Michelle Caputo, Ph.D.

Dr. Michelle Caputo is a cetacean ecologist and conservation biologist with 15 years experience in marine ecology. She has worked in variety of marine habitats across the globe, including in the Caribbean Sea, the north and south Atlantic, and the Western Indian Ocean, particularly focusing her research in understudied regions. Michelle’s work is largely field based, and her expertise includes trophic ecology and investigations of dietary niche, population ecology, and habitat modeling. She is particularly interested in understanding the role of cetaceans in their communities and their importance to ecological processes, such as food web dynamics, and nutrient cycling. Michelle is also a founder of Sound Ocean Science, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing marine ecological research and conservation application, particularly through community collaborations in understudied regions.