Dr. Lucy Hutyra is an environmental ecologist investigating the impacts of urbanization on environmental carbon cycle dynamics. In 2023 she received a MacArthur Genius Grant for her work on efforts to mitigate extreme heat and other consequences of climate change in urban environments. She has also received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and was named a 2016 National Academy of Science Kavli Fellow. Hutyra earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Washington as well as both a Master of Arts and a PhD from Harvard University. In addition to her professorship at Boston University, Hutyra is an associate of the Arnold Arboretum and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. She has published in a variety of scientific journals, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research, Global Change Biology, and Science of the Total Environment.

A conservation biologist, Gallagher earned a BS in biology from Loyola University, an MS in marine science from Northeastern University, and a PhD in ecosystem science and policy from the University of Miami.

Under his leadership, Beneath the Waves has conducted 20 expeditions worldwide, collaborated with over 100 researchers from various institutions, and published over 70 peer-reviewed scientific papers in journals. Many of those papers have advanced scientific discovery and catalyzed policy for threatened species.

Gallagher is a regular contributor to Discovery Channel’s Shark Week and National Geographic.