Training Ocean Stewards

ACCESS trains ocean stewards by hosting a NOAA Teacher-at-Sea each year, providing research opportunities to graduate students and offering lab internships to recent college graduates interested in pursuing careers in marine science.

Teachers At Sea

ACCESS provides education opportunities for science teachers by hosting a NOAA Teacher-at-Sea each year. For more information about Teacher-At-Sea contact Jennifer Stock, Education and Outreach Coordinator at Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

 

Pamela Schaffer, NOAA Teacher At Sea 2018, teaches science to middle school students in Alameda, California (Photo: Julie Chase)

  1. Pamela Schaffer, 2018, Middle school science teacher, Alameda
  2. Jennifer Hartigan, 2017, Middle school science teacher, Alameda
  3. Dana Chu, 2016, High school science teacher, Sacramento
  4. Michael Wing, 2015, High school science teacher, San Anselmo
  5. Daniel Rivera, 2014, High school biology teacher, San Francisco
  6. Kate Trimlett, 2013, High school biology teacher, Berkeley
  7. Talia Romito, 2012, High school biology teacher, Monterey
  8. Elaine Bechler, 2011, High school biology teacher, Santa Rosa
  9. Deborah Moraga, 2010, Elementary school science teacher, Ohio
  10. Laurie Guest, 2009, Middle school science teacher, California
  11. Beth Lancaster, 2008, High school biology teacher, Connecticut
Graduate Students

Several graduate students have participated on ACCESS cruises, used ACCESS data for their thesis or dissertation, and contributed to publications on a variety of topics such as ocean currents, ocean acidification, zooplankton ecology, fish acoustics and ecological hotspots for seabirds and whales – all helping to inform sanctuary management decisions. For more information about graduate opportunities contact Dr. Jaime Jahncke, California Current Director at Point Blue Conservation Science.

 

Ryan Anderson (graduate student, SFSU, Estuary and Ocean Science Center) and Carina Fish (graduate student, UC Davis, Bodega Marine Lab) collecting water for chemistry analyses (Photo: Julie Chase)

  1. Carina Fish, PhD student, University of California Davis
  2. Kate Hewett, PhD student, University of California Davis
  3. Ryan Anderson, MS student, San Francisco State University
  4. Fadwa Bouhedda, MS, University of San Francisco (2018)
  5. Kaytlin Ingman, MS, Graduate from San Francisco State University  (2018)
  6. Corinne Ross, MS, Graduated from California State University Monterey Bay (2017)
  7. Ryan Hartnett, MS, Graduate from San Francisco State University (2017)
  8. Michael Thayne, MS, Graduated from University of the Westfjords, Iceland (2016)
  9. Catherine Davis, PhD, Graduated from University of California Davis (2016)
  10. Sarah Hameed, PhD, Graduated from University of California Davis (2016)
  11. Anna Studwell, MA, Graduated from San Francisco State University (2016)
  12. Suzanne Manugian, MS, Post-Graduate student (2015), Graduated from San Francisco State University (2013)
  13. Caitlin Jensen, MA, Graduated from San Francisco State University (2014)
  14. Rachel Fontana, PhD, Graduated from University of California Davis (2013)
  15. Andrea Dransfield, MA, Graduated from San Francisco State University (2012)
  16. Jennifer McGowan, MA, Graduated from San Francisco State University (2012)
  17. Pamela Michael, MS, Graduated from Hawaii Pacific University (2011)
Laboratory Interns

Recent undergraduates interested in marine science can gain laboratory skills in Point Blue’s Marine Laboratory Research Assistant internship. During this one-year internship, laboratory interns help collect information on euphausiids (krill) collected during ACCESS cruises in the Sanctuaries, as well as, on prey consumed by marine predators (e.g. seabirds, California sea lions). Opportunities to participate in ACCESS cruises are also available. For more information about the laboratory internship, visit Point Blue’s Careers website for announcements.

 

Grace Kumaishi (Point Blue)  collecting a phytoplankton sample (Photo: Julie Chase)

  1. Siena Watson, Intern 2018-19, BS, University of California, Davis
  2. Grace Kumaishi, Intern 2017-18, BS, University of California, Los Angeles
  3. Sarayu Ramnath, Intern 2017-18,  BS, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  4. Elizabeth Max, Intern 2016-17,  BS, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  5. Alessandra Moyer, Intern 2016, BS, University of California, Berkeley
  6. Emma Chiaroni, Intern 2015-16, BS, University of California, Santa Cruz
  7. Jose Basaldua, Intern 2014-15, BS, University of California, Santa Barbara
  8. Enoc Zuniga, Intern 2014, BS, Humboldt State University
  9. Summer Meredith, Intern 2013, BS, University of Maine, Machias
  10. Sean Gee, Intern 2013-14, BS, University of California, Santa Barbara
  11. Brittany Cummings, Intern 2012-13, BS, University of Washington, Seattle
  12. Katherine Taylor, Intern 2011-12,  BA, Sonoma State University
  13. Jessie Oliver, Intern 2010-11, BS, Humboldt State University
  14. Jennifer Aragon, Intern 2009-10, BS, University of California, Santa Cruz
  15. Sahale Casebolt, Intern 2008-09
  16. Isabel Luevano, Intern 2008-09, BS, Sonoma State University
  17. Caymin Ackerman, Intern 2008, BS, Humboldt State University
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