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Master of Advanced Studies
Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
Capstone Project Master List
Photo: scripps.ucsd.edu
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Table of Contents
Acronyms and Key …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 3
Class of 2005 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 4
Class of 2006 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 5
Class of 2007 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Class of 2008 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 7
Class of 2009 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 8
Class of 2010 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 10
Class of 2011 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12
Class of 2012 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 14
Class of 2013 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 16
Class of 2014 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 18
Class of 2015 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 20
Class of 2016 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 22
Class of 2017 ……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………… 24
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Acronyms:
BRCC: Biodiversity Research Center of the Californias (research branch of SDNHM)
CDBW: California Department of Boating and Waterways
CI: Conservation International
CNMI: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
CSRC: California Spatial Reference Center
DLNR: Department of Land and Natural Resources
ELI: Environmental Law Institute
GPS: School of Global Policy and Strategy (division of UCSD)
IRPS: International Relations and Pacific Studies (division of UCSD)
IWC: International Whaling Commission
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ODI: Ocean Discovery Institute
SDNHM: San Diego Natural History Museum
SDSU: San Diego State University
SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
SOPAC: Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center
SWFSC: Southwest Fisheries Science Center (division of NOAA)
UCLA: University of California Los Angeles
UC MEXUS: The University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States
UCR: University of California Riverside
UCSD: University of California San Diego
UNAB: Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
WWF: World Wildlife Fund
Key: E = Project under embargo (request copy from admin)
X = Project unavailable
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2005
Lorraine Anglin: Preparing for a Deep Blue Revolution: The Development of Aquaculture in the US
Exclusive Economic Zone
Advisors: Dr. Enric Sala, SIO; Dr. William Fox, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD IRPS
Andy Balendy: Citizen Science Portal Project (CSPP): Development plan to create a user-friendly resource
for marine related citizen science projects in southern California
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO; Dr. Natalie Jeremijenko, UCSD
Communications
Amy Broulik: Recreational Water Quality Monitoring: A Proposal for a New, Rapid Microbiological
Method
Advisors: Dr James Hogan, Gen-Probe, Inc.; Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr Lisa Shaffer, SIO, UCSD IRPS
Fernanda Mazzillo: A Framework for Designing a Network of Marine Protected Areas in the Abrolhos
Bank, Brazil
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Enric Sala, SIO; Dr. Jeffrey Vincent, UCSD IRPS
Morgan Richie: Preliminary Report to the World Wildlife Fund on the Historical Ecology of the Sulu and
Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO; Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Lisa Shaffer, SIO, UCSD IRPS
Greg Wells: Recommendations for Monitoring Marine Protected Area Effectiveness at Verde Island,
Philippines
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Heidi Gjertsen, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO
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2006
Steve Chapple: Blues for a Dying Ocean, or Hope for an Evolutionary Integration?
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO; Dr. Enric Sala, SIO; Dr. George Sugihara, SIO; Dr. David Younkman,
UCSD IPRS; Dr. Rob Wilder, UCSD
Catalina Lopez: Alternative Assessment of Impacts to the Marine Environment in the Region of Loreto,
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Advisors: Dr. Enric Sala, SIO; Dr. Jeffrey Vincent, UCSD IRPS; Dr. Exequiel Excurra, BRCC SDNHM; Dr. Heidi
Gjertsen, NOAA SWFSC
X Barbara Nightingale: Analysis of the Ecological Conditions and Protection and Restoration
Opportunities in Port Ludlow Bay
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO; Dr. Steven Erie, UCSD Urban Studies
Mark Tetrick: Food and Fuel Polyculture: A Sustainable Option for Developing World Communities
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. B. Greg Mitchell, SIO; Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD
Economics; Dr. Clark Gibson, UCSD Political Science
Ryan Wulff: Communicating Science through Visual Media and How to Get People to Watch
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO; Dr. Zeinabue Davis, UCSD Communications;
Dr. Cheryl Peach, Birch Aquarium
Hiro Yokoyama: Utilization of Remote Sensing Network Systems for Advanced Ecology and Marine
Conservation Biology
Advisors: Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Karen Stocks, UCSD Super Computer Center; Dr. Tony Fountain;
UCSD Super Computer Center
Brian Zgliczynski: Uncovering the Marine Biodiversity of Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Advisors: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO; Dr. Nancy Knowlton, SIO; Dr. Karen Stocks, UCSD Super Computer Center
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2007
Shannon Bryant: Sea Level Rise: Implications for Management and Restoration of Coastal Wetlands in
Southern California
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO
Benjamin Chen: The Scripps Coastal Reserve Interpretive Sign Project Proposal: Birch Aquarium’s Beach
Classroom at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Peach, Birch Aquarium
Cina Loarie: Evaluation of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Fishing Effort on Kelp Beds in La Jolla
and Point Loma: Implications for Siting No-Take Marine Reserves under the 1999 Marine Life Protection
Act
Advisors: Dr. Paul Dayton, SIO (Chair); Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO
Leanne Duffy Matthaei: Sexual Development of Common Dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, and
Fisheries Management Implications
Advisors: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO (Chair); Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC
X Kimberly McIntrye: Shifting Baselines and the Law: The Use of Historical Scientific Data in Listing
Marine Species under the Endangered Species Act
Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO
Amy Mecklenborg: Organic Contaminants in San Diego Bay: Assessment of Storm Water
Advisor: Dr. Dmitri Deheyn, SIO
Megan Peterson: A Review of Northern Pacific Sperm Whale (Physter macrocephalus) Abundance and
Stock Structure
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Barbara Taylor, NOAA SWFSC
Kelly Sayce: Development of an Edutainment Product to Promote Free-Choice Ocean Sciences Learning –
TimeWhys Pilot
Advisor: Dr. Sharon Franks, SIO
Hugo Selbie: The Creation of ‘Sharkbite.com’ an Education and Outreach Website to Support a Newly
Formed Research Consortium Regarding Elasmobranchs in the Southern California Bight
Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Graham, SIO (Chair); Dan Cartamil, SIO
Rachael VanderWalde: Can People and Pinnipeds Share the Same Space? An exploration into the role of
signage at pinniped viewing sites and a proposal for the future of the harbor seals at Children's Pool
Beach, La Jolla, CA
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC
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2008
Adam Baske: Can Recreational Diver Surveys Lead to Conservation Action? A Case Study of the
Revillagigedo Archipelago
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. John Evans, UCSD Sociology; Dr.
