His research interests lie at the intersection of marine biology, neurobiology and ecotoxicology. Montie earned a B.S. degree in Zoology at the University of Rhode Island in 1993, then embarked upon post-baccalaureate studies in Biochemistry at Harvard University. He received an M.S. degree in Environmental Toxicology at Clemson University in 1999. After earning his master’s degree, Montie worked from 1999 to 2000 as a marine mammal field biologist at the National Ocean Service in Charleston, S.C. In 2006, Montie earned a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Mass.