Coastal & Marine Conservation

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Myra Finkelstein

1998 Fellow
Myra Finkelstein’s research focuses on human impacts to wildlife with an emphasis on contaminant-induced effects. To fulfill this goal, her research seeks to develop links in the often difficult-to-understand causal chain between...
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Mehana Vaughan

2009 Fellow
Mehana Blaich Vaughan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and U.H. Sea Grant. Mehana studies interactions between people and the environment...
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Jennifer O'Leary

2006 Fellow
Jennifer is a marine ecologist who supports fishing communities and marine protected area managers in evidence-based decision making to improve ecosystems and human wellbeing. Her research has spanned kelp forest, seagrass, rocky intertidal, estuary, and coral reef ecosystems.
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Meagan Jones

2002 Fellow
Meagan Jones is a doctoral candidate in Environmental Studies at Antioch New England Graduate School. For the last ten years, her career has focused on linking marine science with education programs. As education director for a Hawaii based...
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Bonnie Becker

2001 Fellow
Professional larval shellfish tracker | Passionate, authentic educator | Collaborative, curriculum-building administrator My professional life is dedicated to empowering the public, especially those traditionally not included in higher...
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Amy Clipp

2009 Fellow
I’m a New Orleans based writer who helps experts share ideas with the world. I write the documents my clients don't have time to write, and I serve as a coach when clients and their teams want to take charge of the wordsmithing themselves...
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Mark Tompkins

2004 Fellow
Mark Tompkins earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he investigated the role of floodplains in river restoration efforts. Floodplains provide important aquatic and...
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Rafe Sagarin

2000 Fellow
Rafe Sagarin was a research scientist with the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ and the Program Manager for Oceans at Biosphere 2, where he was working to transform Biosphere 2's ocean biome into a...
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Denny Takahashi-Kelso

1998 Fellow
Dennis leads the science and policy direction for Ocean Conservancy. Takahashi-Kelso's distinguished career has covered every aspect of ocean conservation, including public service in natural resources conservation, university teaching...
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Wally Fulweiler

2006 Fellow
Wally received her Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island in 2007 and went on to do a postdoc at Louisiana State University. In 2008, she became an Assistant Professor at Boston University. In 2014...