Lindsey Metz is a recent master’s student from the third cohort of the Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences Program at San Francisco State’s Estuary and Ocean Sciences Center. During her graduate education, she completed a master’s thesis study investigating the effect of temperature and pH on the bacteria community associated with a toxin producing diatom species, Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries. Her research interests mainly center around the smallest members of the marine community, bacteria, and how they interact with eukaryotic organisms to influence coastal ecology. She is excited at the prospect of applying her research background to issues related to resource policy and management.
Lindsey will spend her fellowship working with the State Water Resources Control Board Office of Information Management and Analysis in their System Wide Ambient Monitoring Program division (SWAMP). While working with the SWAMP team, she will address questions surrounding various aspects of water quality and ecosystem health within freshwater resources across California, by applying her knowledge of statistical computing and aquatic ecology to real world regulatory concerns. She is looking forward to gaining knew knowledge and skills related to water resource regulation that she can hopefully apply to a career in policy following the completion of the fellowship.
