Dr. John J. Dindo Named Interim Director

The Board of Directors of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab has named Dr. John J. Dindo, Chair of K-12 Education and Public Outreach at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), and a long-time Assistant to the Director, as Interim Director, effective December 17. The Sea Lab's current Executive Director, Dr. George F. Crozier, will retire at the end of 2007.

Dindo has been with the Sea Lab for over 30 years, arriving as a graduate student in 1975. He became Director of Discovery Hall Programs, the Sea Lab's K-12 Education and Public Outreach Programs, in 1979.

Dindo earned his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama, Birmingham in 1991. His research interests include marine vertebrate ecology, avian breeding ecology, and predator-prey relationships in avian fauna.

Governor Bob Riley named Dindo an Outdoor Ambassador for the state of Alabama in 2006. That year, Dindo also received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics where he earned his master's and Ph.D.

Dr. Dindo will serve as Interim Director until newly named Executive Director Dr. L. Scott Quackenbush assumes the office..