| Name | Title/Organization | OA Specialty | Geographic focus | |
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 |
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 |
Allison Bidlack |
PhD, Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, Juneau | OA and carbon cycle dynamics; linking field data and model output with experimental biological studies to understand responses to OA and global change | Southeast Alaska | albidlack@alaska.edu |
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 |
Jessica Cross |
Research Associate, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab, Seattle, WA | Complex carbonate biogeochemistry, new technology and autonomous gliders along the Alaska coast, using interdisciplinary approaches to look at carbon system variability | Bering, Chukchi, and Gulf of Alaska | jessica.cross@noaa.gov |
Switgard Duesterloh |
Marine educator, Ocean Science Discovery Program, Kodiak | Marine education including hands-on ocean acidification lessons and experiments; toxicology. | Kodiak region | switgard@gci.net |
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 | Gulf of Alaska | wiley.evans@hakai.org |
Bob Foy |
Kodiak Lab Director, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kodiak | Causes and effects of elevated CO2 on marine species | robert.foy@noaa.gov | |
Burke Hales |
Professor, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR | Ocean carbon cycle; CO2 analytical chemistry; developed the “Burkolator” | bhales@coas.oregonstate.edu | |
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 in the carbon system. | chauri@alaska.edu | |
Jeff Hetrick |
Director, Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, Seward | Operation of Burkolator 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 |
| 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 |
Amanda Kelley |
Assistant professor, Ocean Acidification Research Center, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF, Fairbanks | Organism- |
alkelley@alaska.edu | |
Esther Kennedy |
Environmental specialist, Sitka Tribe, Sitka | Installation of new moored OA monitoring buoy in Sitka Sound | Southeast | esther.kennedy@sitkatribe-nsn.gov |
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 |
Christopher Long |
Marine biologist/ecologist, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Kodiak, AK | Effects of ocean acidification on Alaskan marine species, particularly federally-managed crab species, including red, blue, and golden king crabs, snow crabs, and Tanner crabs. | chris.long@noaa.gov | |
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 |
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 |
| Will Peterson
|
Environmental Lab Specialist, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Sitka |
Continuous OA Burke-o-Lator monitoring, discrete sample collection and analysis | Southeast Alaska | will.peterson@sitkatribe-nsn.gov |
| 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 |
| Sherry Tamone
|
University of Alaska Southeast | Physiological processes in crabs, shrimp and lobster. Response of shrimp to OA. | Southeast Alaska | sltamone@alaska.edu |
Chris Whitehead |
Environmental Program Manager, Sitka Tribe of Alaska; Director of Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research | Collaborating and 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 |
To add contacts to this list, please email Darcy Dugan, dugan@aoos.org.