EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Oceanography – Applied Ocean Science, June 2015
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, CA
Thesis: “Novel Marine Inorganic Carbon System Sensors for the Anthropocene”

M.S. Oceanography – Applied Ocean Science, December 2010
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, CA

B.S. Chemical Engineering Summa Cum Laude, May 2008
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

APPOINTMENTS:

2020 – present:  Assistant Professor, UNC Wilmington’s Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Center for Marine Science
2019 – 2020:  Director of the Sandbox: a Scripps Makerspace, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2017 – 2020:  Research & Development Engineer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
2015 – 2016:  Environmental Scientist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
2009 – 2015:  Graduate Research Asst., Scripps Institution of Oceanography

AWARDS AND HONORS

· Departmental Citizenship Award, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UNCW (Inaugural recipient, 2023). “To recognize exemplary behavior of a Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences faculty member based on overall and well-rounded contributions to all three evaluative areas (Teaching, Research+Scholarship, Service) in combination with outstanding collegial behavior.”
· Invited as one of four speakers for the National Science Foundation Frontiers in Ocean Science Symposium (2020) and as a return alumnus panelist (2021).
· UC Ship Funds awardee and Chief Scientist (as a Ph.D. Candidate) on-board the R/V Sproul (2014).
· Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography (DISCO) XXIV Invitee (2014).
· Scripps Student Symposium (S3) award for best talk (2014).
· Scripps student video competition: Best Video in Climate, Ocean, and Atmosphere Program (2014).
· Scripps Community Outreach Program for Education most frequent volunteer (2013 & 2014).
· National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2010 – 13).
· Elizabeth Nevius Award & Lehigh University President’s Scholarship (2008 – 09).
· Lehigh University William H. Chandler Prize in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (2008).

GRANTS:

· Charles L. Cahill Grant, UNCW Research Office. Rother, M. (PI), Bresnahan, P.J., and Hawkes, A. (co-PIs). A multidisciplinary approach to assessing the vulnerability of baldcypress wetlands to flooding and increased salinity levels. $12K (2023–24).
· Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Continuing the Mission: SeaHawk-1 Ocean Color CubeSat Satellite. Bresnahan, P.J. (PI), Rivero-Calle, S. (Co-PI), Frensley, B.T., and Brewin, R. (Sr. Research Personnel). $2.2M (2022-25).
· NSF Major Research Instrumentation: Acquisition of a novel multi sensor-equipped unmanned aerial system (UAS) observatory for coastal mapping. Pricope, N. (PI), Leonard, L., Halls, J., Bresnahan, P.J., and Eulie, D. (co-PIs). $851K (2022-25).
· NOAA Small Business Innovative Research Phase II: The pHyter and Other Oceanographic Tools for Citizen Science and STEM Education. Spaulding, R. (PI), Bresnahan, P.J. (Key Individual). Total budget $500K; UNCW subaward $28K (2022-24).
· NOAA Small Business Innovative Research Phase I: pHyter: An Oceanographic Tool for Citizen Science and STEM Education. Spaulding, R. (PI, Sunburst Systems, Inc.), Bresnahan, P.J. (Key Individual), and others. Total budget $150K; UNCW subaward $15K (2021).
· Research Momentum Funds, UNCW Research Office. Bresnahan, P.J. (PI), Pricope, N. & Halls, J. (co-PIs). $5.5K (2020).
· UNCW Office of Innovation and Commercialization MARBIONC Blue Economy Grant (PI). $11.5K (2020).
· Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation Award (PI). $15K (2019).
· San Diego Gas & Electric Community Engagement Award (PI). $7.5K (2018).
· UCSD Institute for the Global Entrepreneur Award (PI). $1K (2018).
· NSF-OTIC Award 1736905: Collaborative Research: Self-Calibrating pH Sensors for Autonomous Collection of Climate Quality Data. Bresnahan, P.J., and Takeshita, Y. (Co-Lead PIs), Martz, T. (co-PI). $675K (2017-2020).
· Helped attract major research donation from Lost Bird Project and led research and project/budget management. In collaboration with Martz, T., Andersson, A., and Cyronak, T. $1.25M (2016).
· Research donation from Scripps Foundation for Science & the Environment. $5K (2013).

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

last updated Fall 2023; * denotes student author

In Review:

Brewin, R.J.W., Brewin, T., Bresnahan, P.J., Davis, K., Sun, X., Wilson, N., Brunner, L., Dall’Olmo, G. (in review). Lab on a Secchi disk: A prototype opensource profiling package for low-cost monitoring in aquatic environments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.

