Dan McParland

Dain studied Marine Science at Colraine University, Northern Ireland and has taken part in several marine conservation projects gathering data on coral disease and fish species diversity along the Meso American Barrier Reef. As Research and Field Technician, Dain assists with logistics in both the field and lab as well as being the primary boat handler for the NYUAD boat. He has been a professional SCUBA diver and boat skipper since 2008 and held a passion for all things underwater a lot longer than that!