Research Activity Panel Members

The Research Activity Panel is composed of 23 representatives from regional research institutions and organizations. Administrative support of the Research Activity Panel is provided by sanctuary staff.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Andrew DeVogelaere, research coordinator, email: andrew.devogelaere@noaa.gov 

Sanctuary Advisory Council Representatives

Primary - Brandon Southall, Southall Environmental Associates, Inc., email: Brandon.Southall@sea-inc.net

Alternate - Steve Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, email: haddock@mbari.org 

Research Activity Panel Members and Associated Research Disciplines

Biological Oceanography

Primary - Henry Ruhl, CeNCOOS Program Office, email: hruhl@mbari.org

Alternate - Raphael Kudela, University of California, Santa Cruz, email: kudela@ucsc.edu

Deep-Sea Environment

Primary - Gregor M. Cailliet, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, email: cailliet@mlml.calstate.edu

Alternate - Steven Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, email: haddock@mbari.org

Estuarine Environment

Primary - Kevin O'Connor, Central Coast Wetlands Group, email: kevin.oconnor@sjsu.ed

Alternate - Kerstin Wasson, Elkhorn Slough NERR and Foundation, e-mail: kerstin.wasson@gmail.com

Fisheries

Primary - Steve Lindley, Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, email: steve.lindley@noaa.gov

Alternate - Brian Owens, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, email: Brian.Owens@wildlife.ca.gov

Marine and Coastal Geology

Primary - Amy Wagner, California State University, Sacramento, email: amy.wagner@csus.edu

Alternate - vacant

Marine Conservation Biology

Primary - Jeremy Goldbogen, Hopkins Marine Station, email: jergold@stanford.edu

Alternate - Fiorenza Micheli, Hopkins Marine Station, email: micheli@stanford.edu

Nearshore Environment

Primary - Brandon Southall, Southall Environmental Associates, Inc., email: Brandon.Southall@sea-inc.net

Alternate - Mark Carr, University of California, Santa Cruz, email: mhcarr@ucsc.edu

Physical Oceanography

Primary - Mara Orescanin, Naval Postgraduate School, email: msoresca@nps.edu

Alternate - Tom Connolly, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, email: thomas.p.connolly@sjsu.edu

Shelf and Slope Environment

Primary - James Lindholm, California State University Monterey Bay, email: jlindholm@csumb.edu 

Alternate - Elliott Hazen, Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, email: elliott.hazen@noaa.gov

Social Sciences

Primary - Carrie Pomeroy, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, email: cpomeroy@ucsc.edu

Alternate - Jason Scorse, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, email: jscorse@miis.edu

Water Quality

Primary - John Hunt, Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, email: jwhunt@ucdavis.edu

Alternate - Aroon Melwani, Applied Marine Sciences, Inc., email: amelwani@amarine.com