Experience

compensated positions (recent)

 
 
 
 
 

Director Oregon Sea Grant

Oregon State University

Jun 2022 – Present Corvallis and Newport, OR USA
  • Science Engagement & Extension
  • Research Development
  • Science Training & Fellowships
 
 
 
 
 

Executive Director and Professor of Biology

Estuary & Ocean Science Center, San Francisco State University

Aug 2014 – May 2022 Tiburon, CA, USA
  • Academic Leadership
  • Science Engagement
  • Campus Stewardship
 
 
 
 
 

Professor of Biology

Department of Biology, Sonoma State University

Aug 2003 – Aug 2014 Rohnert Park, CA, USA
  • Teaching: marine ecology, biological oceanography, invertebrate biology, introductory biology, marine botany, and advanced data analysis
  • Research: community ecology, coastal oceanography, ocean climate change, conservation
  • Public Service: science advisor to the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative and the Ocean Protection Council
 
 
 
 
 

NSF International Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Estacíon Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad Católica de Chile

Sep 1998 – Mar 2000 Las Cruces, Comuna El Tabo, V Región, Chile
  • Research: community ecology, coastal oceanography, ocean climate change, conservation
 
 
 
 
 

Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Zoology (now Integrative Biology), Oregon State University

Sep 1998 – Mar 2000 Corvallis, OR, USA
  • Research: community ecology, coastal oceanography, ocean climate change, conservation