Jennifer Hayes is a contributing photographer, author and speaker for National Geographic Partners. She is an aquatic scientist turned storyteller submerging 11,000 hours beneath Earth’s surface from ponds to the Pacific to both polar regions.
Jennifer is an award winning photographer, contributor, editor and author of numerous publications and books on marine environments. She is a recipient of the Presidents Medal for Natural History, a trustee of the Shark Research Institute, Explorer Club National Fellow, Principal Photographer for Elysium Artists for Antarctic, Arctic Expeditions and Coral Triangle Expeditions. Her work has been featured on NPR, CNN, ABC Good Morning America, National Geographic TV, Wild and Disney Channel.
She is committed to promoting collaboration in ocean storytelling and providing a voice and platform for Next Generation Ocean. Her current assignments are harp seals on thinning ice and sturgeons: caviar or conservation.

Dive Conference Topic: BELOW with National Geographic Photographers David Doubilet and Jen Hayes

Expertise:
Image /Film Festival