Email: 

 j.cuetos-bueno@tnc.org

 Research interests:  My research interests focused on coastal fisheries science and management. I blend traditional fisheries data with socioeconomic data to understand how human explotation has impacted multispecies coral-reef fisheries. I use this information to inform management across many levels: species, jurisdictions, and region.

Email: drewjarrett93@gmail.com
Research interests: My research interests focus around conserving fisheries by developing and implementing sustainable harvesting practices. Currently, I am working on investigating the factors that shape fish assemblages in the Marshall Islands and how humans are reshaping them. Additionally, I am working on a long-term reef monitoring project, compiling a database on Guam’s reefs.
Education and Previous Work​:I completed my undergraduate degree at Auburn University in Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures in 2015. While I was there, I worked for Dr. Carol Johnston at the Fish Biodiversity Lab and had the opportunity to work on many different projects including counting population densities of the threatened Pygmy Sculpin, Cottus Paulus, in Coldwater Springs, and collecting stream fish throughout Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennesee. I also examined the localized occurrence of the Tallapoosa Bass, Micropterus tallapoosae, in a Chattahooche River tributary suspecting it may be evidence of a stream capture event. Through this job, I was able to work for the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, filtering water samples to analyze for the environmental DNA of the critically endangered Alabama Sturgeon, Scaphirynchus sutttkusi.

Email: daliaxhernandez@gmail.com
Research Interests: My current research is focused on coral-reef fisheries across Micronesia. Base on extensive sampling of landings coupled with socioeconomic surveys of commercial fishing activities, this research is intended to offer an improved science-to-management framework for coral-reef fisheries.
Education and Previous Work: I received at B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of Baja California Sur.
Publications: 

• Cuetos-Bueno J. and Hernandez-Ortiz D. “Length-weight relationships of six species of coral reef-fish from Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia”. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. In press
• Rhodes K., Taylor B.M., Hernandez-Ortiz D. and Cuetos-Bueno J. (2016) Age-based reproductive life history of the Highfin grouper, Epinephelusmaculatus, in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. Journal of Fish Biology.
• Kevin Rhodes, Dalia Hernandez-Ortiz, McKye Ioanis, Welbert Washington and Ryan Ladore. (2016) Market Findings: Overview, Status and Initial Comparison (2006-2016) of the Pohnpei Inshore Fishery. A report to NOAA.
• Rhodes, KL, Dalia Hernandez-Ortiz, Joseph E. (2016) Management recommendations for rabbitfish: Findings from market-based surveys and tag-recapture experiments: A report to the Pohnpei State Government.
• Rhodes K.L., Hernandez-Ortiz D., and Cuetos-Bueno J. (2015) Reproductive assessment of commercially important reef fishes in Chuuk, FSM, for the development of conservation and management protocols. A report to Pacific Marine Resources Institute, Saipan, CNMI.
• Cuetos–Bueno J. and Hernandez-Ortiz D. (2015) Supporting community-based marine resources management efforts through enhanced fisheries management and monitoring, Chuuk, FSM. A report to Micronesia Conservation Trust.

Email: christy.starsinic@gmail.com
Research Interests: My current research interests involve investigating resilience in reefs following a disturbance.
Education and Previous Work: I completed my undergraduate degree in Biology at Fairfield University in 2014. While there, I was able to work on a few projects investigating crab populations in the Long Island Sound, including studying the reproduction cycle of the Green Crab, Carcinus meanas. Additionally, while studying abroad the School of Field Studies Center for Marine Resource Management in the Turks and Caicos Islands, I was able to participate in a variety of projects ranging from surveying Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, populations to tagging sharks and turtles. Here, I was also able to analyze the length-weight relationships of snappers and groupers as part of a larger project determining the health of the fin fish populations and its status as a sustainable fishery.

Email: andrew.mcinnis34@gmail.com
Education and Previous Work:

I received my undergraduate degree as a double major in Biology and Environmental Studies from Washington and Jefferson College. While there I was able to work on a variety of projects both at the university and abroad. For my undergraduate thesis, I received funding to study small community-based marine protected areas in Fiji. Following that, I worked in Panama for over two years with the Peace Corps in community environmental conservation along the Eastern Tropical Pacific Coast. Some of my main activities during this time included working with small-scale fishing cooperatives, coastal resource management projects, watershed conservation and environmental education.

Research interests:

I am interested in a wide range of topics including ecology, fisheries management, and socioeconomic factors affecting marine environments, particularly coral reefs. I aim to conduct applied science which can be directly used in local and regional management. Here at UOG I will be looking at links between trophic structure of reef fish communities and benthic community composition through Micronesia.

Thesis: Marine protected areas as linked social-ecological systems.
Current work: I am currently a PhD student in geography at Oregon State University, under the supervision of James R. Watson. My research focuses on the diffusion of conservation schema in marine social-ecological systems  

Research: 

Linking patterns and processes with shifting baselines on coral reefs

Current work:  I am currently conducting my PhD through a joint collaboration with the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) and the University of Montpellier under the supervision of David Mouillot and Arnaud Auber. My PhD research focuses on changes in the functional structure and diversity of fish communities under climate change. 

Thesis:Drivers of macroalgal dynamics within Halodule seagrass beds over a 10 year period taking into account seasonal variations.
Current work:

I am currently employed as the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist for the Bureau of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Resource Management (DCRM) in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Part of my time includes in assisting the Long-term Marine Monitoring Program in conducting marine benthic surveys throughout the populated islands of the CNMI.

Thesis:Temporal and spatial characterization of Laolao bay coral-reef assemblages: status and function.
Current work:

Manages the long term marine program at DCRM. Ensures that long term sites, established nearly two decades ago, are surveyed biannually. This data is used to provide guidance for coral reef management in the CNMI.