Director of Information and Technology Dissemination
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
email: conn@mbari.org
Judith Connor earned her Ph.D. from University of California at Berkeley with dissertation research conducted at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panamá. She has explored the oceans from research ships and sailboats and underwater using SCUBA, submersibles and living in a habitat. She has participated in expeditions to the eastern and western Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Aegean Seas, New Zealand, Fiji, Africa and the Canary Islands, Hawai'i and Monterey Bay.
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), Connor directs the institute's external affairs. Working with talented staff in the Information and Technology Dissemination (ITD) division, she oversees MBARI websites, annual report and other publications, public information, media relations, special events and educational programs. The ITD team also supports MBARI internal research projects with library services and video laboratory support, and MBARI sample, data and historical archives. Connor serves as a member of MBARI's senior management team and the primary contact for intellectual property issues and technology transfer.
Connor and MBARI collaborate with the Monterey Bay Aquarium on educational projects including exhibits, such as Mysteries of the Deep and Jellies, Living Art, as well as videos and books. A natural history writer in her spare time, Connor has contributed Kelp Forests, Seashore Life on Rocky Coasts, The Deep Sea and Jellies, Living Art to the aquarium's book series. She delights in teaching Marine Botany at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's education and volunteer programs.