Carole Baldwin is a Research Zoologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. She studied at James Madison University, the College of Charleston and the College of William and Mary. Her research is focused on diversity and evolution of tropical-marine and deep-sea fishes, and current projects include investigations of speciation in tropical Atlantic shorefishes. She has authored over four dozen publications and has given numerous professional and public addresses throughout the world. Carole was a scientific advisor for and featured in the Smithsonian 3-D IMAX film, Galapagos. She is on the advisory board for the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program, the advisory board for the Smithsonian’s Future Female Scientists Program, the story committee for the NPR syndicated radio spot Our Ocean World, and is a lead scientist developing a new ocean exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Offshore magazines, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The International Herald Tribune, NPR, CNN, and ABC. In 2001, her website at www.mnh.si.edu/expeditions/galapagos was selected as a Hot New Site by USA Today. In 2003, she was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame. In 2006, she received the Ronald E. Carrier Alumni Achievement Award from James Madison University. She is senior author of One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish -- The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook (Smithsonian Books, 2003), a marine conservation project featuring educational information and recipes for U.S. seafood species fished or farmed in an ecologically sound manner.