Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station - Newport

My research revolves around Staghorn Sculpin predation of Ghost Shrimp.

I study the behavioral and physiological impacts of micro and nanoplastics on estuarine indicator fish and shrimp species.

Developing a high-density flow-through system for rearing Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) larvae. 

I study the multiple stressor effects of pollution and climate change in the model estuarine fish species Menidia beryllina. I am primarily interested in linking genetic data to adverse outcomes, such as altered behavior or fecundity, to inform computational models.

My research is about using nano fish bone slurry to enhance the nutrition and texture properties of salmon fillet. As fish bone contains nutrients such as Calcium and phosphate, it is expected to show positive effect on both nutrition and texture.

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.

For my Masters thesis I am building a computer model that parameterizes groundfish detectability in fishery surveys during coastal hypoxia events. Findings from my thesis can be adapted to reduce uncertainty in stock assessments as it incorporates changing oxygen conditions in the Eastern...

I will be working with Brett on a West Coast Aquaculture Collaborative Initiative through NOAA Sea Grant, assessing region-scale barriers to sustainable aquaculture through an Ecosystem-Based-Management approach.

I am researching migratory timing and related environmental triggers for Pacific and Western River Lamprey in the Central Valley of California.

Pacific lamprey statolith microchemistry.

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

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.