These students have graduated and moved on to bigger and better things. Good luck all!
Postdoctoral Researchers
Brittany Kammer, 2009-2011 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Research topic: physiological indicators of habitat quality in thermally impacted streams.
Graduate Students
Matthew Ramirez, PhD, 2019 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title: It’s in Their Bones: Ecological Drivers of Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) Somatic Growth and Population Dynamics
Brandon Chasco, PhD, 2019 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title:
Patricia Rincón Diaz, PhD, 2018 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title: Functional Diversity: A Tool to Track Spatiotemporal Changes in the Trophic Organization of Reef Fish Assemblages
Andrea Jara, PhD, 2018 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title: Integration of Scientific and Local Knowledge in Data-Poor Fisheries Assessments.
Michelle Fournet, PhD, 2018 (Advisors: Holger Klinck, Daivd Mellinger, Scott Heppell)
Dissertation Title: Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Calling Behavior In Southeast Alaska: A Study In Acoustic Ecology And Noise
Tom Calvanese, MS, 2016 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Movement Patterns of Rockfishes at the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Oregon.
Allison Evans, PhD, 2016 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Dissertation Title: The Ecophysiology of Thiamine Deficiency Complex: Evaluating Sources of Thiaminase in Great Lakes Food Webs
Amy Jo Lindsley, MS, 2016 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Juvenile Rockfish (Sebastes spp.) Community Composition and Habitat use of Yaquina Bay, Oregon.
Susan Piacenza, PhD, 2016 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title: Quantitative Tools for Monitoring Strategy Evaluation and Assessment of Sea Turtle Populations.
Kevin Thompson, PhD, 2015 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title: The Factors Affecting the Diets of Groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska: Ecological and Modeling Considerations.
Matthew Ramirez, MS, 2014 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Sequential Isotopic Analysis to Characterize Ontogenetic Shifts and Growth Dynamics of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta).
Wade Smith, PhD, 2013 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Dissertation Title: Vertebral Elemental Markers in Elasmobranchs: Potential for Reconstructing Environmental History and Population Structure.
Linsey Arnold, MS, 2012 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Sata-poor and Age-structure Management Strategies for West Coast Rockfish.
Tanya Chesney, MRM (thesis), 2012 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: A Cooperative Effort to Track Humboldt Squid Invasions in Oregon.
Ryan Easton, MRM (thesis), 2012 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Video on the Rocks: Use of a Video Lander Platform as a Survey Tool for a High-relief Nearshore Temperate Rocky Reef.
Jose Montero, MRM (non-thesis), 2012 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Project Title: Modeling the Incidental Catch of Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) in The Eastern Tropical Pacific Purse-seine Fishery.
Daniel O’Farrell, MRM (non-thesis), 2012 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Project Title: Range Expansion of European Flounder Platichthys flesus to Icelandic Waters: A Threat to Native Salmonids?
Caren Barcelo, MS, 2011 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Movement Patterns and Marine Habitat Associations of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Luke Whitman, MS, 2011 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Patch Dynamics of Prey Species in the Bering Sea.
Amy Vandehey, MRM (non-thesis), 2011 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Project Title:Development of an Interpretive Exhibit on Marine Reserves and Marine Protected Areas in Oregon.
Melissa Ocana, MS, 2010 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Arribada Nesting of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at La Escobilla, Mexico.
Alison Dauble, MS, 2010 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Young-of-the-year Rockfish (Sebastes spp) Settlement Dynamics in Oregon Estuaries.
Shivonne Nesbit, MS, 2010 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Population Characteristics and Movement Patterns of Redband Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) in the Crooked River, Oregon.
Suzanna Stoike, MRM (non-thesis), 2010 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Project Title: Collaborative Research in the Port Orford Live Fish Fishery: Lessons Learned.
Heather Reiff, MRM (non-thesis), 2010 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Project Title: Tools for the Web-based Dissemination of Science and Policy Information for Public Involvement in Marine Protected Area Planning.
Jason Vaughan, MS, 2009 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Evaluation of Length Distributions and Growth Variance to Improve Assessment of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, (Caretta caretta).
Marisa Litz, MS, 2008 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Ecology of the Northern Subpopulation of Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem.
Brett Gallagher, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Growth Rates and Species Composition of Juvenile Rockfish (Sebastes spp.) in Oregon’s Nearshore and Estuarine Habitats.
Gene Shippentower, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Scott Heppell; Co-advisor: Carl Schreck)
Thesis Title: Development of a Progeny Marker in Salmonids.
Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Scott Heppell; Co-advisor: Hiram Li)
Thesis Title: Responses of an Endangered Cutthroat Trout to an Exotic Invading Charr.
Abigail McCarthy, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Defining Habitat Preferences of Pelagic Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Atlantic Through Analysis of Behavior and Bycatch.
Brooke Martin-Mills, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: An Assessment of the Reproductive Cycle in Black Rockfish, Sebastes melanops (Girard, 1856) on the Central Oregon Coast: A Blood Plasma Protein and Sex Steroid Used as Potential Indicators of Sex and Stage of Gonadal Maturity.
Jonathan Scordino, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) of Oregon and Northern California: Seasonal Haulout Abundance Patterns, Movements of Marked Juveniles, and Effects of Hot-iron Branding on Apparent Survival of Pups at Rogue Reef.
Kate Boersma, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Selina Heppell; Co-advisor: Clifford Ryer)
Thesis Title: Divergent Anti-predator Strategies and Risk Allocation in Juveniles of Three North Pacific Flatfishes.
Paola Carrera-Ubida, MS, 2007 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Giant Otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) and Humans in the Lower Yasuní Basin, Ecuador: Spacio-temporal Activity Patterns and Their Relevance for Conservation.
Julie Barr, MRM (thesis), 2006 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Community-based Sea Turtle Monitoring and Management at Helen Reef, Hatohobei State, Republic of Palau.
Joseph Feldhaus, MS, 2006 (Advisor: Scott Heppell; Co-advisor: Hiram Li)
Thesis Title: Stream Temperatures, Stress Proteins, & Lipid Reserves as Potential Indicators of Habitat Quality for Redband Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) in Northeastern Oregon.
Josie Thompson, MRM (thesis), 2005 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Age, Growth and Maturity of the Longnose Skate (Raja rhina) for the U.S. West Coast.
Tad Schwager, MRM (thesis), 2005 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Habitat Utilization of an Oregon Estuary by Lingcod Ophiodon elongatus.
Crystal Hackmann, MS, 2005 (Advisor: Selina Heppell; Co-advisor: Carl Schreck)
Thesis Title: Physiological Ecology of Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Rearing in Fluctuating Salinity Environments.
Marlene Bellman, MS, 2004 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Thesis Title: Evaluation of a US West Coast Groundfish Habitat Conservation Regulation via Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Trawl Fishing Effort.
Gianna Gomez, MRM (non-thesis), 2004 (Advisor: Scott Heppell)
Project Title: A Rapid Ecological Assessment of Coral Reefs and Reef Fishes of Central Belize Barrier Islands utilizing the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems (MBRS) Protocol.
Armando Ubeda, MRM (thesis), 2003 (Advisor: Selina Heppell)
Thesis Title: Management of the Red Sea Urchin Fishery: A Biological Approach.