Affiliation: Florida International University

Yannis P. Papastamatio has a PhD in Zoology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, a MSc  in Biology from the California State University at Long Beach and a BSc in Oceanography with Marine Biology from the University of Southampton in the UK. He’s an Associate Professor in the Florida International University since 2016. Some of his peer reviewed publications include 113 publications in Nature, Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Ecology Letters, Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Journal of Animal Ecology etc. He’s also an author of 6 book chapters and an editor in Oecologia and Animal Biotelemetry.

His field skills include SCUBA diving (PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, AAUS Scientific diver, NAUI Closed circuit rebreather mixed-gas diluent, NSS CSD Full cave diver) and First Aid (DAN Diving Medical Technician).