People

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

• Leadership Team & Support Staff
• Student Researchers
• Research Scientists

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.

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Leadership Team & Support Staff

Name	Title	Affiliation	Initiatives	e-mail
Dean Wendt, PhD	SLOSEA Executive Director & Associate Dean, Cal Poly College of Science & Math	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME	dwendt@calpoly.edu
Adrienne Harris, MS	Director, Morro Bay National Estuary Program	MBNEP	RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME	staff@mbnep.org
Melissa Locke, JD	SLOSEA Marine Policy & Communications Manager Lecturer, Biological Sciences Dept.	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME	mlocke@calpoly.edu
Don Maruska, MBA JD	SLOSEA Strategy & Fisheries Policy Adviser	SLOSEA	RF	donmaruska@slosea.org
Leslie Rebik, MS	SLOSEA Program Support	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	RF, WQ, CC, HA, IS, ME	lrebik@calpoly.edu

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Graduate Fellows

Name	Title	Affiliation	Initiatives	e-mail
Melissa Daugherty	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	WQ	mdaugher@calpoly.edu
Carolyn Ewers	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	CC, WQ	cewers@calpoly.edu
Nate Hall	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	RF	nhall@calpoly.edu
Sarah Johnson	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	WQ
Leslie Longabach	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	RF	llongaba@calpoly.edu
Lisa Needles, MS	Lecturer	Cal Poly, Center for Coastal Marine Science	IS	lisaneedles@gmail.com
Loredana Serafini	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	WQ	lserafin@calpoly.edu
Grant Waltz	Research Assistant	Wendt Lab	HA	gwaltz@calpoly.edu
Johanna Weston	SLOSEA Graduate Fellow	Cal Poly, SLOSEA	WQ, CC	jweston@calpoly.edu

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Research Scientists, Staff & Collaborators

Name	Title	Affiliation	Initiatives	e-mail
Lenora Brewer, BS	Research Assistant, Lab Coordinator	CCMS	RF, HA, IS	lbrewer@calpoly.edu
Lyle Hibler, MS	Research Scientist	Pacific Northwest National Lab(Battelle)	WQ, CC	lyle.hibler@pnl.gov
Mark Moline, PhD	Director, CCMS & Professor, Biological Sciences Dept.	Cal Poly	WQ, CC	mmoline@calpoly.edu
Royden Nakamura, PhD	Professor, Biological Sciences Dept.	Cal Poly	RF	nakamura@calpoly.edu
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	linwoodp@ucla.edu
John Penvenne, MS PE	Electrical/Ocean Engineer	Penscil, Inc.	WQ, CC	johnp@penscil.com
Ian Robbins, MS	Senior Research Scientist	CCMS	WQ, CC	irobbins@calpoly.edu
Rick Starr, PhD	Research Scientist, Sea Grant Advisor	Moss Landing Marine Labs	RF	starr@mlml.calstate.edu
John Steinbeck, MS	Environmental Engineering Consultant	TENERA Environmental	HA	jsteinbeck@tenera.com
John Stephens, Jr., PhD	Executive Director	Vantuna Research Group	RF
Lars Tomanek, PhD	Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences Dept.	Cal Poly	WQ, CC	ltomanek@calpoly.edu

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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