"The Team" consists of grad students (PhD & MS), undergrad students, technicians, post-docs, collaborators from other labs, the captains and crews of the vessels we use, and subcontractors. The science can't happen without every working together. We work hard and play hard.
Current Lab Members
Lauren Borland:
PROGRAM Integrative Biology (M.S.)
PROJECT Fish/crab tagging
UNDERGRADUATE:
Matt Vaughan:
PROGRAM Integrative Biology (PhD)
PROJECT Ghost Shrimp
UNDERGRADUATE: AU
MASTERS: Univerity of Delaware
Angelina Zeulow:
PROGRAM Integrative Biology (PhD)
PROJECT Kelp
UNDERGRADUATE: Humboldt State University
MASTERS: California State University, Fullerton
Kaitlyn Osborne:
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
PROJECT CTI
HOME INSTITUTION OSU
Ben Kuykendall:
PROGRAM 2021 NSF REU
PROJECT Caloric density of Dungeness crab bait and prey
HOME INSTITUTION Grand Canyon University
Sarah Hardisty:
PROGRAM Integrative Biology (M.S.)
PROJECT Ghost shrimp
UNDERGRADUATE AFFILIATION
Former Lab Members
Robyn Norman:
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
PROJECT Spatial and temporal dynamics of gray whale prey (Mysid shrimp and amphipods)
See blog post here.
HOME INSTITUTION OSU
Toby Harbison:
PROGRAM Marine Resource Management (M.S. 2021)
PROJECT Feeding ecology of Dungeness crab.
FORMER AFFILIATION College of William and Mary
Lenaig Hemery:
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
PROJECT Habitat association and habitat suitability modeling for mega-invertebrates
FORMER AFFILIATION Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
CURRENT AFFILIATION Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Sequim, WA
Jason Phillips:
LAB MANAGER : 2013 - 2016
FORMER AFFILIATION PSMFC, CIMRS, CEOAS
CURRENT AFFILIATION ODFW
Sonora Meiling:
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
PROJECT Effect of sacrificial zinc anodes on bait pursuit in Cancer magister and Cancer productus
CURRENT AFFILIATION University of the Virgin Islands
Angelina Zuelow:
PROGRAM 2017 NSF REU and more!
PROJECT Using caloric density of Crangon shrimp to investigate effects of the marine heatwave
HOME INSTITUTION Humboldt State University
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Anna Le:
PROGRAM 2016 NSF REU
PROJECT Preliminary assessment of deep water macrofauna
HOME INSTITUTION OSU
Maritza Mendoza:
PROGRAM Marine Resource Management (M.S. 2016)
PROJECT Effects of artificial structure on estuarine macrofaunal communities.
FORMER AFFILIATION UNC Chapel Hill
CURRENT AFFILIATION EarthCorps
Stephanie Fields:
PROGRAM Marine Resource Management
(M.S. 2016)
PROJECT Comparison of new videographic methods with traditional collections to assess effects of dredged material disposal on fish and crabs.
FORMER AFFILIATION UC Santa Cruz
CURRENT AFFILIATION Oregon Department of FIsh and Wildlife
Nik Danilchik:
PROGRAM Biology
PROJECT Population dynamics and caloric content of Crangon shrimp
FORMER AFFILIATION Lewis and Clark
CURRENT AFFILIATION OHSU
Caitlyn Clark:
PROGRAM 2011 REU & University Honors College
PROJECT Seasonal variation in feeding and condition of nearshore flatfish species
CURRENT AFFILIATION OSU School of Engineering PhD Program
Stephanie Labou:
PROGRAM Marine Resource Management
PROJECT Bivalve assemblages and species modeling along the continental shelf
FORMER AFFILIATION UC San Diego
AFTER GRADUATION Washington State Univ.
CURRENT AFFILIATION Data Science UC San Diego
Nate Lewis:
PROGRAM Marine Resource Management
PROJECT Structure and function recovery of transplanted native eelgrass beds
FORMER AFFILIATION Oregon Institute of Technology
CURRENT AFFILIATION USDA Newport, OR
Becca Givens:
PROGRAM University Honors College
PROJECT Population structure, distribution, and caloric variability of preferred gray whale food source: mysid shrimp in nearshore habitats
CURRENT AFFILIATION Oregon Coast Aquarium
Kristin Politano:
LAB MANAGER 2010-2013
FORMER AFFILIATION Chesapeake Bay Biological Laboratory
CURRENT AFFILIATION Oregon State University, OOI lab.
Tim Lee:
PROGRAM Environmental Science (M.S.)
PROJECT Mega-Invertebrate assemblages and habitat associations on the shelf
UNDERGRAD UC Berkeley
CURRENT AFFILIATION U Washington School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, PhD program
Maha Haji:
PROGRAM 2010 Hollings Scholar
PROJECT Biofouling effects on mooring line strength
UNDERGRAD UC Berkeley
AFTER GRADUATION MIT for PhD
CURRENT AFFILIATION Faculty Fellow at Cornell University & Postdoc at MIT
Liz Lopez:
PROGRAM 2010 REU & 2012 McNair Scholar
PROJECT Associations of fish with structure-forming mega-invertebrates
UNDERGRAD CSUMB
AFTER GRADUATION Professional Masters in Applied Marine Ecology at CSUMB
CURRENT AFFILIATION Sequoia Ecological Consulting
Check out the Prospective Student page if you are interested in joining the team.