Topic: Land-Sea Interactions

Larry Crowder is the science director at the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS). He is also a professor of biology at Hopkins Marine Station and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, both part of Stanford University. Previously, he was the Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology at Duke University. 

Rod Fujita is a visiting fellow with the Center for Ocean Solutions, working on Marine Spatial Planning, managing for ecosystem resilience, characterization and control of cumulative impacts, and the development of markets for unpriced ecosystem services. 

John N. (“Jack”) Kittinger is an early career fellow with a background as a human geographer and coastal ecologist with broad interests in understanding and advancing solutions to complex problems that face society and the ocean environment.

Jane Lubchenco, former administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under President Obama, is a visiting fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions. She is working in an advisory capacity with the Center’s executive director, Meg Caldwell, and the Center’s science director, Larry Crowder, from April through June 2013.

Pamela Matson is the Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies at Stanford University.

Kevan is a science early career fellow working with the Center for Ocean Solutions’ (COS) Land-Sea Interactions focal area. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Stanford University on coastal water quality research with Professor Alexandria Boehm.  In partnership with MBARI, this research is the focus of his fellowship with COS.