Country of residence: CanadaDiving since: 1991Level/agency of certification: PADI Master Diver Dr. Neil Hammerschlag is a marine ecologist, shark researcher, and one of the leading public voices in shark science and conservation. Based in Canada, he is the founder and executive director of the Shark Research Foundation, which advances shark conservation through research, education, and public outreach, and the president of Atlantic Shark Expeditions, a Nova Scotia-based operation that brings the public into direct contact with sharks through cage diving and...

Shark Week turns 38 this year, and if you've been watching long enough, you know that the best episodes aren’t the sensationalist ones that frame sharks as hungry man-eaters; they’re the ones that highlight real scientists doing real work.  This year, several of the researchers and conservationists Cressi is proud to support are appearing across the Discovery lineup, and their work spans everything from great white behavior in New Zealand to thresher shark biomechanics off the California coast. Shark Week...