Luiz is Curator of Ichthyology and co-Director of the Hope For Reefs Initiative at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Because the deep ‘twilight zone’ ecosystem is so unexplored, it is largely unprotected; Luiz aims to change that. He focuses on describing the uniqueness of the fauna from those depths, advocating for the inclusion of deep reefs into existing Marine Protected Areas, and the creation of new conservation areas dedicated to those reefs. He recently won a Rolex Award for Enterprises for his research. View the website, X and Instagram for more.