Stuart Sandin, SIO
X James D. Broecsh: The Artisanal Fisher, A Short Documentary Film
Advisors: Dr. Cheryl Peach, Birch Aquarium (Chair); Dr. Zeinibu Davis, UCSD Communications; Dr. Dale
Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics
Martha Davis: Do Boaters Overfish and Under Spend? A Case Study in the Exumas, Bahamas
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO (Chair); Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics; Dr. Richard Carson,
UCSD Economics
Laura Escobosa: Local Participation Towards Marine Conservation in Loreto Bay National Park, Baja
California Sur, Mexico
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD
Economics; Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO
Rachelle Fisher: Spatial Patterns of Fishing Effort and Recreational Fishing Practices off San Diego, CA
Advisors: Dr. Paul Dayton, SIO (Chair); Dr. James Moore, UCSD Anthropology; Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO
Anne Grant: An Analysis of the Market for Certified Sustainable Sea Urchin in San Diego
Advisors: Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics (Chair); Ben Gilbert, UCSD Economics; Dr. Ed Parnel, SIO
Cody Hooven: Spatial Analysis of Marine Turtle Stranding Data in the Hawaiian Islands for the Period
2002-2007: Is Turtle Health an Indicator of Environmental Quality?
Advisors: Dr. Yehuda Bock, SOPAC, CSRC, SIO (Chair); George Balazs, NOAA PIFSC Marine Turtle
Research Program Leader; Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics
Elizabeth Keenan: Beauty and the Beasts: Beaches, Litter, Debris and People, Beach Valuation and
Public Perceptions of Marine Debris
Advisors: Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. James Leichter, SIO; Eben Schwartz,
Outreach Manager, CA Coastal Commission
Jacqueline Newman: Crunch Time in the La Jolla Tide Pools: Photo-documenting the Biodiversity at
Bird Rock and Promoting Awareness of Human Impact in the Intertidal Zone
Advisors: Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO (Chair), Dr. Harim Cha, SIO; Dr. Kaustuv Roy, UCSD Biological Sciences
Joy Leilei Shih: The Moorea Green Pearl Golf Course: An Assessment of the Changes and Impacts on the
Coral Reef Environment from Recent Development and Land Use
Advisors: Dr. James Leichter, SIO (Chair); Dr. Mathew D. McCubbins, UCSD Political Science; Dr. Dmitiri
Deheyn, SIO
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2009
Erendira Aceves: Analysis of sport and recreational fishing activities in the Los Cabos Region, Baja
California Sur, México
Advisors: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO (Chair); Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra, UC MEXUS, UCR, SIO; Dr. Junjie Zhang, UCSD
IRPS
Chuck Briscoe: Ocean Desalination in Southern California: An Evaluation of Environmental, Economic and
Energy Impacts of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Advisors: Dr. David Checkley, Jr., SIO (Chair); Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics; Dr. Michael Dettinger,
SIO; Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium
X Amanda Cummins: The Seasonal and Diel Occurrence of Cetaceans and Anthropogenic Noise in the
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai’i
Advisors: Dr. John Hildebrand, SIO (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI; Dr. Jay Barlow, NOAA SWFSC,
SIO; Dr. David Woodruff, UCSD Biological Sciences
Maria de Oca: Reef Sharks: A Historical Ecology and Media Project
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO (Chair); Dr. Zeinabu Davis, UCSD Communications; Dr. Julia Baum, SIO
Dani DiIullo: Invertebrate Investigators: Curriculum Development for Ocean Discovery Institute’s SEA
Series
Advisors: Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO (Chair); Dr. John Czworkowski, UCSD Chemistry; Eric Simms, Birch Aquarium
Mario Gabiati: A Business Plan for the Profitable Implementation of Radio Frequency Identification
Systems for Farm Raised Fish
Advisors: Dr. Ted Groves, UCSD Economics (Chair); Clark Jordan, UCSD Rady School of Management;
Stephen Bennett, SIO
Lisa Gilfillan: Talking Trash: Occurrence of plastic micro-debris in the California Current System
Advisors: Dr. Mark Ohman, SIO (Chair); Dr. William Watson, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Cheryl Peach, Birch
Aquarium
Christopher Knight: California Marine Life Protection Act- What’s Really Happening?
