Justin Gregg Ph.D.

Justin Gregg, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Associate with the Dolphin Communication Project, and he teaches at St. Francis Xavier University. He is also the author of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity; Twenty-Two Fantastical Facts About Dolphins; and Are Dolphins Really Smart? He has written about animal behavior and cognition for The Wall Street Journal, Aeon Magazine, Scientific American, BBC Focus, Slate, Diver Magazine, and other publications. Gregg produced and hosted the dolphin science podcast The Dolphin Pod, and has provided character voices for animated films. He received his Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland, and has a research focus in dolphin social cognition, with a background and interest in linguistics and the evolution of language.