Meet Darren Rumbold
About the AuthorEmeritus Professor in Marine Science
I grew up on the beach during the early 60s.
My family had somehow found the means to rent one of those old Florida houses that have since been replaced by condos and mansions. My brother and I would walk the beach each morning and bring back live animals to stock our aquarium or dead ones to bury in our little cemetery. Sometimes we’d even let our little sister tag along. Mass die-offs of fish, starfish or other sea creatures would always bother me. By the tenth grade, I decided that I was going to be a marine biologist and, more specifically, to study at the University of Miami. It took me a while to get there, but I finally made it and earned a Ph.D. in marine biology and fisheries from UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Since then, I have worked to address various environmental problems as a government scientist, a private consultant and as an academic.
My family had somehow found the means to rent one of those old Florida houses that have since been replaced by condos and mansions. My brother and I would walk the beach each morning and bring back live animals to stock our aquarium or dead ones to bury in our little cemetery. Sometimes we’d even let our little sister tag along. Mass die-offs of fish, starfish or other sea creatures would always bother me. By the tenth grade, I decided that I was going to be a marine biologist and, more specifically, to study at the University of Miami. It took me a while to get there, but I finally made it and earned a Ph.D. in marine biology and fisheries from UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Since then, I have worked to address various environmental problems as a government scientist, a private consultant and as an academic.
If you would like to read some of my publications, you can find them on my ResearchGate webpage .
Because some of these problems will not be solved in my lifetime, I have always thought it vital to educate the public and train the next generation of environmental scientists and now environmental activists.
Because some of these problems will not be solved in my lifetime, I have always thought it vital to educate the public and train the next generation of environmental scientists and now environmental activists.
