Biography of Dr. Gerhard Pohle Dr. Gerhard Pohle is the Curator of Invertebrates and Senior Applied Research at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre, where he has worked since the inception of the Atlantic Reference Centre (ARC) in 1984. The ARC is a natural history museum for aquatic organisms of Atlantic Canada and a centre for research in biodiversity, evolution, ecology, and applied science. As an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Dr. Pohle's academic work is in the area of crustacean biology, particularly the elucidation of evolutionary relationships, but his exposure to a wide variety of other invertebrates has led to applied research and teaching in the area of biodiversity monitoring and environmental impact assessment.
Biography of W illiam J. (Bill) McAlister After a lenghty career as a police officer, I retired in 1995 and moved to St. Andrews, NB to attend the New Brunswick Community College Boat Building course. While attending the college I developed a strong interest in the natural beauty of the St. Croix Estuary. Through friends, I became involved in SCEP as a volunteer helping to develop the Estuary profile and vision documents. To date, I have been involved in producing an oil spill contingency plan for the St. Croix Estuary, training in various aspects of oil spill clean-up, water and sediment sampling for monitoring projects, the Atlantic Coastal Action Program, and the Clam Resource Committee. As a volunteer, I found an opportunity to be involved in numerous "hands-on" projects that have been interesting, educational, and well worth the time invested to help preserve and protect one of the most beautiful Estuaries in the world.
Forced to choose between his interest in art and natural history, Art chose the latter for his university studies and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB., Canada in 1961 and carried out graduate studies at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec for three years. He taught at McGill, the University of Victoria, and the University of New Brunswick before establishing a biologiacal supply and consulting business in 1964. His work has included the collection and supply of living marine organisms for schools, universities and research establishments around the world. His consulting activities have been broad and range from the promary development of marine inventories from Newfoundland to Maine, environmental monitoring and mitigation for nuclear power plants, oil refineries, gas pipelines, and other industrial developments. He is credited with establishing the first successful commercail Atlantic salmon sea farms in New Brunswick and Maine. His professional work has taken him to the United States, Canada, Norway, Thailand, and India. Art has an extensive background in publishing, printing, graphic design and display construction. He has sold numerous paintings and illustrarions and has had several shows of his works. He is currently Executive Director of the St. Croix Estuary Project. This web site is made available by the St. Croix Estuary Project Inc., (SCEP) a Community-based organization promoting the wise management of the St. Croix Estuary area and its resources. |