
ABOUT ME

As Interim Director of Hatchery Operations, I oversee all microalgae and oyster seed production at Mook Sea Farm, supervising a team of eight. As Director of Research & Development, I focus on improving hatchery and farm production by increasing resiliency to environmental change. This role also includes facilitating communication between the shellfish aquaculture industry and academic scientists, federal and state agencies, and others. I achieve this by serving in regional groups such as the Northeast Coastal Acidification Network and the Maine eDNA External Advisory Committee, as well as by serving on Federal Program Review Committees, and by facilitating academic research at MSF. I reach out beyond MSF to other shellfish growers and hatcheries to encourage collaboration and gain perspective on industry research needs.
EDUCATION
2007 - 2013
PhD, Biological Oceanography
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
POSITIONS
2013 - 2016
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Ocean Biogeochemistry & Climate Change
East Boothbay, Maine
2014 - 2015
Appointee
State of Maine's Ocean Acidification Study Commission
Augusta, Maine
2013
Postdoctoral Investigator
Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution
Biological Oceanography
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
2015 - 2016
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Oceanographic Science
Brunswick, Maine