Paul Nachtigall is the director and research professor of the Marine Mammal Research Program of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. He is a former president of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, an honorary member of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals, a former editor of the Journal Aquatic Mammals and a fellow in the Acoustical Society of America. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications and edited 6 scholarly books including two classic volumes on animal echolocation.