Janet Voight

Janet Voight is a prominent marine biologist and the emeritus curator of invertebrates at the Field Museum in Chicago. She is known for her extensive research on octopuses and has made significant contributions to the understanding of cephalopod diversity and anatomy. Voight gained recognition for her role in the recent discovery of a new species of blue octopus, Microeledone galapagensis, in the Galápagos archipelago, where her expertise was pivotal in classifying the unique specimen.