Skelton, Z., McCormick, L., Kwan, G., Lonthair, J., … Bresnahan, P.J., et al. (8th of 34 authors) (in review). Organismal responses to deteriorating water quality during the historic 2020 red tide off Southern California. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.

Published:

Bresnahan, P.J., Farquhar, E.*, Portelli, D.*, Tydings, M.*, Wirth, T., Martz, T.R. (2023). A low-cost carbon dioxide monitoring system for coastal and estuarine sensor networks. Oceanography 36(Supplement 1), doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.4.

Bresnahan, P.J., Briggs, E., Davis*, B., Rodriguez, A., Edwards*, L., Peach, C., Renner, N., Merrifield, M. (2022). A Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor for Education, Citizen Science, and Research. Oceanography. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.101.

Shipley, K., Martz, T.R., Bresnahan, P.J., Wirth, T. (2022). Metabolic rates in the Agua Hedionda Lagoon during the 2020 Southern California red tide event. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00018.

Bresnahan, P.J., Cyronak, T., Brewin, R.J.W., Andersson, A., Wirth, T., Martz, T., Courtney, T., Hui, N., Kastner, R., Stern, A., McGrain, T., Reinicke, D., Richard, J., Hammond, K., Waters, S. (2022). A high-tech, low-cost, Internet of Things surfboard fin for coastal citizen science, outreach, and education. Continental Shelf Research. 242. doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104748. [Invited submission to special issue.]

McCluskey, E., Brewin, R.J.W., Vanhellemont, Q., Jones, O., Cummings, D., Tilstone, G., Jackson, T., Widdicombe, C., Woodward, M., Bresnahan, P.J., Cyronak, T., Andersson, A.J. (2022). An unconventional investigation into the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in nearshore coastal waters of southwest England. Oceans. 3(2), 125-146. doi.org/10.3390/oceans3020011.

VanHellemont, Q., Brewin, R.J.W., Bresnahan, P.J., Cyronak, T. (2022). Validation of Landsat 8 high resolution Sea Surface Temperature using surfers. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 265. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107650.

Bresnahan, P.J., Takeshita, Y., Wirth, T., Martz, T.R., Cyronak, T., Albright, R., Wolfe, K., Warren, J. K., Mertz, K. (2021). Autonomous in situ calibration of ion-sensitive field effect transistor pH sensors. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 19(2), 132-144. doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10410.

Brewin, R. J. W., Wimmer, W., Bresnahan, P. J., Cyronak, T., Andersson, A. J., & Dall’Olmo, G. (2021). Comparison of a Smartfin with an Infrared Sea Surface Temperature Radiometer in the Atlantic Ocean. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 841. doi.org/10.3390/rs13050841.

Wolfe, W.H., Shipley, K.M., Bresnahan, P.J. (corresponding author), Takeshita, Y., Wirth, T., Martz, T.R. (2021). Technical note: stability of tris pH buffer in artificial seawater stored in bags. Ocean Science. doi.org/10.5194/os-17-819-2021.

Bresnahan, P.J., Wirth, T., Martz, T.R., Shipley, K., Rowley, V., Anderson, C., Grimm, T. (2020). Equipping Smart Coasts with Marine Water Quality IoT Sensors. Results in Engineering. doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2019.100087.

Brewin R.J.W., Cyronak, T., Bresnahan, P.J., Andersson, A.J., Richard, J., Hammond, K. et al. (2020). Comparison of two methods for measuring sea surface temperature when surfing. Oceans. doi.org/10.3390/oceans1010002.

Sastri, A., Christian, J.R., Achterberg, E.P., Atamanchuk, D., Buck, J., Bresnahan, P.J., et al. (2019). Perspectives on in situ sensors for ocean acidification research. Frontiers in Marine Science, Ocean Observation, doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00653.

Bresnahan, P.J., Martz, T.R. (2018). Gas Diffusion Cell Geometry for a Microfluidic Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Analyzer. IEEE Sensors Journal, doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2018.2794882.

Cyronak, T., Andersson, A.J., D’Angelo, S., Bresnahan, P.J., Davidson, C., et al. (2018). Short-term spatial and temporal carbonate chemistry variability in two contrasting seagrass meadows: implications for pH buffering capacities. Estuaries and Coasts, 41(5). doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0356-5.

Bresnahan, P.J., Martz, T.R., Almeida, J., Ward, B., & Maguire, P. (2017). Looking Ahead: A Profiling Float Micro-Rosette. Oceanography, 30. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.215. [Invited technical paper.]

Brewin, R.J.W., Hyder, K., Andersson, A.J., Billson, O., Bresnahan, P.J., Brewin, T.G., Cyronak, T. et al. (2017). Expanding Aquatic Observations through Recreation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4(351). doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00351.

