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Woman wearing baseball cap on beach with bright blue sky in the background. Kirsty Ballard
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I am working in Dr. James Sulikowski's Big Fish Lab studying reproductive physiology and ecology of elasmobranchs.


Ph.D., Fisheries Science
Major Professor: James Sulikowski
Madison Bargas
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I am studying the biogeographic variations in age, growth, and maturity of black rockfish (Sebastesmelanops) in the California Current and Gulf of Alaska. The goals of this project are to better understand stock structure for this species and fill data gaps in our current knowledge. 


Thesis: Spatial variation in life history traits of Black Rockfish from CA to AK


M.S., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science
Major Professor: Cheryl Barnes
Olivia Boisen Contact person by email

Olivia is a current PhD student in Fisheries Science, studying the effectiveness of seagrass restorations in Oregon from the perspective of fish and invertebrate communities.

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PhD, Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Scott Heppell
Reilly Boyt
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M.S., Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Taylor Chapple
Smiling student with long reddish hair wearing a gray pullover hoodie and turquoise shorts rows a boat across pale green water. Deciduous trees in the background. Margaret Campbell
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I am a master's student in Will White's Fisheries Oceanography and Population Dynamics lab. My project is modeling the impacts of offshore wind farms coming to the coast of Oregon.


MS Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Will White
Savannah Clax
Graduate Fellow


Major Professor: Jessica Miller
Woman leans over side of boat where a shark is being held in a sling. Maddie English
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As a master's student in Dr. Taylor Chapple's ...
M.S., Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Science
Major Professor: Taylor Chapple

Jennifer Fisher Contact person by email


PhD, Fisheries, PhD
Major Professor: Will White
Henry Fleener Contact person by email

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



M.S. Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Christopher Langdon
Smiling person with dark hair wears a Carhartt beanie on the beach. Peri Gerson
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Thesis: Predators as samplers: using food habits data to inform climate- and community-driven shifts in marine species distributions


M.S., Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Cheryl Barnes
MacKenna Hainey Contact person by email I am a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine.  I study marine invertebrate disease, particularly the role microplastics may have in disease development and larvae growth.  


Biomedical Sciences
Woman with blonde hair holds a spiny dogfish. Lauren Horstmyer
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My research involves studying the effects of climate change and associated events on reproductive traits in shark species. Reproduction is the key to species-wide survival, and recent climate anomalies suggest that this...
Ph.D., Fisheries Science
Major Professor: James Sulikowski

Woojae Jung
Ph.D. Food Science and Technology 		Contact person by email

Research, analyze and evaluate efficacy of marine bioactive compounds.


Ph.D. Food Science and Technology
Major Professor: Jung Kwon
Student in aqua blue shirt sits at a table with several labeled specimen jars of various sizes. There is a photo of an otter on the wall. Lauren Kashiwabara
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I am researching plastic pollution in Oregon gray whales and their prey, mysid shrimp, in the Brander Lab.


Ph.D. in Wildlife Sciences
Major Professor: Susanne Brander
Alexander Langley
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Alexander is pursuing a M.S. in Fisheries Science, and is investigating the physiological effects of algal toxins on juvenile Pacific oysters in Dr. Bernarda Calla's lab. His prior collaborative work with OSU includes investigating various cellular mechanisms involved in OsHV-1 infection.



M.S., Fisheries Science
Major Professor: James Sulikowski
Scott Lewis Contact person by email

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.


PhD, Fisheries Science
Ethan Personius
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M.S., Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Taylor Chapple
Victoria Quennessen
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Using quantitative models to assess marine protected areas off the Oregon coast and inform conservation management and policy for black rockfish.



PhD, Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Will White
Trenton Reed
M.S Food Science and Technology 		Contact person by email


M.S Food Science and Technology
Major Professor: Jung Kwon
Smiling student with long blond/brown hair stands in front of ocean, gray clouds, and green tree. Grace Roa
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I am working with Will White and Brett Dumbauld (USDA-ARS) studying the host-parasitic energetics relationship between native mud shrimp and non-native isopod. 


MS Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Will White
PhD student Jess Schulte handling a broadnose sevengill shark Jessica Schulte Contact person by email

As part of Dr. Taylor Chapple's 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...

Despite their often significant roles in local ecosystems though, large sharks have been conspicuously absent from management efforts in the Northern California Current System. Using techniques such as bio-logging, stable isotopes, and stomach content analysis, Jess’s research will provide...
PhD, Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Taylor Chapple

Sagarika Shahriar Sagarika Shahriar
M.S Food Science and Technology 		Contact person by email


M.S Food Science and Technology
Major Professor: Jung Kwon
Hillary Thalmann Contact person by email

Effects of thermal variability on Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) foraging, growth, and metabolism in the Gulf of Alaska.



PhD, Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Jessica Miller
Smiling woman with backpacking pack stands in front of craggy peaks with blue sky and clouds in the background. Jenna Travers
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I am studying and comparing the genetic, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of two bioinvasive populations of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) in polar latitudes: one in Chile and the Falkland Islands driven by escaped...
M.S., Marine Resource Management

Young person wearing ballcap, hoodie, and mirrored sunglasses stands in a small boat holding a fish. Benjamin Wiley
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Ben is pursuing a M.S. degree as a member of the State Fisheries Genomics Lab.  Within the SFGL, he will be using eDNA to investigate occupancy, distribution, and abundance metrics of Bull Trout (Salvelinus...
MS Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Kathleen O Malley

Undergraduate Student

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Samuel Arriola Contact person by email

Natalie Donato
Undergraduate Research Intern
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A third year undergraduate student, Natalie is getting her Honors degree in marine biology and conducts her research in the Chapple Big Fish Lab at Oregon State University, studying the sensory biology and ecology of sharks,...

Kyra Kappos
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