Switzer Fellow Amanda Martinez is a journalist, an intern at NPR and a science writing masters student at MIT. When she was offered the chance to join a team of scientists in the Gulf of Mexico, she used some of her Switzer funding to test and expand her new skills. Amanda shares steps that scientists can take to help journalists successfully tell the story of their research.
Heather is good at making connections, finding and building relationships between seemingly disparate groups in the community. In her current role, she is managing the Clean Seafood Project which links ocean conservation, economics, and the...
Holding a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, with a completed postdoctoral fellowship in Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT, and >20 years of experience underwater as a PADI certified scuba Divemaster...
Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., was previously chief scientist for NOAA. In this role, Dr. Kapnick was responsible for advancing policy and program direction for NOAA’s science and technology priorities. Dr. Kapnick has extensive experience at the...
The Mitigation Strategies project is the central focus of this new organization’s work. The project will address the issue of fisheries bycatch and related mortality in seabird and sea turtle species. Through research, demonstration...
I am the ED of the Ocean Knowledge Action Network and the Science Director for the Moonjelly Foundation. I facilitate a close community of people from around the world who want to share knowledge about co-designing ocean science for a healthier and more diverse ocean. At Moonjelly, I work with our Indigenous and local partners to create new ways of applying bottom-up, trust-based philanthropy to fund traditional and local knowledge collection as well as Indigenous researchers and scientists.
Brian is currently an Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Maine at Machias where he teaches marine ecology, marine biology, biostatistics, shellfish aquaculture, and fisheries management. His applied research programs focus on...
I grew up near the coasts of New York and Connecticut, and since an early age I was fascinated by the natural world, especially the ocean. I spent many days wandering the beaches on the edge of Long Island Sound and the Atlantic, collecting...
Karleen graduated from UCLA with a BA in English and a PhD in biology with an emphasis in marine ecology. Karleen's research focused on human impacts in the marine environment. Her dissertation investigated nutrient cycling and the effects...
