Thomas is a marine biologist and fisheries stock assessment scientist with the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department. Originally from California, Thomas spent 7 years in Alaska where he learned to drysuit dive by making a hole in the ice on lakes and quarries. Never really growing out of his boyhood interest in sharks, he did his MSc at Cal State Long Beach and PhD at the University of Alaska studying various aspects of elasmobranch (sharks, skates and rays) ecology, including movement patterns, habitat use, diet, population dynamics, nutritional value, and receptivity to wearing head-mounted lasers. Thomas got his dive certification at 15, has been diving all over the world for work and pleasure, and is now very excited to be part of SMSG where he can explore the local underwater environments and contribute to the knowledge of marine life in the Falkland Islands.