I am a professor and marine fisheries ecologist at Oregon State University. I devote most of my research to some of the oldest and slowest-growing animals in the sea: sea turtles, sharks, sturgeon, and U.S. west coast rockfish (scientifically known as Sebastes, which means "magnificent"). These marine animals commonly share three traits: long lifespans, late age at maturity, and threats from overharvest. I primarily use computer models and simulations to help us understand how populations respond to human impacts and to guide research and management policy towards their recovery. I am particularly interested in how these animals will respond to climate change and increasing human populations on our coastlines, and in finding ways to protect species and habitats while supporting local fisheries. My work with biologists and management agencies takes me all over the globe, and I often work with my husband, Scott, on fisheries research and teaching in the Caribbean and Europe. I have a passion for education at all levels and have been teaching people about marine biology since I volunteered at the Seattle Aquarium at age 12. My current teaching at Oregon State University includes courses on I teach Marine Conservation Biology, Introduction to Population Dynamics, and Ecology and Management of Marine Fishes. I am Chair of the Ecosystem Management Subcommittee for the Science and Statistical Committee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, a member of the Science and Technical Advisory Committee for Oregon's Ocean Policy Advisory Council, and a member of the Marine Turtle Specialists Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. I am currently on the Board of Directors for the Pacific Marine Conservation Council, a cooperative group of scientists, fishermen and conservationists, and serve as a Science Advisory Board member for the Oregon Coastal Ocean Observing System, Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea, and the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resource Studies. In 2006, I had the wonderful opportunity to be an Aldo Leopold Environmental Leadership Program Fellow, which provided me with skills to communicate effectively with the media and policy-makers.

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My research interests are the physiological ecology of fishes, in particular how physiology, behavior, and life history traits affect the interactions between fish populations and their respective fisheries. I have worked on bluefin tuna on the Atlantic high seas, Mediterranean, and east coast of the United States, on groupers throughout the southeast Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, on rockfish in Oregon and Alaska, and on trout, steelhead, and salmon in Japan and the high deserts of eastern Oregon and Northern Nevada. I collaborate with academic scientists, state and federal agencies, foreign agencies and universities, and commercial and recreational fishermen, working together to try and address issues related to the sustainability of marine and freshwater resources and their ecosystems. At Oregon State University I teach classes in fish physiology, fishery biology, and management of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and each year Selina and I teach an international short course in Conservation Biology in Rovinj, Croatia.

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