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD
Economics; Dr. James Hi lger, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Richard Norris, SIO
Michelle Lande: Acoustic Interactions with the Endangered Vaquita
Advisors: Dr. Ted Cranford, SDSU (Chair); Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics; Dr. Barbara
Taylor, NOAA SWFSC
Elyse Levy: Sea Turtle Squeeze: A Spatial Assessment of Hawksbill Sea Turtle Nesting Habitat and Future
Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean
Advisors: Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO (Chair); Al Lombana, WWF; Dr. Walter Jetz, UCSD Biology
Rebecca Morales: Little Fishes: Film on Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Overfishing in
Jamaica
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Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO (Chair); Dr. James Leichter, SIO; Megan O'Connor, UCSD Media
Communications
Catherine Preston: InFishWeTrust.com: Localizing Sustainability
Advisors: Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI;
Dr. Brian Goldfarb, UCSD Communications
Kim Roeland: Dry Season Urban Runoff in the Chollas Creek Watershed and San Diego Bay
Adviosrs: Dr. Keith Pezzoli, USCD Urban Studies & Planning (Chair); Dr. Hiram Sarabia-Ramirez, UCSD
Urban Studies & Planning; Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI
Cali Turner Tomaszewicz: Impacts and Implications of Power Plant Thermal Effluent Changes on Green
Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in San Diego Bay, California
Advisors: Dr. Theodore Groves, USCD Economics (Chair); Dr. Jeffrey Seminoff, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Gerald
Kooyman, SIO
Becky Twohey: Marine Protected Area Evaluation
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Dr. Helen Fox, WWF; Dr. Heidi Gjersten NOAA, CI; Dr. Theodore
Groves, UCSD Economics
Eric Wilkins: San Elijo Lagoon and Sea Level Rise
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Dr. Reinhard Flick, CDBW; Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO; Dr. Junjie Zhang,
UCSD IRPS
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2010
Joel Barkan: A Plan to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in Small-scale Gillnet Fisheries Using Illuminated Nets
Advisors: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO (Chair); Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics; Shara Fisler,
ODI
Heather Belichesky: Utilization of Front-End Evaluations for Exhibit Creation: SEAPLEX Cruise and Marine
Debris at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Advisors: Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium (Chair); Dr. James Leichter, SIO; Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady
School of Management
Megan Bettilyon: Green Energy: Global Policy and Issues Affecting the Development of Algal
Aquaculture for Biofuel
Advisors: Dr. Greg Mitchell, SIO (Chair); Dr. Steve A. Kay, UCSD Biology; Ben Gilbert, UCSD Economics
Dominique Camacho: Influence of ocean fronts on cetacean habitat selection and diversity within the
CalCOFI study area
Advisors: Dr. John Hildebrand, SIO (Chair); Dr. Karen Stocks, UCSD Super Computer Center; Dr. Jay Barlow
NOAA SWFSC
Alvaro Casanova: Aguas Malas: Border Politics and the International Wastewater Facility
Advisors: Dr. Kirstie A. Dorr, UCSD Ethnic Studies (Chair); Bruce Reznik, San Diego Coast Keeper; K. Wayne
Yang, UCSD Ethnic Studies; Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO
X Javier Cuetos-Bueno: Fisheries and their effects on coral reef communities across the Mariana
archipelago (CNMI and Guam)
Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Peter Vroom, NOAA Fisheries Pacific
Island Fisheries Science Center; Houk, Pacific Marine Resources Institute, CNMI
Du Nui: Technical and Economic Model of Marine Micro-algal Bioenergy Production
Advisors: Dr. Greg Mitchell, SIO (Chair); Dr. Junjie Zhang, UCSD IRPS; Laura Carney, SIO
Matthew Huelsenbeck: The Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentrations on the Larval Behavior of
White Seabass, Atractoscion nobilis
Advisors: Dr. Dave Checkley Jr., SIO, (Chair); Dr. Andrew Dickson, SIO; James Broesch, SIO; Dr. Phaedra
Doukakis, NOAA SWFSC
Amanda Keledjian: The Impacts of El Niño Conditions on California Sea Lion Health and Fishery
Interactions: Management Challenges and Policy Implications
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI; Dr. David Checkley,
SIO
Julianna Mullen: Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Shark Conservation in the Republic of Palau, with
Applications and Education Materials for Continued Protection of Sharks
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. James Hilger, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. James Moore, UCSD
Anthropology
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Stephanie Nehasil: The Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Pinniped Haul-out Sites along the California Coast
Advisors: Dr. Lisa Ballance, SIO, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Lesley McAllister, UCSD IRPS; Dr. Lara Hansen,
EcoAdapt
Amanda Netburn: Fisheries Management in California: Two Case Assessments
Advisors: Dr. Tony Koslow, SIO (Chair); Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics; Dr. Phaedra
Doukakis, NOAA SWFSC
Ryan Rezek: Investigation of the Invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida: Dispersal Mechanisms and Methods
for Controlling Zoospores
Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO (Chair); Dr. Steve Lonhart, NOAA; Eric Simms, SIO; Dr. Richard Norris, SIO
Megan Roberson: The Effects of Pesticides on the Bioluminescent Brittle Star Amphipholis squamata:
Implications for Future Regulation
Advisors: Dr. Dimitri Deheyn, SIO (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO; Dr. Hiram Sarabia-Ramirez, UCSD
Urban Studies & Planning
Abbie Sloan: From Planning to Action: Advancing Climate Change Action Plan for Florida’s Coral Reefs
Advisors: Alex Score, EcoAdapt (Chair); Dr. Richard Norris, SIO; Eric Simms, SIO; Dr. Junjie Zhang, UCSD
IRPS
Elizabeth Terk: SCUBA Diver User Fees as Sustainable Funding of Coral Reef Based Marine Protected
Areas
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Jackson, SIO (Chair); Dr. Nancy Knowlton, Smithsonian Institution; Dr. Dale Squires,
NOAA SWFCS, UCSD Economics
Lauren Washington: Effects of the 2003 Cedar and 2007 Witch Creek Wildfires on metal loads in
sediment and water from the burned watersheds
Advisors: Dr. Dimitri Deheyn, SIO (Chair); Dr. Steve Erie, UCSD Urban Studies & Planning; Dr. Eric Stein,
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Jessica Wiseman: Conservation and Human Impact Awareness Through Historical Pictures
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Judith Coats, Birch Aquarium; Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady
School of Management
Shannon Yee: REDD and BLUE Carbon: Carbon Payments for Mangrove Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. James Leichter, SIO; Dr. Junjie Zhang, UCSD
IRPS
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2011
Carolina Behe: Subsistence Fishing in the Yukon River Delta: A Cast Study of Alakanuk Subsistence
Fishery and the Use of Local/Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Advisors: Dr. Tony Koslow, SIO (Chair); Catherine Moncreiff, Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association;
Dr. Paul Dayton, SIO; Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management
Zach Caldwell: Reef Fish Monitoring Techniques: Assessing the Possibility of Producing Comparable Data
through a Standardized Method
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Mangement; Dr.
