquarium, and served as Program Curator at Monterey Bay Aquarium and Education Director at Texas State Aquarium.

Juan Carlos Solis has worked as a naturalist for the Oceanic Society since 1997, and has led expeditions to Baja California, South America, and Antarctica.  Currently, he is the Public Programs Manager for the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, and is a former naturalist for the East Bay Regional Parks District. He is knowledgeable about tropical wildlife and ecology, and has a special interest in birds.