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RAP Members

Andrew DeVogelaere, Research Coordinator

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
99 Pacific Street, Bldg. 455A
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (831) 647-4213
Fax: (831) 647-4250
email:andrew.devogelaere@noaa.gov


RAP Members and Associated Research Disciplines


Research Disciplines




RAP Members

 

Biological Oceanography
 

    Henry Ruhl
Primary
CeNCOOS Program Office
MBARI
email: hruhl@mbari.org
Raphael Kudela
Alternate
University of California, Santa Cruz
Ocean Sciences Department
email: kudela@ucsc.edu
 

Deep-Sea Environment
 

    Gregor M. Cailliet
Primary
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
email: cailliet@mlml.calstate.edu
Steven Haddock
Alternate & RAP Vice-Chair
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
email: haddock at mbari dot org
 

Estuarine Environment
 

    Kevin O'Connor
Primary
Central Coast Wetlands Group
email: kevin.oconnor@sjsu.edu
Kerstin Wasson
Alternate
Elkhorn Slough NERR and Foundation
e-mail: kerstin.wasson@gmail.com
 

Fisheries
 

    Steve Lindley
Primary
Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
email: steve.lindley@noaa.gov
Brian Owens
Alternate
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
email: Brian.Owens@wildlife.ca.gov
 

Marine & Coastal Geology
 

    Amy Wagner
Primary
California State University, Sacramento
email: amy.wagner@csus.edu
vacant
Alternate

 

Marine Conservation Biology
 

    Jeremy Goldbogen
Primary
Hopkins Marine Station
email: jergold@stanford.edu
Fiorenza Micheli
Alternate
Hopkins Marine Station
email: micheli@stanford.edu
 

Nearshore Environment
 

    Brandon Southall
Primary & RAP Chair
Southall Environmental Associates, Inc.
email: Brandon.Southall@sea-inc.net
Mark Carr
Alternate
University of California, Santa Cruz
email: mhcarr@ucsc.edu
 

Physical Oceanography
 

    Mara Orescanin
Primary
Naval Postgraduate School
email: msoresca@nps.edu
Tom Connolly
Alternate
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
email: thomas.p.connolly@sjsu.edu
 

Shelf & Slope Environment
 

    James Lindholm
Primary
California State University
Monterey Bay

email: jlindholm@csumb.edu
Elliott Hazen
Alternate
Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
email: elliott.hazen@noaa.gov
 

Social Sciences 

    Carrie Pomeroy
Primary
Institute of Marine Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
email: cpomeroy@ucsc.edu
Jason Scorse
Alternate
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
email: jscorse@miis.edu
 

Water Quality
 

    John Hunt
Primary
Department of Environmental Toxicology
University of California, Davis
email: jwhunt@ucdavis.edu
Aroon Melwani
Alternate
Applied Marine Sciences, Inc.
email: amelwani@amarine.com

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