Jonathan Shurin, UCSD Biology
Dominique Cano-Stocco: Shark Fin Genetic Analysis - Identification of Species in California Markets
Advisors: Dr. Ron Burton, SIO (Chair); Dr. Thad Kousser, UCSD, Political Science; Dr. Phaedra Doukakis,
SIO, NOAA SWFSC
Susana Cusatti: Projected Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Digir Island, Kuna Yala Comarca, Panama
Advisors: Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD, Economics (Chair); Dr. Reinhard Flick, SIO; Phaedra Doukakis, SIO,
NOAA SWFSC
Jade Delevaux: Socioeconomic factors influencing the effectiveness of co-management
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA (Chair); Josh Cinner, James Cook University; Jeff Graham, SIO; Matthew
Lauer, SDSU
E Jaclyn Fowler: Squid Ink: Written Accounts Inspired by my Involvements in the Marine Conservation
Field
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Steve Bennett, SIO; Dave Gibbons, UCSD, Physical Sciences
Licensing
Karen J. Geisler: Beneath the Surface: Making the Scripps Marine Protected Area Visible
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO; Dr Phil Bourne, UCSD Skaggs School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Phil Zerofski, SIO
Daniel Gonzalez-Paredes: Sea Turtle Conservation in Drake Bay, Costa Rica
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics; Dr. Tomoharu Eguchi,
NOAA SWFSC; David Melero-Duro, Corcovado Foundation NGO
Kristian Gustavson: Exploration and Assessment of the Bohemia Spillway's Ability to Resist Land Loss as
Precedent for Using the Mississippi River to Restore Coastal Louisiana
Advisor: Dr. James Leichter, SIO (Chair); Dr. Daniel Tartakovsky, UCSD Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering;
Dr. John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation
Sara McPherson: Lost in Translation: Using the Green Seas/Blue Seas Initiative to bridge the
communication gap between science and art
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Darrin McGraw, UCSD Humanities; Kristin Evans,
Birch Aquarium; Dr. Paul Dayton, SIO
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Ariana Merlino: Artists Meet the Scientists: The Tijuana Estuary and Beyond
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium; Dr. Oscar Romo, UCSD Urban
Studies & Planning, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Ali Redman: De-glooming Doom: Fun Ways to Teach about Human Impacts In the Marine Environment
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Rachel Millstone, UCSD Education, Amy Bergen, SEACAMP
Alexis Rife: When Good Intentions Aren't Enough… Multi-Use Marine Protected Areas as a Fishery
Management Tool: The Loreto Bay National Park Case Study
Advisor: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO (Chair); Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO; Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra, UC-MEXUS, UCR; Dr.
Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics
Katy Seto: Sierra Leone's Seas: A project to assess the current status & potential role of marine resources
in the development and peace building of Sierra Leone
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Joshua Graff-Zivin, UCSD IRPS, UCSD Economics; Dr. Richard
Matthew, International Institute for Sustainable Development & UCI International and Environmental
Politics; Oli Brown, UN Environment Programme-Sierra Leone
Robin Yeager: Riding the Green Tech Wave: Lessons from Participants in the Reedsport Wave Energy
Project’s Settlement Process
Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI (Chair); Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics; Irene Stillings,
California Center for Sustainable Energy
Melissa Yuen: Shark Fin Culture in the United States: Understanding Consumer Behaviors and Attitudes
Under Proposed Legislative Actions
Advisors: Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management (Chair); Dr. Junjie Zhang, UCSD, IRPS; Dr.
Richard Norris, SIO
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2012
Kristin Anderson: Barca a Bocca: The Future of San Diego Seafood
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Peter Halmay, San Diego Fishermen's Working Group; Dr. Mark
Jacobsen, UCSD Economics
Kristina Barber (with Holly Rindge): Messaging Strategies to Engage the South Coast Recreational
Fishing Community in Ongoing Marine Protected Area Management
Advisors: Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO (Chair); Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management (Chair); Kelly
Sayce, Strategic Earth
Rory Driskell: Coastal Protections: Rocky Intertidal Enforcement
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI; Dr. Richard Norris, SIO
Priscila Estrada: The Gulf of California Sardine Complex: Challenges to Sustainability
Advisors: Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra, UC-MEXUS (Chair); Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO; Dr. Paul Dayton, SIO; Dr. Dale
Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics; Dr. Samuel F. Herrick, NOAA SWFSC
Justin Garver: Modernizing Environmental Analysis: Mapping the Next Step for NEPA
Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI (Chair); Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics; Heidi Batchelor,
SIO Marine Physical Lab
Luciano Hiriart-Bertrand: Considerations for Creating a Marine Protected Area for Spheniscus Penguins
in Southern Chile
Advisors: Dr. Lisa Ballance, SIO (Chair); Isabelle Kay, UCSD; Alejandro Simeone, UNAB-Chile
Kelly Keen: Localization and propagation of seismic shots in the deep-water Beaufort Sea
Advisors: Dr. John Hildebrand, SIO (Chair); Dr. Bruce Thayre, SIO; Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI; Dr. Jay
Barlow NOAA SWFSC, SIO
Nicole Lee: Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Analysis of Beaked Whales in the Bahamas: Implications
for Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Philip Morin, NOAA SWFSC, SIO (Chair); Dr. Phaedra Doukakis-Leslie, SIO, NOAA SWFSC; Dr.
