Christine Stawitz, Ph.D.

Background

Christine has a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management (QERM) from the University of Washington. Her research focused on using statistical models to understand how climate, density-dependent, and anthropogenic factors affect fish size-at-age. She joined NOAA's National Stock Assessment Program within the Office of Science and Technology in 2018 as a stock assessment modeling contractor. In 2021 she transitioned roles to be the project manager for the Fisheries Integrated Modeling System, a next-generation fisheries stock assessment model. Christine lives in Seattle and works out of the Office of Science and Technology space on the Western Regional Center campus.

Current work

Christine leads the Assessment Branch within the Assessment and Monitoring Division. She serves as the national point of contact for all things fish stock assessment-related, and she manages a program (NSAP) that leads a number of national stock assessment initiatives.