Michael Fox

Mike joined the Center for Ocean Solutions as a research intern in November 2009. He works primarily on the COS Climate Change Initiative, helping to synthesize climate science for local decision-makers around the Monterey Bay area.

Mike is currently a graduate student at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories where he is studying the effects of oceanographic climate on the growth and physiology of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. He received his B.A. in marine science with a minor in environmental studies from the University of San Diego in 2008, where he studied anthropogenic disturbances on coral reefs in the Caribbean.