Invited and moderated by Zach Hornfeld

Leonardo Schlögel Bueno is a Brazilian Marine Biology with a Master degree in Coastal and Ocean Systems and PHD in Environmental Oceanography. He is an ichthyologist specializing in reef fish and the conservation of endangered species. He currently studies large groupers, the telemetry of reef fish, and bioacoustics using non-lethal sampling techniques. For the last 11 years, he was the Director of Projects and Articulations at the COMAR institute in Brazil. He has been coordinating the activities of the Meros do Brasil Institute on the Southeastern coast of Brazil, administrating and coordinating environmental education initiatives, as well as planning scientific expeditions. He has also researched turtles, birds, and marine mammals.

Meros do Brasil is an institution committed to the recovery of the Atlantic Goliath grouper on the Brazilian coast, which involves conducting studies on marine pollution, genetics, and public policy. 

Leonardo lives on a sailboat off the Caribbean and Brazilian coasts for most of the year, and enjoys spearfishing and surfing.

He is a PADI certified Divemaster, amateur captain, freediver, and underwater photographer who focuses on cataloging nature.