California Sea Grant is excited to welcome 25 recipients into the prestigious 2022 State Fellowship. This opportunity provides fellows with unparalleled and hands-on training at the interface of science, communication, policy, and management at either a municipal, state, or federal host agency in California for one year.
The California Sea Grant State Fellowship is a 12-month paid educational fellowship for graduate students who are interested in marine, coastal, and/or watershed resources and in the decisions affecting those resources in California. Modeled after the highly successful Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program, the State Fellows Program provides an opportunity to acquire experience in the planning, implementation, and management of marine, coastal, and/or watershed resource policies and programs in the state of California.
“It is always very encouraging to welcome a new cohort of fellows to our State Fellowship Program” says California Sea Grant Director Shauna Oh. “This year’s outstanding cohort of 25 fellows will have access to a wide network of programs and agencies, enabling relationship-building, collaboration and the ability to gain indispensable experience in their area of interest. Ensuring that we continue providing this training opportunity for the next generation of marine and coastal professionals that advances the work of our partners in coastal and marine resource management, remains a priority to us.”
The 2022 State Fellows, hosted by 14 agencies and organizations throughout California, bring diverse experience in the realms of marine biodiversity and conservation, climate change adaptation, resource management, community outreach and education, molecular and biochemical research, environmental policy, toxicology, and sea-level rise adaptation, and more.
2022 State Fellows and Hosts
Mariela Rios Alcubilla - Port of San Diego: Planning, Environment, and Government Relations Division
Aaron Angel - Delta Stewardship Council- Planning and Performance Division
Alexandria Bevan - California Department of Transportation- District 4 - Environmental Stormwater
Tabitha Birdwell - Delta Science Program- Collaborative Science and Peer Review Unit
Ellie Brauer - California Department of Transportation- District 1 - Environmental Engineering, Water Quality and Special Projects
Amanda Chiachi - California Department of Transportation- District 1 - Environmental Engineering, Water Quality and Special Projects
James Chhor - State Water Resources Control Board- Division of Water Quality, Sustainable Water Plans and Policies
Samantha Cook - NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Korrin Davis - California Coastal Commission - Climate Change
Gene DePuy - Monterey Bay Aquarium: Conservation and Science Division
Catie Thow de Garcia - State Coastal Conservancy- Bay Restoration
Elyse Goin - Ocean Protection Council- Marine Biodiversity
Olivia Johnson - California Department of Parks and Recreation - Natural Resources Division, Coastal Programs Unit
Allegra La Ferr - Delta Science Program - Science-Based Adaptive Management Unit
Max Liebergesell - California State Lands Commission: Special Projects/Coastal Resilience/Science Team
Jaime Lopez - San Francisco BCDC: Sediment Management
Lindsey Metz - State Water Resources Control Board- Office of Information Management and Analysis
Sami Michishita - State Water Resources Control Board- Division of Water Quality: Ocean Standards Unit
Anna Rasmussen - San Francisco BCDC: Regional Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Kimberly Rogers - California Fish and Game Commission
Elishebah Tate-Pulliam - Delta Science Program- Science Communication, Synthesis, and Decision Support Unit
Kellan Warner - State Coastal Conservancy- South Coast
Michael Wells - California State Lands Commission: Climate Change/Coastal Resilience /Sea Level Rise
Megan Williams - Ocean Protection Council- Climate Change Program
Carmen Zamora - San Francisco Estuary Partnership