Kapsenberg, L., Bockmon, E.E., Bresnahan, P.J., Kroeker, K.J., Gattuso, J.-P., Martz, T.R. (2017). Advancing Ocean Acidification Biology Using Durafet® pH Electrodes. Frontiers in Marine Science, Technology Report 4(321). doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00321.

Bresnahan, P.J., Wirth, T., Martz, T.R., Andersson, A., Cyronak, T., D’Angelo, S., Pennise, J., Melville, W.K., Lenain, L., Statom, N. (2016), A sensor package for mapping pH and oxygen from mobile platforms. Methods in Oceanography. doi.org/10.1016/j.mio.2016.04.004.

Martz, T.R., Send, U., Ohman, M.D., Takeshita, Y., Bresnahan, P.J., Kim, H.-J., Nam, S. (2014). Dynamic variability of biogeochemical ratios in the Southern California Current System. Geophysical Research Letters., 41(7). doi.org/10.1002/2014gl059332.

Bresnahan, P.J., Martz T.R., Takeshita Y., Johnson K.S., LaShomb M. (2014), Best practices for autonomous measurement of seawater pH with the Honeywell Durafet. Methods in Oceanography. doi.org/10.1016/j.mio.2014.08.003. [Most cited article in Methods in Oceanography as of Dec 27, 2017.]

Martz, T.R., Takeshita, Y., Rolph, R., Bresnahan, P.J. (2012), Tracer Monitored Titrations: Measurement of Dissolved Oxygen. Analytical Chemistry, 84, 290-296. doi.org/10.1021/ac202537f.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

Hogan, R., Ford, M., Battaglia, M., Sturdivant, J., Dogan, G., Bresnahan, P.J. (2022). Predicting Water Quality Estimates Using Satellite Images in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. 38(5), 87–95. dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.5555/3581625.3581633.

Bresnahan, P.J., Cyronak, T., Martz, T.R., Andersson, A., Waters, S., Stern, A., Richard, J., Hammond, K., Griffin, J., Thompson, B. (2017). Engineering a Smartfin for surf-zone oceanography, in OCEANS 2017, Anchorage, Alaska, 2017, p. 1-4. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8232342.

REPORTS AND TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Rivero-Calle, S., and Bresnahan, P.J. (2023). SeaHawk validation data. Submitted to NASA SeaBASS Earthdata Repository. doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/SEAHAWK_VALIDATION/DATA001.

Technical contributor to report titled “Coastal Communities Vulnerability Assessment” led by NOAA and Intergovernmental Working Group on Ocean Acidification. In prep.

Bresnahan, P.J., Briggs, E., Davis, B.*, Rodriguez, A., Edwards, L.*, Peach, C., Merrifield, M. (2022). GitHub Design Files for Seaport Water Level and Sea Level Rise Monitor. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7324757.

Martz, T.R., Wirth, T., Takeshita, Y., Bresnahan, P.J. (2021). SeaFET & SeapHOx User Manual, Version 2.1. In SeaFET & SeapHOx. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. doi.org/10.6075/J08P60P2.

Trowbridge, P., Shimabuku, I., Bresnahan, P.J., Nielsen, K., Largier, J., Sutula, M., Valiela, L., Nutters, H., Wheeler, S., Knight, E. (2017). Summary of Workshop on Monitoring for Acidification in West Coast Estuaries: A San Francisco Bay Case Study. Richmond, CA.

Lorenzoni, L., Telszewski, M., Benway, H., Palacz, A. P., eds. (2017). A user’s guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors. An outcome from the 1st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course. Contributing author.

Bresnahan, P.J., Jabusch, T., Senn, D., Trowbridge, P., Salomon, M., Novick, E., An empirical investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in dissolved inorganic macronutrients in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta (2016). Chapter in report: Summary and Evaluation of Delta Subregions for Nutrient Monitoring and Assessment Jabusch, T., Bresnahan, P.J., Trowbridge, P., Novick, E., Wong, A., Salomon, M., Senn, D., Eds. San Francisco Estuary Institute: Richmond, CA.

Bresnahan, P.J., The Mooring Report: June 2016. Vertical variability of dissolved oxygen in San Francisco Bay. SFEI’s water quality science e-newsletter: www.sfei.org/tmr/2016-06.