Greg Rouse, SIO; Dr. David Woodruff, UCSD Biology
Kristina Malizia: "It's Not Easy Being Green": An Exploration of the Environmental Attitude-Behavior Gap
Advisors: Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management (Chair); Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO; Kristin Evans,
Birch Aquarium
Tamara Mayer: Aloha ‘Āina: Bringing together innovative ideas and relevant literature to develop a
collective approach for sustainably managing natural resources in Hawai‘i
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Dr. Jericho Berg, UCSD
Communications
Alejandra Meza Monge: Testing sustainability in Triggerfish and Leopard grouper fisheries in the
Northern Gulf of California
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Advisors: Dr. Philip Hastings, SIO (Chair); Dr. Brad Erisman, SIO; Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD
Economics
Javier Naretto: Mollusks from Southern South America, the Scotia Arc and Antarctic Peninsula; assessing
connectivity among these regions
Advisors: Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO; Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO; Dr. Kaustuv Roy, UCSD Biology; Heidi Batchelor, SIO
Caitlin Scully: Hidden in the Hoodoos: Interpreting the Chronology and Past Environments of Cedar
Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Judith Coats, Birch Aquarium; Dr. Jericho Burg, UCSD
Communications
Holly Rindge (with Kristina Barber): Messaging Strategies to Engage the South Coast Recreational
Fishing Community in Ongoing Marine Protected Area Management
Advisors: Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management (Chair); Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO; Kelly Sayce,
Strategic Earth
Alyssa Swall: Abundance, Distribution, and Type of Marine Debris in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
Advisors: Dr. Lisa T. Ballance, SIO (Chair); Miriam Goldstein, SIO; Dr. Gordon McCord, UCSD IRPS
Jessica Umansky Greenstein: IATTC and ICCAT: Understanding Drivers of Change for Bycatch Mitigation
in Two RFMO’s
Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Moore, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Dr. Phaedra Doukakis, NOAA
SWFSC, SIO; Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics
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2013
Bowen Cao: Business Plan: China Coral Conservation Center
Advisors: Stephen Bennett, Earthrisk Technologies (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Dr. Junjie Zhang, UCSD
IRPS
Daniel Conley: Relationships between the Japanese Style MPA System and Coral Cover in Ishigaki Japan
Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO (Chair); Dr. George Sugihara, SIO; Dr. Craig Callander, UCSD Ethics
Emily Gottlieb: The Changing Climate of Science Education: Bringing Ocean Acidification to Middle
School Teachers
Advisors: Dr. Andreas Andersson, SIO (Chair); Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium; Dr. David Kline, SIO
Farnaz Farhang: The bioaccumulation of heavy metals in trematode Euhaplorchis californiensis: use of
parasites in environmental monitoring and impact assessments
Advisors: Dr. Dimitri Deheyn, SIO (Chair); Dr. Kevin Lafferty, UCSB; Dr. Rebecca Lewison, SDSU
Tara Jain: Corals in Hot Water: Bringing Together Science and Management in the Andaman Islands for
effective conservation
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Heidi Batchelor, SIO; Manish Chandi, Nature Conservation
Foundation, India
Frances Kinney: Ocean Connectors: Connecting Youth for Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium at Scripps; Stephen Bennett,
EarthRisk Technologies
Monika Krach: EEZ Seeps: Exploration, Exploitation, and Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerick, SIO, ELI; Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO
Heather Krish: Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Cryptic OpportUNIties
Advisors: Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO (Chair), Dr.Theodore Groves, UCSD Economics
Kathleen A. Mullen-Ley: The Future of Seafood Labeling Under the World Trade Organization: Lessons
from the Dolphin-Safe Tuna Dispute
Advisors: Dr. Jeremy Rusin, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI; Dr. Theodore Groves,
UCSD Economics
Ashley Nee: Vaquita Safe Shrimp: New Gear and Market Incentives for Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA (Chair); Dr. Richard Norris, SIO; Catalina Lopez, UC MEXUS, UCR
Ralph Pace: Punta Colorada: the Value of a Wave
Advisors: Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO (Chair); Dr. Richard Norris, SIO; Dr. Richard Carson, UCSD Economics
Yat-Long Poon: Remixing Science Education: Learning Through Video Production and Reinterpretation
Advisors: Dr. Brian Goldfarb, UCSD Communications (Chair); Ivan Rosero, UCSD Communications; Brad
Werner, SIO
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Genevieve Rich: Locally Landed San Diego: Understanding San Diego's Commercial Fishery and the
Possibility of Creating a Community Supported Fishery
Advisors: Dr. Phaedra Doukakis, NOAA SWFSC, SIO (Chair); Dr. David Checkley, SIO; Dave Rudy, Catalina
Offshore Products
Justine Schmidt: The Blue Bahr Film Festival: Raising Ocean Awareness Through Film
Advisors: Dr. Amro Hamdoun, SIO (Chair), Najib El Haddad, American University of Technology in
Lebanon; Daniella Russo, Plastic Pollution Coalition; Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, USCD Economics
Anthony Shiao: Dynamic MPA ver.0.0: Adapting Southern California against Potential Climate-Forced
Hypoxia
Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Dr. Arthur Miller, SIO
Alayna Siddall: Marine Protected Areas and Recreational Fishing for Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus) in
Southern California: An Economic Perspective.
Advisors: Dr. Theodore Groves, UCSD, Economics (Chair); Dr. Stephen Stohs, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Brice
Semmens, SIO
Mark Smith: Aquaculture in America: Economic Factors Driving Change
Advisers: Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics (Chair); Federico Rotman, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research
Institute
Vanessa Van Zerr: The effects of Inter-annual Climate Variability on the Departures of Leatherback
Marine Turtles from the California Current Ecosystem
Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Seminoff, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Dr. Art Miller, SIO; James
Sheppard, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
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2014
Hafizh Adyas: Tracing the Hunter: Estimating the Abundance of Vulnerable Shark Species in Wakatobi,
Indonesia.
