About

Aaron is a marine scientist researching how we can combine people with ecological, social, and economic knowledge to provide solutions to wicked problems in our world’s oceans. He works to achieve this goal, not by re-inventing the wheel, but instead by taking a creative view to the information that already exists.

Aaron is the Founder and Program Director of the Kelp Forest Alliance (KFA), a global community of practice and a research driven not for profit. Through his work, he was the lead author on the first ever kelp restoration guidebook, created the KFA web platform to track global restoration efforts, and facilitated the creation of the Kelp Forest Challenge, a global mission to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests by 2040.
His work spans marine ecology, economics, science communication and practice and he is always happy to chat kelp so please reach out.

Aaron's areas of expertise are: data synthesis and policy recommendations, spatial statistics and analysis, quantitative analysis and forecasting, and economic assessments of environmental services

If you've ever dreamed of visiting a different planet head down to the land's edge and you'll have a vastly different world lapping at your feet (snorkel highly recommended).