Tye Kindinger is a marine ecologist specializing in coral reef fishes with a strong commitment to ocean conservation. Her research spans diverse ecosystems, focusing on community dynamics, predator-prey interactions, and the effects of global change, invasive species, and humans on marine systems. Prior to Pristine Seas, she served as Pacific Fisheries Lead for NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), where she led reef-fish monitoring across the U.S. Pacific Islands to inform science-based strategies for management and conservation. She holds a B.A. in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. in Zoology with a minor in Statistics from Oregon State University, where her dissertation documented how the invasive Pacific lionfish alters Atlantic coral reefs. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she studied how ocean acidification and warming reshapes marine communities. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Marine Biology Graduate Program at the University of Hawaiʻi.