Dr. Alistair Dove is an Australian-American scientist who currently serves as CEO of the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville FL. He previosuly served as Vice President at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. His research explores themes of diversity and health in the aquatic environment, with a current focus on the biology of whale sharks and past experience studying American lobsters and parasite ecology in freshwater and marine fishes in Australia.
Dr. Dove is especially interested in seeing scientific research translate to tangible education and conservation outcomes and he is a passionate scientist communicator and two-time TEDx speaker. He is a board member at Oceans Forward and SEZARC, an adjunct Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia and is a Professional Fellow of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. You can follow him on Instagram at @dr.al.dove and on YouTube
Dr. Dove’s book, Whale Sharks: Biology, Ecology, and Conservation, co-edited with Simon Pierce from Marine Megafauna Foundation was published in 2021.
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The opinions expressed on this website are not necessarily those of MOSH or Georgia Aquarium. All photographs are (c) 2010-2021 Alistair Dove, unless otherwise indicated, and are provided under Creative Commons license CC-BY NC
