Amanda Vincent

Amanda Vincent is a Canadian marine biologist and conservationist, one of the world's leading experts on seahorses and their relatives. She currently holds the chair of the IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group and is the marine representative on the IUCN's International Red List Committee as well as being the chair of its Marine Conservation Committee. She previously held the Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada from 2002 to 2012. Vincent co-founded and directs Project Seahorse, an interdisciplinary and international organization committed to conservation and sustainable use of the world's coastal marine ecosystems. In 2020 she became the first marine conservationist to win the world's leading prize for animal conservation, the Indianapolis Prize.

This article is about the Canadian marine biologist and conservationist. For the Australian-born ethnomusicologist and former professional musician (née Amanda Vincent), see Amanda Villepastour.
Amanda Vincent
NationalityCanadian, British
Alma materCambridge University, University of Western Ontario
Known forSeahorse research and conservation
Marine conservation
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2020)

Indianapolis Prize for Animal Conservation (2020)

Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation (2002-2012)
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biologist, conservationist
InstitutionsProject Seahorse
University of British Columbia
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