Our Advisory Board

CoralRealm is honored to have a distinquished Advisory Board of noted scientists, photojournalists, writers, researchers and underwater explorers. When not submerged in research, writing or water, these individuals serve as independant consultants for the content development of the site.

SCIENTISTS
Gerald Allen Gerald Allen, Ph.D.

Leading authority on coral reef fish taxonomy
Avid diver and underwater photographer
Author of 27 books and more than
300 scientific articles

Dr. Randall John E. Randall, Ph.D.

Leading authority on coral reef fish taxonomy
Biologist, avid diver and underwater explorer
Underwater photographer
Author of seven books and more than
500 scientific articles on fishes and
other marine life

Roger Steene Roger Steene

World renown underwater photographer
Author of 11 marine life books

Robert Myers Robert F. Myers

Marine biologist, author, diver
Underwater photographer, writer and researcher

WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS
Fred Bavendam Fred Bavendam

Professional underwater photojournalist
National Geographic feature writer

Bob Halstead Bob Halstead

Writer, underwater photographer
Author of several marine life books

Kelvin Aiken Kelvin Aitken

Commercial Photographer
Award winning Shark Photographer
Author of Shark and Rays of Australia

John Hoover John P. Hoover

Avid diver and explorer
Underwater photographer
Keisuke Imai Keisuke Imai

Underwater photographer/naturalist
Research volunteer in systematic ichthyology

Tacketts Denise Nielsen Tackett
Larry Tackett

Avid divers and underwater explorers
Professional underwater photojournalists
Tanaka Hiroyuki Tanaka, M.D.

Magazine feature writer
Member Ichthyological Society of Japan