He received his Ph.D in marine science in 2003 and is an awarded educator and scientific researcher. Erin has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Teens4Oceans program for three years, and has developed meaningful and relevant interpretative and outreach tools with associated educational curricula. He has been the lead scientific advisor for the Teens4Oceans staff and student ambassadors, and has assisted the program by using underwater webcams to provide students access to reef fish behavior through the Internet. He and his students use the real-time data on fish behavior to evaluate influences of diurnal and seasonal patterns, visibility, temperature, and tidal regimes. He has developed powerful teaching and learning tools and provided the public and students around the world with an experience as close as possible to being in the ocean without getting wet!