Dr. Colquhoun is a marine biologist with expertise in marine and coastal ecology, water quality, MPA management, fisheries, plankton and ecological modelling. His interest in biology began in high school at The Wolmer’s Boys’ High School, where he was introduced to the subject in Grade 9, and immediately became intrigued by the seemingly endless knowledge entailed within the various sub-disciplines of the subject (e.g., botany, zoology, immunology, medicine, etc.), as well as the underlying inter-relation amongst the oftentimes very different sub-disciplines. Marine Biology stood out conspicuously to Dexter, not just because of his love for swimming and ocean life in general, but also because so much was (and even today still is) unexplored, undiscovered, and largely unknown as it relates to the ocean, especially in less-developed tropical countries (like Jamaica), and likewise at deeper depths. Immediately after high school (2008) Dexter explored other passions as a studio and live performance musician, where he worked as a pianist/keyboardist for several recording artistes and local bands. He eventually decided to return to his love for biology and the sea and after earning his B.Sc. in marine zoology he went on to conduct research for his Ph.D. Dexter’s Ph.D. research contributed to the definition and designation of the first Special Fishery Conservation Areas (now a Fish Sanctuary) in eastern Jamaica and will provide useful tools to assess future changes in the now protected areas. He has worked on various projects including water quality assessment and analyses for various Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs); tropical coral reef and benthic assessments (north and south- coast Jamaica); mangrove forest and other coastal wetlands assessments; (Jamaican) Blue Economy baseline research; as well as climate change resilience research (utilizing traditional agricultural crops).