People


SLOSEA has the benefit of wide-ranging participation by many sectors of the broad Morro Bay community.

Key participants are listed in the following groups.

The table below is a summary of SLOSEA participants and collaborators in alphabetical order by last name.   Links are provided where available to personal web pages or specific biographical.




Name Title Affiliation Initiatives e-mail
Leadership Team
Dean Wendt, PhD SLOSEA Executive Director & Associate Professor, Biological Sciences Dept. Cal Poly, SLOSEA RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME
Dan Berman, MS Director, Morro Bay National Estuary Program MBNEP RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME
Melissa Locke, JD SLOSEA Marine Policy & Communications Manager Cal Poly, SLOSEA RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME
Don Maruska, MBA JD SLOSEA Strategy & Fisheries Policy Adviser Don Maruska & Co. RF
Leslie Rebik, MS SLOSEA Program Coordinator Cal Poly, SLOSEA RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME
Graduate Fellows
Melissa Daugherty SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA WQ
Nate Hall SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA RF
Sarah Johnson SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA WQ
Leslie Longabach SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA RF
Lisa Needles, MS SLOSEA Graduate Fellow UCSB Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology Dept. IS
Loredana Serafini SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA WQ
Grant Waltz SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA HA
Johanna Weston SLOSEA Graduate Fellow Cal Poly, SLOSEA WQ, CC
Research Scientists, Staff & Collaborators
Lenora Brewer, BS Research Assistant, Lab Coordinator CCMS RF, HA, IS
Lyle Hibler, MS Research Scientist Pacific Northwest National Lab (Battelle) WQ, CC
Mark Moline, PhD Director, CCMS & Professor, Biological Sciences Dept. Cal Poly WQ, CC
Royden Nakamura, PhD Professor, Biological Sciences Dept. Cal Poly RF
Jennifer Oquendo, PhD Post-Doctorate Researcher Cal Poly WQ
Linwood Pendleton, PhD Assoc. Professor, Environmental Health Sci.
Director, Coastal Ocean Values Center		 UCLA
COVC		 ME
John Penvenne, MS PE Electrical/Ocean Engineer Penscil, Inc. WQ, CC
Ian Robbins, MS Senior Research Scientist CCMS WQ, CC
Rick Starr, PhD Research Scientist, Sea Grant Advisor Moss Landing Marine Labs RF
John Steinbeck, MS Environmental Engineering Consultant TENERA Environmental HA
John Stephens, Jr., PhD Executive Director Vantuna Research Group RF
Lars Tomanek, PhD Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences Dept. Cal Poly WQ, CC
Brian Zelenke, MS Senior Research Scientist CCMS WQ, CC
KEY
Affiliations: CCMS=Cal Poly Center for Coastal & Marine Sciences; MBNEP=Morro Bay National Estuary Program;
Initiatives: RF=Regional Fisheries; WQ=Water Quality; CC=Climate Change; HA=Human Access; IS=Invasive Species; ME=Marine Economy