Current Students

I am investigating physiological and behavioral stress responses to chemical cues in sharks, skates, and rays with Dr. Taylor Chapple's Big Fish Lab. 

As a Master’s student in the Big Fish Lab, Josh is investigating the physiology and behavior of sharks as they relate to predator-prey dynamics. As large predatory fish, sharks have few natural predators and therefore are...
Master of Science, Fisheries Science

I am conducting research on optimizing protein extraction from fishery by-products and assessing the nutritional properties of the resulting protein isolates.

I am an M.S. student in the College of Veterinary Medicine.  I'm working in Dr. Chris Langdon's lab, and my project is focused on how probiotics induce disease resistance in Pacific oyster larvae. Oyster larvae are highly susceptible to infection by the marine bacteria, Vibrio ...

Research, analyze and evaluate efficacy of marine bioactive compounds.

I am conducting research on coastal steelhead and rainbow trout in the Ventura River of Southern California. The focus of my research is genetic population structure, landscape genetics, smoltification patterns, and migration of juvenile O. mykiss.

Using quantitative models to assess marine protected areas off the Oregon coast and inform conservation management and policy for black rockfish.

As part of the Chapple Big Fish Lab, I am researching the movement and foraging ecology of a top coastal predator - the Broadnose Sevengill Shark - within the Northern California Coastal Current to eventually incorporate shark predators into fisheries management and modeling.

Jess’s research aims to understand fisheries as part of a larger cultural picture in the Pacific Northwest and contribute to critical outreach and engagement with the broader public. Combined with a variety of...
PhD, Fisheries Science

I will be using next generation sequencing to analyze the genetic structure of albacore along the Pacific coast and using that data to delineate stock boundaries and help manage sustainable albacore fisheries.