Meet the Participants of the Chief Scientist Training Program

Principal Investigators

Mitch Lyle, Oregon State University (Co-chief Scientist)

Greg Mountain, Rutgers University

Masako Tominaga, Texas A&M University (Chief Scientist)

Anne Trehu, Oregon State University

Postdoc Mentors

Kathy Davenport, Oregon State University

Benjamin Phrampus, Oregon State University

Early Career Scientists

Collin Brandl — M.S. student, University of New Mexico

John DeSanto — Ph.D. student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Irina Filina — Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Casey Hearn — Ph.D. student, University of Rhode Island

Brandi Lenz — Ph.D. student, Ohio State University

Ashley Long — Ph.D. student, Coastal Carolina University

Estefania Ortiz — M.S. student (planned Ph.D.), Texas A&M University

Brendan Philip — Ph.D. student, University of Washington

Brendan Reilly — Ph.D. student, Oregon State University

Valerie Sahakian — postdoc, USGS

Jessie Saunders — Ph.D. student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

William (John) Schmelz — Ph.D. student, Rutgers University

Emily Schottenfels — Ph.D. student, Boston University

Srisharan Shreedharan — Ph.D. student, Penn State University

Kittipong Somchat — Ph.D. student, Texas A&M University

Parker Sprinkle — M.S. student, North Carolina State University

Maureen Walczak — postdoc, Oregon State University

Alexis Wright — Ph.D. student, USGS/Colorado School of Mines

Subbarao Yelisetti — Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University—Kingsville

 Outreach Specialist

Rebecca Fowler, Freelance Science Writer