Alaska Fisheries Science Center Directory
Name
Division
Branch/Program
Contact
Biological Science Technician
Shellfish Assessment Program
Office: (907) 481-1730
Email: adam.potter@noaa.gov
Research Fishery Biologist
Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4789
Email: alex.derobertis@noaa.gov
Deputy Director, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Shellfish Assessment Program, Kodiak Lab
Email: alix.laferriere@noaa.gov
Fisheries Biologist, Seawater Laboratory Coordinator
Shellfish Assessment Program
Email: allie.conrad@noaa.gov
Marine Biologist Supervisor
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment, Salmon Ocean Ecology and Bycatch Assessment
Office: (907) 789-6047
Email: andrew.gray@noaa.gov
Climate and Communities Social Scientist
Economic and Social Sciences Research Program
Email: andrew.steinkruger@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment
Office: (206) 526-4223
Email: anne.hollowed@noaa.gov
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessment
Office: (907) 885-7890
Email: annie.masterman@noaa.gov
Research Biologist
California Current Ecosystem Program
Office: (206) 526-4512
Email: tony.orr@noaa.gov
Preferred Pronouns
she/her/hers
Mariculture Research Biologist, Contractor with UAF CICOES
Mariculture Lab
Email: rebecca.cates@noaa.gov
Research Fisheries Biologist
Behavioral Ecology Program
Office: (541) 275-1664
Email: ben.laurel@noaa.gov
Supervisor, Bering Sea Survey
Groundfish Assessment Program
Office: 206-526-4121
Email: bob.lauth@noaa.gov
Research Economist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Office: (206) 526-6301
Email: brian.garber-yonts@noaa.gov
Research Scientist, Contractor with the Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies
Alaska Ecosystems Program
Email: burlyn.birkemeier@noaa.gov
Acoustician
Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
Office: 206-526-6331
Email: catherine.berchok@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Marine Ecology & Stock Assessment
Office: (907) 789-6008
Email: chris.lunsford@noaa.gov
Division Director, Office of Fisheries Information Systems
Office Of Fisheries Information Systems
Support Systems
Research Fisheries Biologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Office: (907) 481-1732
Email: christina.conrath@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 481-1732
Email: christina.conrath@noaa.gov
Research Fisheries Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Office: (206) 526-4689
Email: chris.rooper@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 789-6007
Email: cindy.tribuzio@noaa.gov
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessment Program
Email: cody.pinger@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Email: curry.cunningham@noaa.gov
Research Fish Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Office: (206) 526-4330
Email: dan.cooper@noaa.gov
Director, Auke Bay Laboratories
Auke Bay Laboratories
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 789-6626
Email: dana.hanselman@noaa.gov
Economist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Economic and Social Science Research Program
Email: dan.lew@noaa.gov
Research Oceanographer
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4470
Email: david.kimmel@noaa.gov
Supervisory Research Fishery Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Groundfish Assessment
Office: (206) 526-4468
Email: duane.stevenson@noaa.gov
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Office: (206) 526-4171
Program Manager
Auke Bay Laboratories
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment
Office: (907) 789-6085
Email: ed.farley@noaa.gov
Supervisory Research Fish Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Groundfish Assessment Program
Office: (206) 526-4832
Email: ned.laman@noaa.gov
Fisheries Research Biologist
Ecosystem Modeling and Assessment Program
Office: (907) 789-6055
Email: elizabeth.siddon@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessments
Acting Deputy Director, Auke Bay Laboratories
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment, Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: Juneau, AK 99801
Email: Ellen.Yasumiishi@noaa.gov
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4171
Research Fisheries Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics & Coastal Assessment Program
Office: (907) 789-6024
Email: fletcher.sewall@noaa.gov
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 789-6079
Fisheries Biologist
Research Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4580
Email: jerry.hoff@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management, Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessments Program
Office: (541) 737-9318
Email: grant.thompson@noaa.gov
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4171
Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis Division
Auke Bay Laboratories
Little Port Walter Research Station
Media Specialist III, Contractor with IBSS
Operations, Management and Information Services Division
Communications
Email: heather.nibert@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management, Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessments
Office: (206) 526-4786
Email: ingrid.spies@noaa.gov
Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessment
Email: jacek.maselko@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Research Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-6465
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
The Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
Office: (206) 526-6554
Email: janice.waite@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division, Groundfish Assessment Program
Office: (206) 526-6318
Email: james.orr@noaa.gov
Auke Bay Laboratories
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment
Office: (907) 789-6445
Email: jeanette.gann@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program
Office: (907) 789-6651
Email: jim.murphy@noaa.gov
Statistical Ecologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Office: (206) 302-1772
Email: james.thorson@noaa.gov
Fisheries Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessment
Director, Marine Mammal Laboratory
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Office: (206) 526-4045
Email: john.bengtson@noaa.gov
Wildlife Biologist
Marine Mammal Laboratory, Polar Ecosystems
Office: (206) 526-4027
Email: john.jansen@noaa.gov
Research Fisheries Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment, Energetics, and Coastal Assessment Program
Office: (907) 321-4476
Email: john.moran@noaa.gov
Biological Science Technician
Shellfish Assessment Program
Office: (907) 481-1717
Email: joletta.silva@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Marine Ecology and Stock Assessment
Office: 907-789-6054
Email: jon.heifetz@noaa.gov
Auke Bay Laboratories
Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis
Office: (907) 789-6040
Email: joshua.russell@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Recruitment Processes and EcoFOCI
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 789-6056