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Phaedra Doukakis-Leslie, NOAA SWFSC, SIO; Imam Musthofa
Zainudin, WWF Indonesia, Brian Zgliczynski, SIO
Lalitha Asirvadam: The Mangroves of Curaçao: An Ecosystem Worth Protecting
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO; Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium; Dr. David
Kline, SIO; Yassir Eddebbar, SIO
Dominique Barnes: Connecting the Olympia oyster with the San Diego Seafood Market
Advisors: Dr. Theresa Sinicrope-Talley, SIO (Chair); Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics
Amy Bowman: Losing Base: Education and Changing Ocean Chemistry
Advisors: Dr. Andreas Andersson (chair) SIO; Kristin Evans, Birch Aquarium; Lauren Linsmayer, SIO; Emily
Gottleib, SIO
Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson: Rigs to Reefs: Exploring the Future of California's Offshore Oil and
Gas Platforms
Advisors: Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO (Chair); Dr. Jules Jaffe, SIO (Chair); Milton Love, UCSB; Paul Krause,
Environmental Resource Management; Charlotte Vick, Mission Blue
Meredith Epp: If You Can't See it, Does it Still Exist? Mapping and Tracking Debris in the Deep Sea
Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI (Chair); Dr. Lisa Levin (SIO); Nicholas Mallos, Ocean
Conservancy
Brett Garner and Chris Neighbors: Kia Over There
Advisors: Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO (Chair, SIO); Dr. Brad Erisman, SIO (Chair); Scott Williams, Filmmaker
Amber Jackson and Emily Callahan: Rigs to Reefs: Exploring the Future of California's Offshore Oil and
Gas Platforms
Advisors: Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO (Chair); Dr. Jules Jaffe, SIO (Chair); Milton Love, UCSB; Paul Krause,
Environmental Resource Management; Charlotte Vick, Mission Blue
Dana Kochnower: The Behavioral Science of Natural Infrastructure Investments
Advisors: Sheila Reddy, The Nature Conservancy (Chair); Reinhard Flick, SIO, Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD
Rady School of Management
Cynthia Matzke: Connectivity: A 4K Documentary Exploring Intertwined Ecosystems Throughout the
Pacific
Advisors: Susan Kucera, Cinepartners (Chair); Greg Rouse, SIO, Aaron Thode, SIO; Stuart Sandin, SIO;
Michael Buckingham, SIO
Jennifer McWhorter: Creation of a particulate organic matter (POM) stable carbon and nitrogen isotope
map, or 'isoscape', of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California
Advisors: Carolyn M Kurle, UCSD, Division of Biological Studies (Chair); Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO; Ralf
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Goericke, SIO; Heidi Batchelor, SIO
Chris Neighbors and Brett Garner, Kia Over There
Advisors: Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO (Chair); Dr. Brad Erisman, SIO (Chair); Scott Williams, Filmmaker
Chelsey Nieman: Investigating the long-term effects of climate on Norwegian Spring-Spawn Herring
(Clupea harengus)
Advisors: Dr. Art Miller, SIO (Chair); Dr. David Checkley, SIO; Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD
Economics
Ashleigh Palinkas: Beneath the Surface of San Diego: Perspectives & Innovations at Depth – A History of
San Diego Sport Diving
Advisors: Dr. Paul Dayton, SIO (Chair); Dr. Ed Parnell, SIO; Dr. Theresa Sincrope-Talley, CA Sea Grant,
UCSD; Phil Zerofski, SIO
Elena Perez: Socioeconomic and Ecological Analysis of Artisanal Fishery in Yanuca, Fiji
Advisors: Dr. David Kline, SIO (Chair); Dr. Greg Mitchell, SIO; Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics
E Allison Prange: Contaminant levels in two common sea urchins with ecological and aquaculture
interests: A field study focusing on metals
Advisors: Dr. Dimitri Deheyn, SIO (Chair); Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO; Dave Rudie, Catalina Offshore Products
Stephanie Roach: Developing and Implementing the Barbuda Blue Halo Initiative: A Plan for Sustainable
Ocean Management
Advisors: Dr. Ayana Johnson, Waitt Institute (Chair); Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO, ELI; Dr. Stuart Sandin,
SIO; Stephen Bennett, Verisk Climate
Laurence Romeo: Tracing Anthropogenic Nutrient Inputs Using δ15
N values in Algae Tissue, Koh Tao,
Thailand
Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO (Chair); Heidi Bachelor, SIO
E Alexander Thornton: Pelagic sex: using sperm competition theory to infer mating systems in a suite of
eastern tropical Pacific dolphins
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Richard Norris, SIO; Dr. Philip Hastings, SIO
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2015
Paloma Aguirre: Biofilters in San Diego County: Implications for Stormwater Management, the Water
Regime’s Role, and the Way Forward
Advisors: Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Keith Pezzoli, UCSD Urban Studies & Planning; Dr. Serge Dedina,
WILDCOAST/COSTASALVAJE
E Ana Luisa Ahern: Molecular Identification of Fish Eggs from Cabo Pulmo National Park
Advisors: Dr. Ron Burton, SIO (Chair); Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO
Adnan Hassan Alalawi: The Possibility of Using Hydrophones to Detect Trawling Activity of Boats with
Outboard Motors
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO
E Alicia Amerson: Through Their Eyes - a whale watching study to determine best practices for
sustainable and responsible whale watching along the Pacific coast
Advisors: Dr. John Hildebrand, SIO (Chair); Dr. Jay Barlow, NOAA; Ryan Wulff, NOAA; Jeff Pantukhoff, The
Whaleman Foundation
Natalie Blea: An Assessment of Toxic Effects of PBDEs
Advisors: Dr. Dimitri Deheyn, SIO (Chair); Dr. Amro Hamdoun, SIO; Chris Stransky, Amec Foster Wheeler
Nathalie Delherbe Martínez: Hemolymph Bacterial Community of Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in
Response to Long-term hypercapnia
Advisors: Dr. Eric E. Allen, SIO (Chair); Dr. Martin Tresguerres, SIO
Chad Hamilton-Koll: It’s Not About the Classroom: Teaching applied scientific concepts using
experiential learning
Advisors: Phil Zerofski, SIO (Chair); Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO; Dr. Ayana Johnson, Waitt Institute
Nathaniel Hanna Holloway: Two-Dimensional, Near-Shore, Large-Scale Marine Benthic Imagery:
Creating a Valuable Tool for Coral Reef Conservationists and Managers
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Waitt Institute
Michele Heller: An Exploration of Effective Messaging for Shark Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Sue Chen, NOVA Medical Products
Tom Holm: Treasures of the Island of the Blue Dolphins: Educational Tools and Outreach Techniques to
Inspire the Next Generation of Marine Scientists
Advisors: Dr. Richard Norris, SIO (Chair); Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO; Gary DuBois, J.D., Director of Cultural
Resources, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indian Tribes
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Taylor Maddalene: Building Partnerships for Science Communication and Application in the Line Islands
of Kiribati
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO; Dr. Randi Rotjan, New England Aquarium
Johanna Marsters: Sailing to Save the Seas: Marine Science Education On-board a Working Tall Ship
Advisors: Susan Johnson, South Bayfront Sailing Association (Chair); Dr. Cheryl Peach, Birch Aquarium; Dr.
