John Calambokidis

John Calambokidis is a Senior Research Biologist and one of the founders of Cascadia Research Collective. His primary research interests are the biology of marine mammals and the impacts of humans. He has conducted studies on a variety of marine mammals in the North Pacific from Central America to Alaska for 50 years, and has directed long-term research on the status, movements, and underwater behavior of blue, humpback, and gray whales. John has authored two books on marine mammals (on blue whales and a guide to marine mammals) as well as more than 135 publications in scientific journals, 150 technical reports, and 175 scientific presentations. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty at the Evergreen State College teaching courses on marine mammals. His work has been covered on shows by National Geographic, Discovery Channel, BBC, and others, and he has received awards from the American Cetacean Society for Lifetime Achievement in Marine Mammal Science (in 2012), from the Washington Chapter of the Wildlife Society for Lifetime Leadership in Conservation (2019), and the Olympia Rotary Club Environmental Protection Award (2018).

March 2025