*Monday’s Ocean Talks* Monday’s Ocean Talks is a set of interviews between Joana Castro, the founder of AIMM, and invited guests from all over the world who play an important role within the ocean and marine life. The launch of Monday’s Ocean Talks was the 15th of February and every two weeks a new interview will be released. Each interview has a duration of one hour and is an informal talk, a sharing of experiences and an exchange of knowledge. The interviews are completely free to access and will be released on the AIMM YouTube channel every two weeks. Subscribe and meet an Ocean Researcher! The next interview will be with Dr. Hal Whitehead. Please read his biography below. Dr. Hal Whitehead Hal Whitehead is a University Research Professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University. His research focuses on social organization and cultural transmission in the deep-water whales, but he also works on their ecology, population biology and conservation. Field work is mainly carried out in the North Atlantic (particularly off eastern Canada) and South Pacific oceans from a 12-meter sailing boat. Hal uses individual-based stochastic computer models to study cultural evolution, gene-culture coevolution and mating strategies. He has developed statistical tools and software for analyzing vertebrate social systems. Hal holds a BA in Mathematics, Diploma in Mathematical Statistics, and PhD in Zoology from Cambridge University in England. He coedited *Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Whales and Dolphins* (University of Chicago Press; 2000), and has written *Sperm Whales; Social Evolution in the Ocean* (University of Chicago Press, 2003), *Analyzing Animal Societies: Quantitative Methods for Vertebrate Social Analysis* (University of Chicago Press, 2008), and, with Luke Rendell, the forthcoming *The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins* (University of Chicago Press, 2014). He has served on the IUCN Species Survival Commission Cetacean Specialist Group since 1983, was co-chair of the COSEWIC Marine Mammal SSC between 2001-2004, and received the Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation, Zoological Society of London in 2007. *Biography by The Whale Sanctuary Project* More information about Dr. Hal Whitehead https://whiteheadlab.weebly.com/ Monday Ocean Talks Interview with Dr. Hal Whitehead 15th March – 3pm (GMT) at AIMM YouTube channel More info: info@aimmportugal.org -- *AIMM Portugal* - Ass. Investigação do Meio Marinho | Marine Environment Research Association *Website*: www.aimmportugal.org [image: AIMM Portugal | facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/AIMM.org/> [image: AIMM Portugal | twitter] <https://twitter.com/AIMMPortugal> [image: AIMM Portugal | instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/aimmportugal_org/> [image: AIMM Portugal | youtube] <http://www.youtube.com/c/AimmportugalOrg>