Mr. Bowser is a senior oceanographer at AMS who designs and conducts field studies, manages complex projects, and develops business opportunities in coastal and marine monitoring programs. He combines diverse experience in several facets of ocean technology operations in private and public organizations of varying sizes and objectives. He has managed a 700-unit global drifting ocean sensor buoy fleet for a small private company, researched coastal development permits for the California Coastal Commission, and worked in ocean sensing and surveillance operations aboard ships and aircraft worldwide as a U.S. naval officer in addition to other professional experience. Mr. Bowser earned an B.S. in oceanography from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington where he studied implementing marine policy through the triple bottom line business model.

Since joining AMS, Dovlynn Cammack has been active in office management, corporate insurance, staff resources, benefit administration and IT programs. Dovlynn specializes in accounting, financial reporting, income statements, balance sheets and budget development. She has performed logistics for field planning, equipment procurement and management, shipping of hazardous materials, and assisted in scientific collection efforts and transportation.

Ellen Goldenberg is a scientist specializing in temperate and tropical aquatic fish and benthic communities. Ms. Goldenberg earned an MS in Marine Biology from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she worked as a full-time research assistant in the Coral Reef Restoration, Assessment and Monitoring Lab. She served as the first manager of the Broward County Nearshore Transects project, which is a long-term government funded effort designed to examine the impacts of beach nourishment on coastal benthic habitats in Southeast Florida.

Dane Hardin’s studies have a strong quantitative emphasis that involves use of data from numerous available sources to help explain variations in water quality measurements. He is the Executive Director of the Central Coast Long-term Environmental Assessment Network (CCLEAN), which is a regional water quality monitoring program in Monterey Bay, California. He also recently directed a large regional monitoring program to address discharges of stormwater in Areas of Special Biological Significance along the central California coast.

Jay Johnson has over 30 years professional experience in applied marine and aquatic sciences, environmental consulting and program management. He has extensive experience in dealing with complex scientific regulatory and environmental issues, effectively interacting with local, state, national and international agencies, developing and implementing cost effective due diligence, baseline and impact monitoring programs and assessing and alleviating environmental impacts.

Aroon Melwani is a senior marine scientist specializing in experimental design, sample collection, and quantitative analysis of environmental data. He has over 16 years experience supporting local, regional and state agencies on sediment and water quality, contaminant bioaccumulation, and biological assessments. His technical expertise includes data management, statistical analysis, data integration, empirical modeling, and R programming.

Jackie Mohay is a Marine Scientist with over 13 years of experience in fisheries and conservation biology. Her work prior to joining AMS included working as a fisheries observer in the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean, as well as monitoring the status of threatened and endangered species in the California Central Valley.

Paul Salop has over 15 years of experience working for consulting firms and state and Federal agencies. Paul is currently serving as Project Manager for AMS in its role supporting the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program’s (ACCWP) stormwater monitoring and watershed management efforts, managing all field collection efforts and field quality control for the Status and Trends Component of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary.

Bob Spies has 35 years experience in applied marine ecology and its application to management. He has investigated the fate and effects of radionuclides, petroleum hydrocarbons, and chlorinated hydrocarbons in marine ecosystems. Specific research projects conducted over his career have included investigations into the effects of organic contaminants on endocrinology and reproduction of starry flounder in San Francisco Bay and kelp bass in southern California.

At AMS, Diane Stafford specializes in the set-up and creation of detailed invoices tailored to meet client needs and performs monthly invoicing and accounts receivables. Diane is proficient in MS Excel and Word, and uses such to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting. She also handles insurance and compliance, expense reimbursements, business licensing and permits, logistics for field planning, equipment procurement and management

Theresa Venello is a Biological Oceanographer specializing in pelagic marine ecosystem responses to climate change. Her work prior to joining Applied Marine Sciences (AMS) included investigating planktonic crustacean physiological responses to ocean acidification in Polar regions as well as zooplankton community responses to the 2015 Marine Heatwave event in the NE Pacific known as “The Blob”. Theresa also used a functional assessment approach to examine changes in ecological roles of zooplankton species over a 30-year time frame.