John E. McCosker

For the American Olympic rower, see John McCosker (rower).

John E. McCosker
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Scripps Institution of Oceanography (PhD) Occidental College (BA)
Occupation	Senior Scientist
Years active	1967 - present

John Edward McCosker is a well-known expert in ichthyology and as has been part of expeditions to many countries such as Antarctic, Australia, and the Galapagos. After extensive study and ten expeditions he is one of the foremost experts on the Galapagos. He has been featured in various different television documentaries as well as working with filmmakers and other documentary programmes off screen.

McCosker earned his BA degree from the Occidental College (Los Angeles, California) in 1967. He attended the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1973 where McCosker gained his PhD degree. Currently he is a senior scientist at the California Academy of Sciences based in San Francisco, California. He joined the academy in 1973 as superintendent within the Steinhart Aquarium. Between 1976 and 1994 he was the director. From 1988 to 1989, and again in 1995, he was the Interim Executive Director for the Academy.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Jaws: The Revenge	N/A	Thanks / Miscellaneous Crew
1996	Galapagos: Beyond Darwin	Self	TV Movie documentary
1996	The World's Most Dangerous Animals	Self	TV Movie documentary
1999	Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage	Self	Documentary short
1999	Island of the Sharks	Advisor	Documentary short
2003	MythBusters	Self
2005	Naked Science	Himself
2005	In the Wake of the Zaca	Special Thanks	Video documentary

References

• http://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/john-mccosker
• http://www.mnh.si.edu/expeditions/galapagos/davem.htm
• http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1000954/Dr-John-McCosker/biography

External links

• John E. McCosker at IMDb