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Jeff Leis is a Principal Research Scientist in Ichthyology at the Australian Museum in Sydney. He has been 
fascinated by and studied fish larvae in the warmer waters of the Indo-Pacific for 37 years. Jeff did his BSc in Zoology at the University of Arizona, where he got his ichthyological start in the Gulf of California, and his PhD in Biological Oceanography at the University of Hawaii, where he fell in love with coral reefs and their fishes. After 18 months in southern California, studying the impact of nuclear power stations on fish larvae, he departed the USA for a 2-year fellowship in Australia, and became a new Australian. Jeff's research on fish larvae has provided a taxonomic base for their study in the Indo-Pacific, used them to reveal the relationships of fishes, and shown their behaviour can strongly influence dispersal in the ocean. He has been privileged to participate in the Australian Museum's golden age, to collaborate with a wide variety of stimulating people, and to do field work in the most interesting places. Jeff's research has helped to shine some light into the black box of larval-fish biology, and he has enjoyed every minute of it.
fascinated by and studied fish larvae in the warmer waters of the Indo-Pacific for 37 years. Jeff did his BSc in Zoology at the University of Arizona, where he got his ichthyological start in the Gulf of California, and his PhD in Biological Oceanography at the University of Hawaii, where he fell in love with coral reefs and their fishes. After 18 months in southern California, studying the impact of nuclear power stations on fish larvae, he departed the USA for a 2-year fellowship in Australia, and became a new Australian. Jeff's research on fish larvae has provided a taxonomic base for their study in the Indo-Pacific, used them to reveal the relationships of fishes, and shown their behaviour can strongly influence dispersal in the ocean. He has been privileged to participate in the Australian Museum's golden age, to collaborate with a wide variety of stimulating people, and to do field work in the most interesting places. Jeff's research has helped to shine some light into the black box of larval-fish biology, and he has enjoyed every minute of it.
Matt Taylor is an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Matt graduated with his PhD in March 2007, and since then he has established a research group developing stock enhancement for marine systems in New South Wales, including four PhD students. Matt’s work draws on ecological and genetic principles in the development of responsible approaches to stock enhancement, using mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus and eastern king prawn Penaeus plebejus as model species. He is a current AIPS Young Tall Poppy, and he maintains active research collaborations with The Oceanic Institute, Hawaii, Mote Marine Laboratories, Florida, and The Imperial College, London.