Sean Smith

Sean Smith graduated with Distinction from the University of Rhode Island and for the past 10 years has worked as a consultant in biotech, optics and environmental analytics. Sean has also worked as an educator in a world renowned scientific institution, where he gave daily lectures on various topics ranging from conservation, the world’s oceans, and endangered species. Sean has had the privilege of being associated with the JASON Project, an award-winning educational program that reaches more than 1 million students and 25,000 teachers annually. Sean has worked alongside world renowned leaders in conservation from such prestigious organizations as National Geographic, and the Smithsonian Institute, and participated in discussions which have varied in topic ranging from deep-sea exploration diving pranks to what-to-do-for-fun while being trapped in Antarctica for the season. Sean has a great love and respect for nature and has the distinct honor of being one of a select number of people who can claim to have been spat upon by a whale, bitten repeatedly by multiple penguins, mildly attacked by an alligator, and thrown-up upon by a white-sided dolphin infected with brain-parasites.