Richard Norris, SIO
Chase Martin: Genetic Identification of Octopus Species in Southern California Seafood Markets
Advisors: Dr. Ron Burton, SIO (Chair); Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO; Dr. Dick Norris, SIO
X Caroline McCandless: Women’s Wetsuits: the right fit
Advisors: Kim McCoy, NATO, Ocean Sensors, Inc. (Chair); Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of
Management
Mallory Morgan: The Climate Around Climate Change on Florida’s Reefs: In Action or Inaction? A
Qualitative Evaluation of the Climate Change Action Plan for the Florida Reef System 2010-2015
Advisors: Alex Score, EcoAdapt (Chair); Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management; Dr.
Jennifer Smith, SIO
Elizabeth Huntley Penniman: A Look at the Marine Ornamental Fish Market for Captive-Bred Species
Advisors: Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management (Chair); Dr. Judy St. Leger, SeaWorld
Parks and Entertainment
Oriana Poindexter: The Fish Market Chronicles: A Pan-Pacific Survey
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO; Dr. Octavio
Aburto, SIO
Canon Purdy: Barking News Story: Media Perceptions of the California Sea Lion
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Zachary Schakner, UCLA
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Marina Som: Developing a Draft Management Plan for the Dike Rock Intertidal Area, Scripps Coastal
Reserve, La Jolla, California
Advisors: Isabelle Kay, UCSD Natural Reserve System (Chair); Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO
Lauren Ward: Climate Change, Community Resilience, and Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico
Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO (Chair); Dr. Andrew Shepard, Gulf of Mexico University Research
Collaborative; Dr. Richard Somerville, SIO; Scott Ressler, National Geographic
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2016
Bridget Altman: Fun with Fishes: Making fish diversity more accessible to the public using the SIO Marine
Vertebrate Collection
Advisors: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO (Chair); Rochelle Mothokakobo, Ocean Discovery Institute; H.J. Walker,
SIO; Ben Frable, SIO
David Anderson: Integrated Aquaculture of Shrimp and Clams: A study of economic feasibility and
environmental effect
Advisors: Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO
Breck B. Archer: In-Foam-Us: Combatting Climate Change Through Development of Signature Products
Using Algal Biotechnology
Advisors: Dr. Stephen Mayfield, UCSD Biology (Chair); Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics
Ashly Carabetta: Increasing Ocean Stewardship and Awareness through the use of Large-Scale
Photomosaics
Advisors: Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Mark Vermeij, CARMABI Research Station
Catherine Courtier: Comparing Apples to Oranges, and Turning Them Into Fish; A Framework for Valuing
Marine Species Used by Competing Resource Users
Advisors: Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO; Alfredo Girón-Nava, SIO
Jodie Darquea: Recognition of mangrove ecosystem services by the community and policy makers in the
Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Advisors: Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO (Chair); Dr. Tara Whitty, SIO; Dr. Arielle Levine, SDSU Geology; Raul Carvajal,
CI Ecuador
Mikki Dochez: Can the Collection and Research of Marine Natural Products for Biomedical Uses
Contribute to Conservation in Curacao?
Advisors: Tamara Mayer, Sirenas (Chair); Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO; Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO
Flora Drury: Seafood Direct Marketing from Fisherman to Consumer at Southern California Farmers’ and
Fishermen’s Markets
Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, SIO (Chair); Dr. Stephen Stohs, NOAA SWFSC; Sarah Shoffler, NOAA
SWFSC
Astrid Hsu: Librarium: The Role of Books in Aquariums
Advisors: Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO (Chair); Dr. Rachel Millstone, UCSD Education
Aaron Keohane: A Look into the Carrageenan Industry: How Tourism, Markets and Demand Affect the
Seaweed Farmers of Bali, Indonesia
Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO (Chair); Dr. Tara Sayuri Whitty, SIO
Gwendal Le Fol: An Analysis of Fish Bycatch in the California Large Mesh Drift Gillnet Fishery
Advisors: Dr. Stephen Stohs, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Heidi Dewar, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO;
Brian Stock, SIO
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X Sabrina Mashburn: Southern California's Sea Turtles: Public Perceptions & Conservation
Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Seminoff, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Daniel Lawson, NOAA Protected Resources Division;
Dr. Stuart Sandin, SIO
Kate Masury and Emily Tripp: Follow Your Fish: Traceability Case Studies of American Caught Seafood
Advisors: Dr. Theresa Sinicrope Talley, California Sea Grant (Chair); Sarah Shoffler, NOAA SWFSC; Dr.
Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Richard Norris, SIO
Helen Meigs: The biological and market potential of farming Pandalus platyceros along the Pacific coast
Advisors: Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO (Chair); Dr. Dale Squires, NOAA SWFSC, USCD Economics; Dr. Sarah
Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. James Hilger, NOAA SWFSC
Kipp Searles: Understanding the Relationship between Market Price and Fishery Yields in el Golfo de
Santa Clara
Advisors: Dr. Andrew F Johnson, SIO (Chair); Dr. Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, SIO; Catalina López-
Sagástegui, UC MEXUS, UCR
Amber Stronk: A Scientist's Guide to Philanthropy: Bridging the Gap between Marine Conservation
Biologists and Funding
Advisors: Mark Spalding, The Ocean Foundation (Chair); Stuart Krantz, SIO; Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO
Amanda Townsel: Ecotourism or Ecotour-ish? Evaluation of Marine-Based Ecotourism in Marine
Protected Areas of Baja California Sur
Advisors: Dr. Andrew Frederick Johnson, SIO (Chair); Dr. Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, UCSD
Communications; Dr. Octavio Aburto, SIO
Emily Tripp and Kate Masury: Follow Your Fish: Traceability Case Studies of American Caught Seafood
Advisors: Dr. Theresa Sinicrope Talley, California Sea Grant (Chair); Sarah Shoffler, NOAA SWFSC; Dr.
Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC; Dr. Richard Norris, SIO
E Jon Walker: Relative abundance of opah (Lampris guttatus) along the California coast from 1982 to
2014
Advisors: Dr. Phil Hastings, SIO (Chair); Dr. Steven Teo, NOAA SWFSC
Shannon Waters: Stand Up for Science: Lessons on Ocean Acidification from the Agua Hedionda Lagoon
Advisors: Dr. Todd Martz (Chair), SIO; Dr. Rachel Millstone, UCSD Education
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2017
Shayna Brody: Unmanned: Investigating the Use of Drones with Marine Mammals
Advisors: Dr. Greg Rouse, SIO (Chair); Dr. John Hildebrand, SIO; Alicia Amerson, Tesla Foundation; Ryan
Wulff, NOAA, IWC; Morgan Heim, Day’s Edge Productions
E Alayne Chappell: Sharks without Borders: Genetic relatedness in Northeastern Pacific Common
Thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus), and implications for US-Mexico bilateral management
Advisors: Dr. Dovi Kacev, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Dr. Philip Hastings, SIO; Dr. Daniel Cartamil, SIO; Dr.
Andrew Nosal, SIO
Brant Chlebowski: Sustainable Seaweed Aquaculture -Exploring how to grow, sell, and consume a native
seaweed in the emerging culinary market
Advisors: Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO (Chair); Dr. On Amir, UCSD Rady School of Management; Mike Fox, SIO;
Rob Ruiz, Land & Water Co.
Allison Lee Cusick: FjordPhyto: Antarctic Citizen Science Project
Advisors: Dr. Maria Vernet, SIO (Chair); Dr. George Watters, NOAA SWFSC
E Jaclyn Mandoske: Can Blue Carbon Further Conservation? Approaches to Conservation through a
Portfolio of Blue Carbon Options: Case Study in The Bahamas
Advisors: Dr. Katie Arkema (Chair), The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University; Dr. Octavio Aburto,
SIO, Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics
E Maurizio Martinelli: What happened to Big Mama? Exploring changes in size class distribution of
mounding Porites coral on Maui reefs following the 2015 thermal bleaching event
Advisors: Dr. Emily Kelly, SIO (Chair); Dr. Jennifer Smith, SIO; Darla J. White, DLNR Division of Aquatic
Resources
Lynn Massey and Prestyn McCord: AMBAS in Action: How an all women’s group is leading sea turtle
conservation efforts in El Salvador
Advisors: Dr. Jeffrey Seminoff, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Ana Luisa Ahern, EcoViva (Chair); Dr. Alexander
Gaos, Eastern Hawksbill Initiative; Dr. Ayelet Gneezy, UCSD Rady School of Management
Ben Meissner: Conservation in Practice: The Implementation of Marine Protected Areas near Resource-
Dependent Fishing Communities in Cuba
Advisors: Dr. Andrew Johnson (SIO); Dr. Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, SIO; Nathan Dappen, Day’s Edge
Productions
Kiersten Miller: Pesca Limpia en El Salvador: Examining Management Measures for the Use of Artificial
Reefs in the Bay of Jiquilisco
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Advisors: Dr. Kathryn Mengerink, Waitt Institute (Chair); Ana Luisa Ahern, EcoViva; Dr. Martin Hall, Inter-
American Tropical Tuna Commission
Abby Newman: Eat with a Porpoise: Measuring the Effectiveness of Seafood Certification and Rating
System Programs to Inform a Vaquita-Friendly Seafood Market
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); Catalina López-Sagástegui, UC MEXUS, UCR; Oriana
Poindexter, NOAA SWFSC
Nina Rosen: The Cooperative Community of Punta Abreojos: Seeking Solutions to the Pressures of Small-
Scale Fisheries
Advisors: Dr. Andrew Johnson, SIO (Chair); Alfredo Girón, SIO; Dr. Mark Jacobsen, UCSD Economics;
Catalina López-Sagástegui, UC MEXUS, UCR
Rachel Sadowski: Make Wetlands Great Again: Reviewing salt marsh vegetation restoration in the Tijuana
River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Advisors: Dr. Jeff Crooks, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Chair); Dr. Lisa Levin, SIO
Derek Smith: Community perception and recommendations on the use of pot fishing gear in the Gulf of
Alaska sablefish fishery
Advisors: Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA SWFSC (Chair); John Crofts, NOAA Corps
Derek Southern: United States Marine Fisheries Electronic-Catch Reporting: Status Report and
Recommendations
Advisors: Dr. Brice Semmens, SIO (Chair), Dr. Stephen Stohs, NOAA
Lark Starkey: Challenges to Plastic Up-Cycling in Small Island Communities: A Palauan Tale
Advisors: Samantha Murray, SIO (Chair); Dr. George Leonard, Ocean Conservancy; Dr. Brian Zgliczynski,
SIO; Susan Kloulechad, Ebiil Society; Garfield Kwan, SIO
E Kelly Swiech: Assessing the Opportunities and Challenges of Creating a Sustainability Certification for
the Marine Aquarium Trade
Advisors: Dr. Brian Zgliczynski, SIO (Chair); Dr. Yoan Eynaud, SIO
Laura Walsh: Gap Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities for Climate-Smart Storm Water Management in
San Diego
Advisors: Laura Engeman, San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative (Chair), Robert Leiter, UCSD Urban
Studies & Planning
Allard van der Graaf: The Issues of Solid Waste Management on Small Islands. Using Malapascua Island,
Philippines as a Case Study
Advisors: Dr. Mark Jacobson, UCSD Economics (Chair); Dr. Emily Kelly, SIO; Dr. Simon Oliver, University of
Chester; Dr. Nico Ravanilla, UCSD GPS