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Coastal & Marine Issues

The health of our coasts and oceans is a major concern in this era of climate change. Switzer Fellows work around the world on cutting edge research and policymaking on topics that range from pollution on beaches to coral bleaching, and from collaborative fishing agreements to the impacts of invasive species.

Spotlight on Leadership

Jennifer O'Leary: Pew Fellowship funds Cal Poly biologist's study of Indian Ocean
Jennifer O'Leary: Pew Fellowship funds Cal Poly biologist's study of Indian Ocean

Fellow Jennifer O’Leary recently received a prestigious Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation and is freshly back on California's Central Coast from management and conservation work she’s doing in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean partially supported by a Switzer Leadership Grant.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | Jan 26, 2023
Luis presents AquaWatch webinar on investigations of aquatic applications in Google Earth Engine
Fellows in the News | Nov 23, 2022
Andrew Cohen publishes op-ed on failure to regulate ballast water discharges
Fellows in the News | Nov 23, 2022
Brooks calls for protection of the Southern Ocean ecosystem

Related Grants

Sustainable Aquaculture Communities
Year: 2018
Region: New England
Aquaculture is experiencing extremely fast growth in Maine, as it is in other parts of the country and around the world. Fishing is a critical part of Maine's economy; aquaculture is becoming more and more prevalent as commercial fishermen seek to diversify their income and new entrepreneurs enter...Read more >
Putting Science to Work in the Rapidly Warming Gulf of Maine
Year: 2017
Region: New England
With Switzer Leadership Grant support, Manomet hired Marissa McMahan in a new staff position of Senior Scientist, based in its Brunswick, Maine, office. Marissa took the lead on developing a viable, long-term applied science program helping Maine's fishing communities with climate adaptation...Read more >
Protecting Threatened Seabirds
Year: 2014
Region: International
Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge has promoted Ryan Carle to a new position of Conservation Training and Development Manager. In this new position, Ryan will oversee Oikonos's conservation work in Chile on a threatened seabird species, the Pink Footed Shearwater. Ryan has worked as a biologist with...Read more >

Featured Fellows

David Wiley
Dave Wiley
1999 Fellow
Research Ecologist/Coordinator
NOAA's Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Wally Fulweiler
Wally Fulweiler
2006 Fellow
Associate Professor in the Dept of Earth Sciences & Biology
Boston University
Melissa Garren
Melissa Garren
2010 Fellow
Founder & CEO
Working Ocean Strategies

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