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Ian Boyd, Scientific Advisory Board
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Jim Brickman, Board Member
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Diane Claridge, Director
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Charlotte Dunn, President
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Leigh Hickmott, Board Member
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Tim Higgs, Board Member
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Jim Theriault, Scientific Advisory Board
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Ian Boyd
Ian is a research professor at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
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Jim Brickman
Jim is the founder of Brick Breweries in Ontario, Canada.
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Diane Claridge
Diane was born in Nassau and started BMMRO in 1991. She is currently doing her PhD in beaked whale population ecology at the
University of St Andrews, Scotland.
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Charlotte Dunn
Charlotte was born in Nassau and has been working with BMMRO since 2004. She is currently doing her PhD in beaked whale
communication at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
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Leigh Hickmott
Leigh is an independent contract scientist, with over ten years experience conducting marine mammal science in the Bahamas.
Leigh specialises in the use of telemetry (d-tags), biopsy and photo-ID techniques to address his principle research interests
relating to the effects of anthropogenic noise; the functional relationships between prey dispersion and predator performance;
the influence vocal adaptations and prey behaviour have on fine-scale foraging and diving behaviour.
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Tim Higgs
Tim is a sixth generation Bahamian and the owner/operator of Abaco Dive Adventures.
Prior to opening his dive shop he was a lobster fisherman for 20 years.
He has been involved in the research of the soft coral PE for the past 15 years.
Tim brought the artificial reef ball idea to FRIENDS and currently runs the Reef Check program.
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Jim Theriault
Jim is the lead of Defence R and D Canada's research programme on technologies for
mitigating the potential impact of man made sound on marine mammals. His current interests
are focused on using autonomous mobile sensors for characterizing presence and density estimation.
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