Diva Amon

Diva Amon is a Trinbagonian deep-sea biologist who works at the nexus of science, policy, and communications. She studies the weird and wonderful animals living in a range of deep-sea habitats and human impact on them. Amon participates in research expeditions around the world and her work has been featured on global outlets, including National Geographic, BBC, and CNN International. Amon is founder of SpeSeas, an organization dedicated to marine science, education, and advocacy in her home country, Trinidad and Tobago. Amon is also a Pew Bertarelli Ocean Ambassador, co-leads the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative’s Minerals Working Group, and a scientific associate at London’s Natural History Museum. Amon has also received several awards, including the WINGS WorldQuest Women of Discovery Sea Award, the Elliott Norse Early Career Marine Conservationist Award from the Society for Conservation Biology, the British Science Association's Charles Lyell Award for Environmental Sciences, and the International Seabed Authority Secretary-General’s Award for Excellence in Deep Sea Research.