João Correia
João Correia
is a 40-year-old raconteur with a Ph.D. in marine biology, who's been focusing his academic research on shark fisheries and conservation. A featured TEDx speaker, he began his career in Bimini, studying Lemon shark behavior, then became curator of sharks at the Lisbon Zoo, researched deep-sea shark growth, and then joined the
Oceanário de Lisboa as Head Diver and Curator of Collections. In 2006 he founded his own collections firm, Flying Sharks, and as a professor now teaches future marine biologists. He recently also started a marine education company, Neptuno, which gives adults a chance to dive with Blue sharks off the Portuguese shores, and kids the opportunity to host their birthday party underwater, amongst a few other fun things.
