Stuart Banks

Senior Marine Scientist

Stuart Banks is an oceanographer and marine ecologist by training from the National Oceanographic Centre, UK who has spent most of his career working in marine science for conservation and MPA development. Over twenty years ago, he began work at CDF with a NASA funded oceanography project based in Galapagos and since that point was captivated by the Islands, the breathtaking underwater diversity and seascapes, the potential for exploration and discovery. He served in several marine science roles and later Director for the Charles Darwin Research Station. In 2015 he joined Conservation International’s Americas Field Division with a regional science for conservation focus that encompassed mainland Ecuador as well as transboundary work in nature-based development projects between Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and the Caribbean. Early 2023 Stuart returned to his roots, reintegrating into the Charles Darwin Station to support research and exploration across a new frontier - the diverse deep-water environments that constitute vast yet unexplored expanses of the Galapagos, Hermandad and connected Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Reserves.

Support our work in the Galapagos

Our work is only possible thanks to our generous donors' support.
Your gift contributes directly to our scientists' work at the Charles Darwin Research Station.
Help us protect Galapagos!
Donations in the US are tax deductible.

Sign up to the latest news

* required

Sign up to the latest news

* required

The ‘Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands’, in French ‘Fondation Charles Darwin pour les îles Galapagos”, Association internationale sans but lucratif (AISBL), has its registered office at 54 Avenue Louise, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Trade Registry # 0409.359.103

© 2023 Charles Darwin Foundation. All rights reserved.