MRM Advising Faculty

The following have recently served as major professors for MRM students or have expressed interest in doing so. MRM advising faculty are drawn from within the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS), other colleges and departments across OSU, and from various institutions beyond OSU (e.g., NOAA, EPA).

Students entering MRM must be successfully matched with a faculty advisor prior to entering the program. After perusing the list here, reach out to faculty whose research interests are aligned with yours, letting them know that you are interested in working with them as part of the MRM Program. Importantly, you are not limited to the faculty listed here. If there is another faculty member at OSU whose work interests you, please contact Karen McLeod, MRM Director.

Name	Photo	Research Interests	Relevant MRM Theme
Cheryl Barnes	Image	Marine fisheries, climate change, population and community dynamics	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Kim Bernard	Image	Polar zooplankton ecology	Healthy ecosystems and people
Valerie Berseth	Image	Human-environment relationships, climate adaptation, coastal social-ecological systems, conservation	Resilient communities and coasts
Kelly Biedenweg	Image	Conservation psychology and natural resource decision-making, human dimensions of natural resources	Healthy ecosystems and people
Hilary Boudet	Image	Environmental and energy policy, public participation in decision-making	Emerging solutions and technologies
Susanne Brander	Image	Toxicology, ecology, microplastics & other pollutants, climate change, ecological & human health	Healthy ecosystems and people
Kristen Buck	Image	Trace metal biogeochemistry and bioavailability, chemical oceanography	Healthy ecosystems and people
Kerry Carlin-Morgan	Image	Informal science education, public outreach	Public engagement and education
Francis Chan	Image	Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, climate impacts on marine ecosystems	Healthy ecosystems and people
Sam Chan	Image	Aquatic invasive species, seaweed aquaculture, watershed health	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Lorenzo Ciannelli	Image	Fisheries oceanography, management implications	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Lori Cramer	Image	Natural resource sociology, community resilience	Resilient communities and coasts
Tracy Crews	Image	Informal and formal marine education and engagement	Public engagement and education
Angee Doerr	Image	Commercial fisheries, community outreach	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Jamie Doyle	Image	Coastal community development, working waterfronts	Public engagement and education
Brett Dumbauld	Image	Shellfish aquaculture, estuarine ecology	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Steve Dundas	Image	Environmental economics, coastal ecosystem services, climate change adaptation	Resilient communities and coasts
Kelsey Emard	Image	Political ecology, marine protected areas, environmental justice	Climate-ready conservation, planning, and restoration
Jennifer Fehrenbacher	Image	Trace element and stable isotope geochemistry, paleo-proxies	Healthy ecosystems and people
Melanie Fewings	Image	Observational coastal physical oceanography and meteorology	Healthy ecosystems and people
Sarah Gravem	Image	Marine, community, and behavioral ecology, kelp forest restoration, climate change, marine disease	Climate-ready planning, conservation and restoration
Kirsten Grorud-Colvert	Image	Marine protected areas, fish recruitment, biodiversity conservation	Climate-ready conservation, planning, and restoration
Michael Harte	Image	Fisheries economics and policy; marine geography	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Sarah Henkel	Image	Benthic ecology; marine renewable energy	Emerging solutions and technologies
Mary Hunsicker	Image	Fisheries management, climate change	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Megan Jones	Image	Conservation social science, natural resource communication science, climate action and adaptation	Healthy ecosystems and people
Maria Kavanaugh	Image	Remote sensing, climate change, harmful algal blooms	Healthy ecosystems and people
Astrid Leitner	Image	Ecological oceanography, bathymetry, deep sea	Healthy ecosystems and people
Jim Lerczak	Image	Coastal physical oceanography	Healthy ecosystems and people
Mark Lomeli	Image	Fisheries, conservation engineering to reduce bycatch and habitat impacts	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Jessica Miller	Image	Marine ecology, fisheries, otolith chemistry	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Ryan Mueller	Image	Microbial interactions in carbon cycling, estuarine restoration, food security	Climate-ready conservation, planning, and restoration
Susan Rowe	Image	Science education research and practice, community-engaged scholarship, equity in STEM	Public engagement and education
Peter Ruggiero	Image	Coastal geomorphology, coastal hazards, climate change impacts and adaptation	Resilient communities and coasts
Steve Rumrill	Image	Shellfish aquaculture, invasive species, estuarine ecology	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Ana Spalding	Image	Ocean and coastal policy, equity in ocean governance, ocean acidification, marine protected areas	Resilient communities and coasts
Kate Stafford	Image	Acoustic monitoring of marine mammals, animal behavior, biological and physical oceanography	Healthy ecosystems and people
Jenna Tilt	Image	Community resilience to coastal hazards, equitable climate adaptation	Resilient communities and coasts
Fiona Tomas Nash	Image	Seagrass ecology and restoration, community ecology	Climate-ready conservation, planning, and restoration
Desiree Tullos	Image	River engineering and restoration	Climate-ready conservation, planning, and restoration
Waldo Wakefield	Image	Fisheries, conservation engineering to reduce bycatch and habitat impacts	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
George Waldbusser	Image	Ocean acidification effects on bivalves, benthic ecology, sediment biogeochemistry	Healthy ecosystems and people
James Watson	Image	Complex adaptive solutions, climate change adaptation, fisheries, marine spatial planning	Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Meagan Wengrove	Image	Coastal engineering, dune management	Resilient communities and coasts

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