Advisory Board

Dr. Amanda Vincent was the first person to study seahorses underwater, the first to document the extensive trade in these fishes and the first to initiate a seahorse conservation project (Project Seahorse). Her team’s research and advocacy work for marine conservation have earned Dr. Vincent many awards, namely the TIME magazine Leader for the 21st Century (1999) and, in 2020, the world’s leading animal conservation prize - Indianapolis Prize.

Dr. Adam Jones is a pioneer in syngnathid genetics, the first to describe the genetic mating systems of pipefishes and seahorses. Currently teaching at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, his research lab, under the umbrella of evolutionary biology, investigates areas such as Sexual Selection, Functional Genomics,  Computational Biology and Complex Trait Evolution. His research placed syngnathids in the pages of the world's top scientific journal such as Nature or PNAS.