Dr. Brown is senior scientist at the Canadian Whale Institute and the New England Aquarium (Boston, MA). Her research interests include demographic studies of North Atlantic right whales. She has received a Gulf of Maine Visionary Award (2002), a Canadian Environment Award (2003), a lifetime achievement award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (2006), the Environmental Stewardship Award from the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (2009) and a Doctor of Laws (honorary) from Mount Allison University (2012).