Senior Research Scientist and Product Manager

• Jun 2018 - Present

Independent Scientist

• Aug 2017 - May 2018

Working to promote science, sustainable fisheries, and environmental and social responsibility through research, collaboration, communication and outreach. Working to promote science, sustainable fisheries, and environmental and social responsibility through research, collaboration, communication and outreach.

Supervisory Fisheries Biologist

• Aug 2003 - Jul 2017

• Led a team of 5 federal and 14 contract scientists conducting research on fish and fisheries.• Oversaw a research budget of roughly $1M annually including all procurements of research supplies and equipment as well as administering contracts for personnel, technical services and ship charters.• Provided fisheries science and management leadership through domestic and international committee service including leadership on advisory panels to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean.• Conducted studies on the biology of large pelagic fishes from writing proposals for funding, to designing projects, conducting experiments and analyses, writing papers of research results, and disseminating results though scientific seminars, the web, media and outreach events.• Mentored junior staff, postdoctoral fellows and students; served on the committees seven graduate students and numerous undergraduates from institutions in the US and Mexico. • Organized and participated in annual marine research surveys.• Traveled extensively domestically and internationally related to fisheries science and management as a representative of the US Government.• Served as interim Director and Deputy Director of the Fisheries Resources Division (2014-2015)

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• May 2002 - Jul 2003

• Conducted tagging, tracking and ecological studies of sharks in southern California waters.• Mentored a graduate student studying the energetics of shortfin mako sharks.• Co-authored a paper on the movements and behaviors of shortfin mako sharks in southern CA waters. • Conducted tagging, tracking and ecological studies of sharks in southern California waters.• Mentored a graduate student studying the energetics of shortfin mako sharks.• Co-authored a paper on the movements and behaviors of shortfin mako sharks in southern CA waters.

Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow

• Nov 1998 - Apr 2002

• Conducted research on skeletal muscle function under low oxygen conditions using in situ and single cell muscle models.• Assisted with teaching a core physiology course to medical students.• Co-authored several papers on the effects of compounds and low oxygen conditions on muscle contractility and recovery. • Conducted research on skeletal muscle function under low oxygen conditions using in situ and single cell muscle models.• Assisted with teaching a core physiology course to medical students.• Co-authored several papers on the effects of compounds and low oxygen conditions on muscle contractility and recovery.

Graduate and Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Assistant

• 1991 - 1998

• Conducted research on the physiology and ontogeny of diving capacity in elephant seal pups at Ano Nuevo Island and Long Marine Lab. Dissertation Title: Respiratory physiology of northern elephant seal pups: adaptations for hypoxia, hypercapnia and hypometabolism.• Conducted research on the physiology and energetics of Weddell seals diving under the Antarctic fast ice.• Assisted with field research on keystone species in the Aleutian Islands, conducting surveys of kelp beds and urchin barrens, coastal marine mammals, eiders and bald eagles.• Teaching Assistant for Marine Ecology of the Gulf of California (Guaymas, MX), General Biology, Animal Physiology, Psychobiology.