Micheline Jenner AM is a marine biologist and co-founder of the Centre for Whale Research (Western Australia) Inc. She has studied humpback and blue whales and conducted biodiversity and whale, dolphin and porpoise surveys since 1990. Micheline and her husband Curt Jenner AM received a Lowell Thomas Award from The Explorers Club for their work protecting blue whales in the Perth Canyon, Western Australia. In 2017, they were awarded the Australian Geographic Society Lifetime of Conservation Award. Micheline is also a Master Mariner with multiple captain’s qualifications.