- She first became interested in coral reefs through the TV films of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. By age 11, she knew she wanted to be a marine biologist.
- She was a marine conservationist who specialized in coral-reef biology.
- She grew up mostly in Kent, England, where she went to boarding school while her parents traveled for her father's work in military intelligence. At the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, she received a bachelor's degree and a doctorate, both in marine biology.
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