2017-current

2012-2017

2012-current

2012


2009-2011

2007-2008

1998-2005

1993-1997

Research Specialist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Senior Research Technician, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 

Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences

Marine Science Consultant: Conservation International Indonesia (January-July)
                                         World Wildlife Fund, DC (April-June)

Marine Conservation Science and Monitoring Advisor, Conservation International Indonesia

Postdoctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Long Island University, Southampton College

The changes I've seen during my 20+ years of fieldwork motivate me to take strategic, multidisciplinary approaches to improve ocean health. I strive to develop effective marine monitoring programs, invest in enduring science support for natural resource protection, and support engineers as they develop cutting-edge technologies. My research spans biological and behavioral processes that influence animal fitness in the wild, and the dynamic interactions among natural resource use, ecology, and human well being. I currently work with Dr. Ken Smith Jr. at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 
​to study deep-sea carbon sequestration and its ecological impacts at an abyssal time series site off the California coast.