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Nan Hauser is a whale researcher, conservation activist and Adjunct Professor at Auckland University of Technology. She has gained global attention after her interview with Ellen DeGeneres on how she was saved by a whale and through many other films.

She was born in 1954, to Joan Hauser Daeschler and Robert John Daeschler. Her father served in the Marine Corps for 13 years.

She is based in Rarotonga and currently is the president Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation and principal investigator of Cook Islands Whale Research. She researches the population identity, population abundance, acoustics, genetics, stable isotopes, behavior, migration, and navigation of cetaceans. She is an Adjunct Professor at Auckland University of Technology and has taught for the Dolphin Research Center, Whale Conservation Institute (now Ocean Alliance), the New England Dolphin Outreach Project, the Cook Islands Whale Research Project, and many other non-profit organizations and Research Institutes. She holds a US Coastguard Captain’s license and is a registered nurse.

She has been raising awareness for whale conservation through her social media, movies and partnerships with television channels like National Geographic among many others.

Awards

2014; Wildlife Conservation Films, Lifetime Achievement Award along with Sylvia Earle of Mission Blue and Khalid bin Sultan of Living Oceans.

2024; [1]Blue Ambassador of the Year Award, Loggerhead Marinelife Center

External links Whale Research Project Website Nan Hauser at IMDB