Michael J. Moore, Vet. MB. PhD

Director, Marine Mammal Center and Senior Scientist · Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Michael J. Moore has a veterinary degree from the University of Cambridge in the UK, and a PhD from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA. He has been based at WHOI in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, since 1986 where he is now a Senior Scientist. He is Director of the WHOI Marine Mammal Center and provides veterinary support to the Marine Mammal Rescue and Research division of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, supporting their work with stranded marine mammals on Cape Cod. His research encompasses the forensic analysis of marine mammal mortalities, especially in regard to the accurate diagnosis of perceived human impacts and the prevalence of zoonotic agents, large whale health assessment at sea using unmanned aerial systems, the interaction of natural and man-made impacts on fish and marine mammal stocks, pathophysiology of marine mammal diving, and development of systems to enhance medical intervention with large whales and technologies to reduce large whale entanglement.

Marine Mammal ScienceEcosystem HealthOcean SustainabilityConservation

Is this you? Claim this profile →

No public contact links on file.

Speaking history

Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals

19 October 2026 San Juan, Puerto Rico “The Changing Face of Whale Trauma: What We Know and Have to Do”

Topics this speaker covers

Marine Mammal ScienceEcosystem HealthOcean SustainabilityConservation

Sectors

Science & Research

Sourcing speakers for your event?

Browse the speaker directory →