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	Home Upcoming Events Institutions & Organizations People Bays & Estuaries Reefs, Banks & Islands Environmental Issues General Facts about the Gulf Exploration History Other Online Resources Electronic Books Mexican Coral Reef Species Checklist InfoHub Site Search:		Dr. Colin Simpfendorfer Dr. Colin Simpfendorfer is a Senior Scientist at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Center for Shark Research. He has been studying sharks for the last 17 years, and focuses his research on population biology, especially in relation to shark fisheries and shark conservation. He received his B.Sc. from James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. After completing his undergraduate degree he took a position teaching Zoology at James Cook University and concurrently worked on his Ph.D. His Ph.D. research focused on the life history the Australian sharpnose shark, a common inshore species in northern Australia. He completed his Ph.D. in 1993 and then returned to his home town of Perth to work for the Fisheries Department of Western Australia, leading a research team investigating the status of commercially fished shark populations. In 1998 he moved to Florida where he continues his research on the population biology of sharks. His current projects include research on the conservation biology of sawfish, stock assessment of commercially important shark species in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and satellite tracking of large coastal sharks. He is an active member of the World Conservation Union’s Shark Specialist Group, and in 2003 was appointed as the Leader of the US Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Planning Team. Institution(s) / Organization(s): Mote Marine Laboratory (MML) Education: B.S. Zoology and Marine Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia, 1987 Ph.D. Fisheries Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia, 1993 Area of Expertise / Interest: Population Biology of Elasmobranchs; Ecology; Fisheries; Population Biology; Endangered Species; Modeling Preferred Language:   English Mailing Address: Center for Shark Research Mote Marine Laboratory 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway Sarasota, FL 34236 USA Telephone: +1 941-388-4441 Fax: +1 941-388-4312 E-mail: colins@mote.org Home Page URL:   http://www.mote.org/~colins/ColinsWebPage.htm Links to Projects or Publications: Sawfish Conservation Biology Keywords:   Shark, Sawfish, , Population biology, Conservation biology
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