Professional Engagement
- State of California Molecular Methods Workgroup, California Water Quality Monitoring Council, Sacramento (2021-)
- Ocean Sciences Meeting – Small Islands, Big Ocean – Co-Chair (2021-22)
- NOAA/NMFS Species Recovery Grants Reviewer U.S. Department of Commerce, Silver Springs, MD (2021)
- Ocean Visions Summit – Healthy People – Healthy Ocean – Co-Chair, Scripps Institute of Oceanography (2020-21)
- Undergraduate Research Student Grants Reviewer, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2020-)
- COS Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Initiative – Research Team Member, Stanford University (2020-)
- Sea Lion Bowl (N. and Cen. California National Ocean Sciences Bowl) Judge, CSUMB, Seaside, CA (2020)
- NCEAS – Future Earth PEGASuS Working Group Member, Santa Barbara, CA (2019)
- Blue Pioneers Program Consultant, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA (2019)
- Palau National Marine Sanctuary Working Group (2018-2019)
- Coastlines and People (CoPe) Scoping Session Participant, UCAR, virtual (2018)
- Ocean Careers Workshop Guest Panelist, CSU Monterey Bay (2018/2019)
- Marine Career Guest Panelist, Monterey Peninsula College (2018)
- Central California Research Symposium Presentation Judge, CSU Fresno (2017)
- NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research Surface to Seafloor Workshop, Honolulu, HI (2017)
- Summer Engineering Academy Environmental Engineering Outreach, Stanford, CA (2016)
- Undergraduate Research Exhibition Judge, Penn State University (2014)
- Science U: After-School Science Program Volunteer, Penn State University (2013)
- Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability Member, UC Merced (2011)
- Graduate Research Day at the Capitol, UC Merced Representative, Sacramento, CA (2011)
- Research Week Undergraduate Judge, UC Merced (2010)
Community Outreach
- Guest Biologist – West Portal Elementary School, San Francisco, CA
- Guest Biologist – Corl Street Elementary School, State College, PA
- Science Fair Mentor – Farmdale Elementary School, Merced, CA
Ad hoc Manuscript Reviewer
- Molecular Ecology
- Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
- Conservation Genetics Resources
- The ISME Journal
- International Journal of Tropical Biology
- PLOS
- Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Environmental Microbiology Reports
- Peer-J
- Marine Environmental Research
- Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
