Dr. Tyler is a Florida native from Titusville where he developed a love for the marine environment, and learned to SCUBA dive at age 14. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology at the University of Central Florida, a Master’s degree at the University of South Alabama and his doctorate at the University of Hawaii. His research interests have ranged from the biology, behavior and ecology of coral reef fishes and corals, marine fisheries, to the endocrinology and behavior of fishes, including the control of sex change in reef fishes and the downstream migration of Atlantic salmon. He taught wildlife biology and ecology at Adams State College in Colorado for two years before returning to Florida as Science Director of Seacamp/Newfound Harbor Marine Institute in the Florida Keys. After that, he became a biology professor at Indian River State College where he’s taught since 1999, including courses in ecology, oceanography, marine biology and general biology. He was a Co-Principal Investigator of the Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE Florida) at IRSC, which s funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and partnered with the Smithsonian Marine Station, the Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA), and Florida Tech (FIT). He recently completed an NSF-funded collaborative research project with Dr. John Godwin of North Carolina State University examining the neuronal and endocrine control of sex change in the bluehead wrasse in the Florida Keys. Dr. Tyler is also an avid nature photographer.