Bresnahan, P.J., The Mooring Report: February 2016. El Niño’s effects on San Francisco Bay water quality. SFEI’s water quality science e-newsletter: www.sfei.org/tmr/2016-02.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INVENTION DISCLOSURES:

· Bresnahan, P.J., Tydings, M., Farquhar, E. (2023). Systems and methods for carbon dioxide measurement. U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/441,858, filed by UNCW, Jan. 30, 2023.
· Martz, T.R., Bresnahan, P.J., Wirth, T., Takeshita, Y. (2022). Self-Calibrating SeapHOx. U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/297,782, filed by UCSD, Jan. 9, 2022.
· Brewin, R.J.W., Brewin, T.G., Bresnahan, P.J. (2022) Lab on a Secchi disk. Submitted to Exeter IP Disclosure register, Nov. 17, 2022.
· Bresnahan, P.J., Martz, T.R. (2018). An internet of things smart sensor accessory for watersports. UCSD Docket SD2018-342.
· Martz, T.R., Bresnahan, P.J. (2014). A profiling float Micro-Rosette. UCSD Docket SD2014-193.

STUDENT MENTORING:

Please see Lab Members for the most up-to-date information on our research team.
· Primary advisor for MS students: Elizabeth Farquhar (current), Jessie Wynne (current), Mitch Torkelson (current), Stephen Lail (current), Gina Carney (2023)
· Primary honors thesis advisor for BS student: Sophia Hill (current) and Bentley Settin (current)
· Undergraduate research mentor for: Hailey Seppey (2023 directed independent study), Russell Isobe (2023 summer research assistant), Dorothy Sue Grimmer (2023 directed independent study), Luke Cooper (2023 directed independent study, Daniel Portelli (2022 summer research), Luke Edwards (2022 summer research experiences for undergraduates), Bentley Settin (2022 directed independent study), Jacob Stasiewicz (2022 directed independent study), Michael Tydings (2021 summer research and directed independent study) · Committee member for MS Geoscience and Marine Science students: Greer Shivers (2022), Carter Eckhardt (2022), Jesse Scopa (2022), Thomas Paine (2023), Kendra Devereux (current), Allison Dombrowski (current).
· Undergraduate honors thesis committee member for Phoebe Whitbeck (current) and Jordan Pilcher (current). · Mentored six NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates students as Research Engineer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego (2014–2021).
· Mentored/co-mentored four graduate students as Research Engineer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego (capstone committee chair for one; 2017–2020).
· Scripps Peers Mentor for two junior graduate students as a senior graduate student (2013–14).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Please see Teaching more details on my courses.
· UNCW Advanced Oceanography (OCN 350; Fall 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, Spring 2023).
· UNCW Introduction to Oceanography (OCN 150; Fall 2020, 2021, 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2023).
· UNCW Smart Coasts (OCN 479; Fall 2020, 2021, 2022).
· UNCW Field Methods in Oceanography (OCN 390; Spring 2021).
· Applied Coastal Science and Engineering (Summer 2021, 2022, 2023). Invited to design and teach pre-college research course for NC School of Science and Mathematics’ Summer Ventures program.
· Invited instructor for two-week summer course: “Instrumenting our oceans for better observation: a training course on biogeochemical sensors,” Kristineberg, Sweden (2015, 19). I delivered four lectures and led three practical, project-based exercises for students designed to teach how oceanographic sensors function and are operated in the field.
· Invited instructor for two-week summer course: “Satellite Remote Sensing” (2019). I delivered one week of lectures and spent two weeks teaching students with interactive lessons on Python programming for ocean satellite data analysis.
· Designed and taught project-based learning portion of Observational Physical Oceanography with Prof. Fiamma Straneo. Students learned to make an ocean sensor package using open source code and hardware and we contributed to improvements for the GitHub repository (2019).
· Invited instructor for California Science Teachers Association Climate Summit (2018). Worked with professional educators to develop a two-week high school chemistry curriculum focused on climate change and ocean acidification.
· Teaching assistant for SIO269/179: Instrumental Methods for Marine Science (2014, 15, 17, 18, 19).
· Invited guest lessons for high school environmental science and chemistry classes; High Tech High International and Chula Vista High (2018).

INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP ROLES:

· Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association, invited seminar speaker (2024) · Global Marine Science Summit, UNCW, invited speaker (2023)
· Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, SJSU, invited seminar speaker (2022)
· Nova Southeastern University’s NSF Field Course in Australia, invited speaker and student mentor (2022)
· National Science Foundation’s Frontiers in Ocean Sciences Symposium, invited speaker (2020 & 2021)
· University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, invited seminar speaker (2021)
· University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Ocean Resources & Engineering, invited seminar speaker (2021)
· Invited presentation at Ocean Sciences Meeting and organizer/chair of town hall named “Citizen Oceanography: crowdsourcing ocean data collection in a sea of new technologies” (2018)
· Session Chair and invited presentations at IEEE/MTS Oceans Conference (2017)
· UC San Diego, Scripps Institutional Seminar (2017, invited by Scripps Director of Innovation and Commercialization) · UC San Diego, Scripps Applied Ocean Sciences Seminar (2017)
· UC San Diego, Scripps Marine Chemistry Seminar (2017)
· Co-organizer of workshop titled “Monitoring for Acidification Threats in West Coast Estuaries: A San Francisco Bay Case Study” (2016)
· Invited panelist at the 2015 Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation’s Quality Control and Management of Biogeochemical Sensors Workshop (2015)

SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY:

· UNCW Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences Faculty Hiring Committee (Chair 2023–present) · UNCW Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2021–present; Chair 2021–23) · UNCW Marine & Coastal Sciences Council (elected member 2021–present; Vice Chair 2023–present) · UNCW Marine & Coastal Sciences Council Subcommittee for Policies, Procedures, and Membership (Chair 2023–present) · UNCW Center for Marine Science Makerspace Faculty Coordinator (2020–present) · Established and participate in department Inclusivity Working Group with student, staff, and faculty membership (2023–present) · UNCW Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences Marketing & Public Relations Committee (2022–23) · Established and chaired UNCW Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences ad hoc Committee on Cape Fear CC Transfer Partnership (Chair 2021–23) · UNCW Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences Events & Awards Committee (2021–23; Chair 2021–22) · UNCW Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences Chair’s Advisory Committee (Elected 2021) · UNCW College of Arts & Sciences Crews Scholarship Review Committee (2021, 2023) · Global Marine Science Summit steering committee member (2023) · UNCW Pod leader for NSF and WHOI–sponsored Unlearning Racism in Geoscience (URGE) program (2021) · UCSD Scripps Sandbox Makerspace committee (ex officio, 2019–20)

SERVICE TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY:

· NASA Grant Proposal Panelist (2023)
· Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network Science Working Group member (2021–present)
· Proposal reviewer for NSF OTIC (2021)
· Proposal reviewer for NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (2020)
· Proposal Reviewer for Woods Hole Sea Grant (2019)
· Peer reviewer for: Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, Ocean Science, Continental Shelf Research, Oceanography, Sustainability, Methods in Oceanography, Frontiers in Marine Science, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering (2016 “Outstanding Reviewer”), PLOS ONE, Results in Engineering

OUTREACH AND INFORMAL EDUCATION:

· For a list of and hyperlinks to > 30 interviews, please see Press.
· Keynote speaker at Creative Mornings/San Diego event (2018): The Science of Community: https://creativemornings.com/talks/phil-bresnahan/1.
· Community and school presentations to High Point Academy, High Tech High, Solana Beach Eco Rotary Club, La Jolla Rotary Club, Surfrider Foundation Chapter Meeting, Boardroom Show, National Instruments Technical Seminar (2014-present).
· Invited panelist at South by Southwest, Sustainability at Scripps event, Particle.io’s Spectra conference, Citizens’ Climate Lobby chapter film screening, Scripps Chasing Coral film screening (2018–19).
· Invited ocean acidification demos for Sustainable Surf/Scripps Oceanography collaboration @ The Boardroom Show & The Mingei International Museum (2014).
· Judge for high school National Ocean Sciences Bowl (2010–13).
· Invited ocean acidification demos for BE-WiSE (Better Education for Women in Science & Engineering) La Jolla chapter (2010–14).

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

· Center for Teaching Excellence Course Design Institute participant (Summer 2022)
· Participant (led by MS student E. Farquhar) in NSF I-Corps Mid-Atlantic Hub Customer Discovery Workshops (2022) · NASA SeaDAS, NASA ARSET Hyperspectral Data for Land and Coastal Systems, NASA ARSET Measuring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Space in Support of Climate Related Studies (2020–2022) · UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization Entrepreneurship Certificate (2019)
· Field/cruise experience with over ninety days at sea
· NAUI dive certified (advanced diver, Nitrox diver, rescue diver) and small-boat certified
· Proficiency programming in Python, C/C++/Arduino, MATLAB, R, LabVIEW, SolidWorks, MS Office
· Spanish (reading, writing, and basic speaking)
· Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement’s Certificate in Community Engagement Fundamentals:

· Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement’s Certificate in Creating Community Playbooks:

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

· Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (2013–present)
· The Oceanography Society (2015-present)
· Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (2015–present)
· American Geophysical Union (AGU, 2023–present)
· California Estuarine Research Society (2017-2020)
· Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2017-2020)
· Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (inducted 2006)
· Phi Eta Sigma Freshmen Honor Society (inducted 2005)