Current Activities:
Founder of and Marine Biologist for M-REP, Carlsbad, CA.
Company Focus
Supply of marine organisms for the purpose of education, research and
natural drug discovery.
Scientific Consulting dealing with habitat enhancement, marine aquaculture
and water quality issues.
Current Contracts
Principle Investigator representing Carlsbad Aquafarm, Inc in a RWQCB
tac group investigation of point source pollution by fecal coliform in
local San Diego Lagoons.
Research Biologist for the reestablishment of the genus Haliotis (abalone)
into the Point Loma CA area. (Southern California Abalone Association,
Cal. Fish and Game)
Academic Activities
Instructor at Palomar College (San Marcos, CA) and Orange Coast College
(Costa Mesa, CA.)
Courses Taught: General Biology for majors/non-majors, Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology, Upper Division Ecology, and Microbiology.
Past Activities:
Research Biologist, Vantuna Research Group, Los Angeles, CA responsible
for the following programs:
Program Manager for:
1.The evaluation of fish enhancement structures, eelgrass mitigation
plan for Nimitz class at CVN Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego,
CA. (U.S. Navy)
2.Receiving water monitoring and reporting program and participant
of Chevron's Oil Spill Response Team for Chevron Products Company, El Segundo
Refinery.
Co-project Manager and Field Coordinator for Southern California Edison
and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Coastal Generating Stations.
Research Biologist for:
1.The White Seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, monitoring project. (California
Department of Fish and Game)
2.Monitoring the ichthyofauna and ichthyoplankton of King Harbor, Redondo
Beach, CA and the Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA.
Field Researcher for assessing the biota of Portuguese Bend, Palos Verdes,
CA in order to evaluate the value of restoring a kelp bed. (U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers)
EDUCATION:
Masters Degree in Biology. California State University, Fullerton.
Thesis: Spatial and temporal distributions of soft bottom bivalves in
Newport Beach, Ca.
Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. California State University,
Fullerton.
