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Nathan Jack Robinson

Independent Researcher, Indiana University

Dr. Nathan J. Robinson is an accomplished marine biologist with considerable experience in conducting ‘viral’ outreach campaigns for ocean conservation. In 2015, he was filmed removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nose and this video has now been viewed over 100 million times on YouTube. Moreover, the success of this video is often acknowledged as a crystallization moment for many anti-plastic campaigns and has instigated global behavioral change. In 2019, he also recorded the first footage of the giant squid – otherwise known as the fabled ‘kraken’ – in US waters. This story made headlines in over 400 international news sources including the front-page of The New York Times.

Experience

  • –present
    Field Director of the Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station, The Leatherback Trust

Education

  • 2014 
    Purdue University, Ph.D in Biology