Nicole Crane MSc, MAR

Co-Executive Director & Senior Conservation Scientist

OPOR Board Member

nicole@onepeopleonereef.org

Nicole is a Senior Conservation Scientist and co-lead with One People One Reef and Executive Director of the David H Smith Conservation Research Fellowship at the Society for Conservation Biology, a program that supports applied conservation postdoctoral fellows. Her primary areas of conservation focus are on community led coral reef conservation and management. The One People One Reef collaborative is focused on authentic collaboration and co-creation of action plans with indigenous and local communities, developing conservation and management tools aimed at protecting and restoring reefs and the people who rely on them. She was the founder, PI and Director of the National Science Foundation Center for Excellence in Marine Advanced Technology Education and PI/Executive Director for Camp SEA Lab. Nicole is an associate at the California Academy of Sciences, a National Geographic Explorer and a Fellow National at the Explorers Club. She was a faculty and program director in the California Community College system for 27 years, including at Cabrillo College for 20 years.