FSU marine researcher featured on Discovery Channel's 'Shark Week'

Dean Grubbs, the associate director of research at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory.

Florida State University researcher Dean Grubbs, an expert in the biology of coastal and deep-sea sharks and their relatives, and a group of his students were featured during “Shark Week” airing on the Discovery Channel.

Grubbs, the associate director for research at the FSU Marine and Coastal Laboratory, and his students appeared on the “Alien Sharks: Close Encounters” episode that aired on July 6, 2015. A Discovery Channel crew tagged along with Grubbs’ team last spring to film the footage. Joining Grubbs on the cruise were Coastal and Marine Lab researcher Chip Cotton, FSU students Bianca Prohaska, Johanna Imhoff, Ryan McKenzie and Alejandra Mickle, and University of North Florida students Arianne Leary and Amanda Brown.  

 

Here is the synopsis for “Alien Sharks: Close Encounters” from the Discovery Channel: 

Deep below the ocean’s surface live some of the strangest marine animals on earth. Now, three expeditions are exploring those depths for sharks that glow in the dark. They are hoping for a close encounter in the strange domain of alien sharks. 

Last year, Grubbs and two students appeared in an episode of “Shark Week” that focused on their sawfish research.