Samuel Tabbutt

Field Engineer

Email: st@smruconsulting.com

Sam is a field engineer for the Costal Acoustic Buoy (CAB) project at SMRU Consulting. Sam graduated from Whitman College with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Mathematics-Physics in 2019. As a lifelong musician Sam has always been fascinated with sound, though his formal introduction to acoustics was as a research assistant at Whitman College for an Acoustics study using Speckle Pattern Interferometry. After graduating Whitman Sam joined the sea turtle research team at the Cape Eleuthera Institute, and has now combined his passions for conservation and acoustics on the SMRU team.

  • Degrees and Education

    • 2019 BA in Mathematics-Physics Whitman College

  • Palmer, K. J., Tabbutt, S., Gillespie, D., Turner, J., King, P., Tollit, D., Thompson, J., & Wood, J. (2022). Evaluation of a coastal acoustic buoy for cetacean detections, bearing accuracy and exclusion zone monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13973

  • Key Projects

    • Developing the Coastal Acoustic Buoy (CAB) for marine mitigation work.

  • Phone: +1 (360) 370 5493

    Email: st@smruconsulting.com

    Mail: 815 D Spring St. Unit 1

    Friday Harbor, WA 98250