Career Profiles
Oceanography magazine includes a recurring column on “career profiles” of marine scientists who have pursued successful and fulfilling careers outside of academia. These profiles are intended to advise ocean sciences graduate students about career options other than teaching and/or research in a university setting.
Call for Career Profiles
Oceanography needs your help to make this careers column a success. Finding the right subjects is a challenging task, and Oceanography needs suggestions about who to profile. Please consult your roots, your rolodex, or your iPhone or Blackberry contacts folders and provide Oceanography with information about people you know whose career paths might inspire and inform the next generation. Do you have suggestions? Please send their contact information to Ellen Kappel, Editor, Oceanography.
2025
NEW » Flávia M. Guebert, Director, Coral Vivo Project, Coral Vivo Institute, Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia, Brazil
NEW » Lilian (Lica) Krug, Scientific Coordinator, Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR) – Campus de Gambelas, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
2024
Cassaundra Rose, Policy Advisor, Natural and Working Lands, US Climate Alliance
Emma R. Ozanich, Project Scientist and Acoustic Modeler, JASCO Applied Sciences (US office)
Jocelyn Runnebaum, Marine Scientist, The Nature Conservancy
Scott Loranger, Acoustician and Application Scientist, Kongsberg Discovery
2023
In this supplement to the Oceanography special issue, Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Ocean Sciences, we present a series of one-page autobiographical sketches written by ocean scientists from diverse backgrounds. In these sketches we learn what the scientists do, the challenges they have faced, and what they find rewarding about their work.
2022
2021
2020
KIM I. MARTINI | Senior Oceanographer, Sea-Bird Scientific
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STEPHANIE WEAR | Senior Scientist and Strategy Advisor, Global Science, The Nature Conservancy
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CONOR McMANUS | Deputy Chief, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Marine Fisheries
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NICOLE ELKO | President, Elko Coastal Consulting Inc.
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2019
MARLEY JARVIS | Outreach and Education Specialist, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, University of Washington
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MIRIAM GOLDSTEIN | Director of Ocean Policy and Managing Director of Energy and Environment, Center for American Progress
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SHERRY LIPPIATT | California Regional Coordinator, NOAA Marine Debris Program/IM Systems Group
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LISA MUNGER | Independent Contractor and Research Affiliate/Lecturer at University of Oregon
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HOLLY ROLLS | Owner, Senior Instructor, and Guide, Happy Paddler Kayak Tours & EcoVentures
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2018
AARON GOLDNER | Energy Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
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ORENS DE FOMMERVAULT | Research Scientist, Alseamar
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HEATHER HAVENS | Vice President, Program Development, National Defense Industrial Association» 290 KB pdf
ANDREAS KRUPKE | Scientist III, Verification & Validation Department, Thermo Fisher Scientific» 290 KB pdf
ANNA J. MALEK MERCER | Executive Director, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
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JEFF STANDISH | Manager, Corporate Sustainability, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota» 90 KB pdf
2017
KATHERINE BRODIE | Research Oceanographer, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center» 290 KB pdf
ANDREA DELL’APA | Marine Restoration Specialist, Ocean Conservancy’s Gulf Restoration Program» 76 KB pdf
KATY HILL | Scientific Officer for the Global Climate Observing System and the Global Ocean Observing System, World Meteorological Organization» 76 KB pdf
NICOLE RAINEAULT | Vice President of Exploration and Science Operations, Ocean Exploration Trust» 205 KB pdf
JO-ANN ROSARIO-LLANTÍN | Consultant in Physical Oceanography; Founder, Executive Director, and Principal Scientist, Coastal and Environmental Research Applications Inc.» 64 KB pdf
2016
JULIET HERMES |Manager and Principal Oceanographer, Egagasini Node for Marine Offshore Systems, South African Environmental Observation Network» 508 KB pdf
FIONA HORSFALL |Chief, Climate Services Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service» 508 KB pdf
CECILE S. ROUSSEAUX | Research Scientist, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Universities Space Research Association Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center » 71 KB pdf
SARAH A. STONE and MICAELA S. PARKER | Program Managers, eScience Institute, University of Washington» 105 KB pdf
ADRIENNE J. SUTTON | Research Scientist, University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory » 105 KB pdf2015
CYNTHIA J. DECKER | Executive Director, NOAA Science Advisory Board, and Acting Director, NOAA Cooperative Institute Program Office» 85 KB pdf
KELLY A. KRYC | Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, US State Department» 86 KB pdf
2014
DEIRDRE A. BYRNE | Surface Oceanography Unit, National Oceanographic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration» 85 KB pdf
ELLEN LETTVIN | Vice President for Science and Education, Pacific Science Center, on assignment as Noyce Fellow, Department of Education» 54 KB pdf
PATTY PRATT | Systems Engineer and Calibration and Validation Lead for Ocean Color, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems» 85 KB pdf
2013
MONA BEHL | Research Coordinator, Texas Sea Grant College Program, Texas A&M University» 130 KB pdf
JON KAYE | Program Officer, Marine Microbiology Initiative, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation» 108 KB pdf
CHRIS WEAVER | Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, currently on assignment to the US Global Change Research Program» 121 KB pdf
2012
KEITH ALVERSON | Head of Climate Change Adaptation and Terrestrial Ecosystems Branch and Climate Change Adaptation Unit, United Nations Environment Programme/Department ofEnvironmental Policy Implementation » 89 KB pdf
MARIA G. HONEYCUTT | Coastal Hazards Specialist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration» 137 KB pdf
FRITZ STAHR | Manager, Seaglider Fabrication Center, School of Oceanography, University of Washington » 105 KB pdf
2011
HENRIETTA N. EDMONDS | Program Director, Arctic Natural Sciences, National Science Foundation » 98 KB pdf
MITCHELL MALONE | Assistant Director of Science Services/Manager of Science Operations, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University » 311 KB pdf
KRIS McELWEE | Pacific Islands Coordinator, Marine Debris Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration » 508 KB pdf
AUDREY M. ROGERSON | Director of Development, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University » 90 KB pdf
2010
SHARON E.R. FRANKS | Director, Research Proposal Development Service, University of California, San Diego » 456 KB pdf
ALBERTO MALINVERNO | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Borehole Research Group » 592 KB pdf
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