OA Expert Database

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Name	Title/Organization	OA Specialty	Geographic Focus	Contact
Marina (Washburn) Alcantar	PhD Candidate, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks	Species response, salmon, mollusks	Gulf of Alaska	mwalcantar@alaska.edu Read interview with Marina »
Nina Bednarsek	Biological oceanographer, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project	Development of biologically relevant thresholds for interpreting OA data, pteropod response to OA	Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, California	ninab@sccwrp.org Read interview with Nina »
Lauren Bell	Research Associate, Sitka Sound Science Center; PhD Student, UC Santa Cruz	Ecological impacts of OA in kelp forest systems and coastal carbonate chemistry monitoring	Sitka Sound	laebell@ucsc.edu Read interview with Lauren »
Allison Bidlack	Research Associate Professor, International Arctic Research Center, UAF, Fairbanks	OA and carbon cycle dynamics; linking field data, model output & experimental studies to understand responses to OA &global change	Southeast Alaska	albidlack@alaska.edu Read interview with Allison »
Rob Campbell	Oceanographer, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova	Oceanographic monitoring in Prince William Sound; OA sample collection for research	Prince William Sound	rcampbell@pwssc.org
Paul Cook	OA Lab technician, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Sitka	Continuous OA Burke-o-Lator monitoring, discrete sample collection and analysis	Southeast	paul.cook@sitkatribe-nsn.gov
Jessica Cross	Research Associate, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, Seattle, WA	Complex carbonate biogeochemistry, new technology and autonomous gliders using interdisciplinary approaches to look at carbon system variability	Bering, Chukchi, and Gulf of Alaska	jessica.cross@noaa.gov Read interview with Jessica »
Switgard Duesterloh	Marine educator, Ocean Science Discovery Program, Kodiak	Marine education including hands-on ocean acidification lessons and experiments; toxicology; Burke-o-lator.	Kodiak region	switgard@gci.net Read interview with Switgard »
Darcy Dugan	Alaska OA Network Director, Alaska Ocean Observing System, Anchorage	Facilitating interaction between researchers and stakeholders, increasing monitoring efforts, expanding the understanding of OA to new audiences	Statewide	dugan@aoos.org
Wiley Evans	Research Scientist, Hakai Institute, Campbell River, BC	CO₂ systems and instrumentation; system integration at land-based facilities; underway and autonomous measurements	CO₂ systems and instrumentation; system integration at land-based facilities; underway and autonomous measurements	wiley.evans@hakai.org Read interview with Wiley »
Bob Foy	Director, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau	Prior to NOAA AFSC directorship: Causes and effects of elevated CO₂ on marine species	Statewide	robert.foy@noaa.gov Read interview with Bob »
Burke Hales	Professor, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR	Ocean carbon cycle; CO₂ analytical chemistry; developed the “Burk-o-lator”		bhales@coas.oregonstate.edu Read interview with Burke »
Claudine Hauri	Research Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center, UAF, Fairbanks	OA and carbon cycle dynamics; using observations and models to investigate the physical, chemical and biological processes that control variability.		chauri@alaska.edu Read interview with Claudine »
Jeff Hetrick	Director, Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, Seward	Operation of Burk-o-lator and dosing lab; effects of OA on juvenile shellfish; management of nearshore monitoring program in Southcentral AK	Resurrection Bay, Lower Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound	jjh@seward.net Read interview with Jeff »
Kris Holderied	Director, NOAA Kasitsna Bay Lab, Seldovia, AK	Nearshore OA monitoring, understanding how changing ocean conditions affect Alaska coastal resources and communities	Kachemak Bay, Lower Cook Inlet	Kris.Holderied@noaa.gov Read interview with Kris »
Tom Hurst	Research fisheries biologist, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Newport, OR	Lab research on the impacts of ocean acidification on fishes of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.	Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska	thomas.hurst@noaa.gov Read interview with Tom »
Amanda Kelley	Assistant professor, Ocean Acidification Research Center, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF, Fairbanks	Organism-environment interactions in coastal marine ecosystems, global change biology		alkelley@alaska.edu Read interview with Amanda »
Esther Kennedy	PhD Candidate, UC Davis	Geospatial and temporal patterns of ocean acidification and sensitive species, community based sampling	Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska	egkennedy@ucdavis.edu Read interview with Esther »
Kristy Kroeker	Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz, CA	Emergent ecological effects of OA on nearshore communities; syntheses of biological effects	Sitka Sound	kkroeker@ucsc.edu Read interview with Kristy »
Christopher Long	Marine biologist/ecologist, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kodiak, AK	Effects of ocean acidification on Alaska marine species, particularly federally-managed crab species		chris.long@noaa.gov
Cale Miller	Post-doc	Nearshore conditions	Nearshore, Arctic	Read interview with Cale »
Natalie Monacci	Research scientist, Ocean Acidification Research Center, UAF, Fairbanks	Intensity, duration, and extent of OA in Alaskan waters; management of Alaska OA Mooring Network; water sample analysis	Statewide	nmonacci@alaska.edu Read interview with Natalie »
Jennifer Newby	Fisheries biologist, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kodiak, AK	Fisheries biologist, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kodiak, AK		jennifer.newby@noaa.gov Read interview with Jennifer »
Darren Pilcher	Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University of Washington / NOAA PMEL, Seattle, WA	Biogeochemical mechanisms of ocean carbon uptake and OA, primarily using models; impact of freshwater runoff on coastal OA dynamics	Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska	darren.pilcher@noaa.gov Read interview with Darren »
Jacqueline Ramsay	Shellfish biologist, OA & Shellfish research Lab Manager, Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, Seward	Continuous OA Burke-o-lator monitoring, discrete sample collection and analysis, CaCO₂ dosing to study biological effects of OA on juvenile shellfish	Resurrection Bay, Lower Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound	jacqueline@alutiiqpridehatchery.com Read interview with Jacqueline »
Sherry Tamone	University of Alaska Southeast	Physiological processes in crabs, shrimp and lobster. Response of shrimp to OA.	Southeast Alaska	sltamone@alaska.edu Read interview with Sherry »
Hongjie Wang	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI	Carbon cycle, carbon dioxide removal, unmanned surface vehicle, time series analysis.	Arctic	hwang@uri.edu
Chris Whitehead	Environmental Program Manager, Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Director of Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research	Building partnerships for OA outreach and research initiatives with Tribal governments, state and federal agencies, universities, and non-profit stakeholders.	Southeast	chris.whitehead@sitkatribe-nsn.gov