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Graduate Students

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Kirsty Ballard Contact person by email

Madison Bargas Contact person by email

Olivia Boisen Contact person by email

Olivia is a current master’s student in Fisheries Science, studying the spatial and temporal trends of microplastic ingestion by myctophids off the West Coast. Myctophids, or lanternfishes, are an abundant forage fish and their diel vertical migrations bridge pelagic and mesopelagic foodwebs...


Master of Science, Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Scott Heppell , Major Professor: Susanne Brander
Joshua Bowman Contact person by email

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
Major Professor: Taylor Chapple

Reilly Boyt Contact person by email

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Graduate Student
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I will be working in Dr. Will White's lab - project specifics TBD.


MS Fisheries Science
Major Professor: Will White
Marcus Chatfield Contact person by email Master of Science, Fisheries Science, PhD: Botany
Major Professor: Christopher Langdon , Major Professor: Allen Milligan
Savannah Clax
Graduate Fellow
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Major Professor: Jessica Miller
Elaine English Contact person by email

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
Peri Gerson Contact person by email

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
Lauren Horstmyer
Graduate Fellow
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Woojae Jung
Ph.D. Food Science and Technology
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Research, analyze and evaluate efficacy of marine bioactive compounds.


Ph.D. Food Science and Technology
Major Professor: Jung Kwon
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Graduate Student
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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
Academic Wage-Hourly
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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
Major Professor: Michael Banks
Ethan Personius Contact person by email

Victoria Quennessen
Graduate Fellow
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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
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M.S Food Science and Technology
Major Professor: Jung Kwon
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Graduate Student
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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
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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
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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
Jenna Travers
Graduate Fellow
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Graduate Student
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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
URSA Engage Student
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I'm working with Research Associate Dr. Kyle Newton in Dr. Taylor Chapple's Big Fish Lab to investigate how skates respond to electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Through understanding the skates’ potential navigational behaviors when exposed to different EMFs that simulate the Earth’s magnetic...

Kyra Kappos
Undergraduate Student Volunteer
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Christopher Rowe
Hourly Student Employee
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