Dr. Mikki McComb-Kobza is the CEO and Chief Scientist of Ocean First Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to marine research, conservation, and education that has reached over 500,000 people with nationally acclaimed conservation projects and compelling educational programming. Mikki is a marine biologist, and her research is focused primarily on the biology, behavior, abundance, and movement of sharks using novel technologies. She has participated in or led over 40 under-sea expeditions. Her research has been covered by the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, NPR and CBC National Radio Canada. She is faculty with CU Boulder Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the immediate past President of the American Elasmobranch Society, in the Women Divers Hall of Fame, and National Fellow of the Explorer’s Club.
