Dr. Robert "Bob" Richmond is a research professor, Pew Fellow and director of the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory. Bob has spent his career studying coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean and the Pacific, including the Virgin Islands, the Grenadines, the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Japan, and Micronesia. Working to strike a balance between basic and applied research, Dr. Richmond uses research results to inform the management and preservation of tropical marine ecosystems and marine biodiversity.  He is also the former President of the International Society for Reef Studies, the Science Advisor to the All-Islands Committee of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, a science advisor for the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative and a member of the Science and Policy Advisory Committee for the Palau International Coral Reef Center.