Keri York

MS Environmental Science 2005, Washington State University
Current Position: Senior Conservation Coordinator, Wood River, Land Trust, Hailey, ID
Thesis:  Resource partitioning in an assemblage of deep-water demersal rockfish (Sebastes spp). on the Northeast Pacific continental shelf.  

Jodi Pirtle

MS Environmental Science 2005, Washington State University
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, AK.
Thesis:  Habitat-based assessment of megafaunal invertebrates and fishes on Cordell Bank, California.

Jennifer Bright

MS Environmental Science 2007, Washington State University
Current Position: Research Scientist, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Port Angeles, WA
Thesis:  Abundance and distribution of structure-forming invertebrates and their association with fishes at the Channel Islands "Footprint." 

Kaitlin Graiff

MS Environmental Science 2008, Washington State University
Current Position: Research Specialist, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Olema, CA
Thesis:  Abundance and distribution of megafaunal invertebrates in relation to fishing intensity off central California. 

Delisse Ortiz

PhD Environmental & Natural Resource Science 2009, Washington State University

Knauss Sea Grant Fellow 2009-10

Current Position: Pelagic Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Thesis:  Influence of Habitat and Life History of Reef Fishes on the Effectiveness of a Network of Marine Protected Areas to Replenish Aquarium Fish

Jennifer Blaine

MS Environmental Science 2010, Washington State University
Current Position: Marine Fish Biologist, Washington Dept. Fish & Wildlife, Olympia, WA
Thesis: Populations dynamics and spatial distribution of two commercially important species of sea cucumber, Parastichopus californicus and P. leukothele, in deep central California waters. 

Camelia Bianchi

MS Environmental Science 2011, Washington State University
Current Position: Ocean Conservancy, Portland, OR
Thesis: Abundance and distribution of megafaunal invertebrates  in NE Pacific submarine canyons and their ecological associations with demersal fishes.

Emily Munday

MS Environmental Science 2012, Washington State University
Current Position: NE Commercial Fisheries Observer, MRAG Americas Inc. Fall River, MA.
Thesis: The Effects of Venting and Decompression on Mortality and Sublethal Effects in Yellow Tangs (Zebrasoma flavescens) caught for the West Hawaii Aquarium Trade

Todd Stevenson

PhD Environmental & Natural Resource Science 2012, Washington State University

Current Position: Senior Marine Scientist, Ocean Conservancy , Portland, OR  

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Thesis:  Social-ecological Implications of using the Marine protected Areas to Manage an Ornamental Fishery

Dan Crowther

MS Environmental Science 2013, Washington State University

• Marc Hershman Sea Grant Fellow 2010-11

• Knauss Sea Grant Fellow 2011-12 (withdrew)

Current Position: Project Management Specialist, Point 97, Ecotrust, Portland, OR

Thesis: Balancing Conservation and Nearshore Fisheries: a Comparative Spatial Analysis of Two Marine Reserve Networks in Oregon. 

Katie Wrubel

MS Environmental Science 2013, Washington State University

• Nancy Foster Scholar 2011-13

• Mark Hershmann Sea Grant Fellow 2012-13

Current Position: Ocean Policy Analyst at Makah Tribal Council Office of Marine Affairs, Seattle, WA
Thesis:  Fish-Habitat Associations and the Importance of Deep-Sea Corals in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Molly Bogeberg

MS Environmental Science 2014, Washington State University

Current Position: Mark Hershmann Sea Grant Fellow, Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA
Thesis:  Habitat associations of the surgeonfish, yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens), from shallow to upper mesophotic coral reefs (3-40 m) in West Hawaii

Sean Rooney

PhD Environmental & Natural Resource Science 2016, Washington State University

Current Position: NOAA, Fisheries Biologist, Kodiak, Alaska
Thesis:  Distribution of Deep-water Coral and Sponge Habitat off Washington and Oregon and their functional links to fish habitat

Chris Teague

MS Biology 2018, Humboldt State University

Current Position: Aquatic Biologist, Division of Aquatic Biology, Hawaii
Thesis:  Predictive Mapping of Two Nearshore, Demersal Fish Species on Northern California Reefs using Scuba-based Visual Surveys and Remote Sensing

Cori Kane

PhD Environmental & Natural Resource Science 2018, Washington State University

Current Position: Oregon State University/Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
Thesis:  Refuge in the deep? Assessing the potential of mesophotic coral ecosystems to act as refugia for shallow coral reef fishes in the Hawaiian Islands

Felicia Olmeta-Schult

PhD Environmental & Natural Resource Science 2018, Washington State University

Current Position: Washington Sea Grant Fellow, Dept. of Ecology, Olympia, WA
Thesis:  The north California coast marine protected area network: study of commercial fishermen perceptions of MPA effects, the planning process, and the regional stakeholder group collective action

Jana Litt

MS Biology, 2019, Humboldt State University

Current Position:
Thesis:  Distribution of sea star wasting disease symptoms in Pisaster ochraeceus in the rocky intertldal zone

Georgia Martel

MS Biology, 2020, Humboldt State University

Current Position:
Thesis:  Multivariate habitat-based predictive modeling of three demersal rockfish species in central California

Carolyn Belak

MS Biology, 2020, Humboldt State University

Current Position: Field Coordinator, North Coast Subtidal MPA Monitoring Program (NEREO)
Thesis:  Spatiotemporal variability of rockfish recruitment on California’s north coast in relation to habitat availability.

Kathy Greenwood

BS Biology 2007, Washington State University

Jenny Krenzel

BS Environmental Science 2009, Washington State University

Rachel Biernbaum

BS Biology 2009, Washington State University

Mike Lummio

BS Biology 2008, Washington State University