Widmer, Chad L.

Chad L. Widmer has managed display and culture of jellyfish galleries at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, on Cannery Row in Monterey, California, for over seven years. His scientific work focuses on jellyfish life cycles and applied husbandry research and development. After serving in the U.S. Army as an M-1 Abrams armor crewman (an M-1 tanker), he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in marine biology from Humboldt State University. He has been interviewed for a dozen different television shows, including "National Geographic Explorer" and "Mythbusters".