Email: kalei.shotwell@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 789-6653
Email: kari.fenske@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Marine Biologist
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Email: kate.pagan@noaa.gov
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Alaska Ecosystem Program
Office: 206-526-4507
Email: katie.sweeney@noaa.gov
Research Fisheries Biologist
Marine Ecology and Stock Assessment Program
Office: (907) 789-6006
Email: katy.echave@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling
Office: (206) 526-4225
Email: kerim.aydin@noaa.gov
IT Service Desk - Contractor with IBSS
Office Of Fisheries Information Systems
Email: kevin.bornemann@noaa.gov
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her
Genetics Postdoctoral Researcher, Contractor with University of Alaska Fairbanks
Auke Bay Laboratories
Genetics
Email: kimberly.ledger@noaa.gov
Research Biologist
Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
Office: (206) 526-6275
Email: kim.shelden@noaa.gov
Research Fishery Biologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling (REEM)
Email: kirstin.holsman@noaa.gov
Research Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Office: (206) 526-4133
Email: kresimir.williams@noaa.gov
Research Fishery Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Marine Ecology & Stock Assessment
Email: kristen.omori@noaa.gov
Fisheries Research Biologist
Research Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4243
Email: lauren.rogers@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Office: (907) 481-1730
Email: leah.zacher@noaa.gov
Supervisory Research Fishery Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Recruitment Processes and EcoFOCI
Office: (206) 526-4231
Email: libby.logerwell@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist (Contractor)
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Office: (240) 533-0547
Email: lisa.barry@noaa.gov
Biological/Fisheries Oceanographer
Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program
Office: 206-526-4060
Email: lisa.eisner@noaa.gov
Education and Outreach Coordinator (she/her)
Operations, Management and Information Services Division
Communications Program
Office: (206) 526-4410
Email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Acting Division Director, Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division
Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis Division
Office: (206) 526-4229
Email: lisa.thompson@noaa.gov
Marine Ecologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Fisheries Behavioral Ecology Program
Office: 541-275-1683
Email: louise.copeman@noaa.gov
Division Director, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Office: (206) 526-4501
Email: lyle.britt@noaa.gov
Tribal Research Coordinator
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Communications Program
Program Manager
Communications
Fisheries Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment, Energetics, and Coastal Assessment Program
Office: (907) 789-6616
Email: mandy.lindeberg@noaa.gov
Research Chemist
Recruitment, Energetics, and Coastal Assessment Program
Email: mariela.brooks@noaa.gov
Research Fish Biologist
Groundfish Assessment Program
Office: (206) 526-4119
Email: mark.zimmermann@noaa.gov
Acting Division Deputy Director
Observer Services Debriefing
Office: (206) 526-4007
Email: marlon.concepcion@noaa.gov
Research Social Scientist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Economic and Social Sciences Research Program
Email: marysia.szymkowiak@noaa.gov
Research Chemist
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessment Program
Office: (907) 789-6016
Email: matthew.rogers@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessments Program
Office: (206) 526-4171
Email: melissa.haltuch@noaa.gov
Auke Bay Laboratories
Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute
Geneticist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Groundfish Assessment Program
Program Manager
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Polar Ecosystems Program
Office: (206) 526-6396
Email: michael.cameron@noaa.gov
Supervisory Research Economist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Alaska Economic and Social Sciences Research
Office: (302) 648-6160
Email: michael.d.smith@noaa.gov
Deputy Director, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4103
Email: michael.martin@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
North Pacific Observer Program
Office: (206) 526-4199
Email: Michelle.Ruge@noaa.gov
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4171
Program Manager, Kodiak Laboratory Director
Shellfish Assessment Program, Kodiak Laboratory
Office: (907) 481-1711
Email: mike.litzow@noaa.gov
Deputy Director, Marine Mammal Laboratory
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Marine Mammal Laboratory
Office: (206) 526-6266
Email: nancy.friday@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division
Office: (206) 526-4242
Email: olav.ormseth@noaa.gov
Research Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Groundfish Assessment Program
Auke Bay Laboratories
Marine Ecology & Stock Assessment
Office: 907-789-6415
Email: pat.malecha@noaa.gov
Supervisory Research Fishery Biologist
Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: 206-526-4785
Email: patrick.ressler@noaa.gov
Audiovisual Production Specialist
Operations, Management and Information Services Division
Communications
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (907) 789-6060
Email: pete.hulson@noaa.gov
Research Analyst
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Polar Ecosystems Program
Office: 206-526-4244
Email: peter.boveng@noaa.gov
Visual Information Specialist
Operations, Management and Information Services Division
Communications
Email: rebecca.white@noaa.gov
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4171
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessments
Office: (907) 789-6058
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
Office: (206) 526-4150
Email: bob.mcconnaughey@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratory Division
Office: (907) 789-6031
Email: bob.stone@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Recruitment, Energetics, and Coastal Assessment Program
Office: 907-789-6065
Email: rob.suryan@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program
Office: 206-526-4032
Email: robyn.angliss@noaa.gov
Division Director
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Office: (206) 526-4114
Email: ron.felthoven@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Social Scientist
Economic and Social Sciences Research Program
Office: 206-526-4172
Email: sarah.wise@noaa.gov
Research Fisheries Biologist
Ecosystem Monitoring and Analysis Program
Office: (907) 789-6096
Email: scott.vulstek@noaa.gov
Fisheries Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Groundfish Assessment Program
Email: sean.rooney@noaa.gov
Fishery Biologist
Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Program
Office: 206-526-4553
Email: shannon.fitzgerald@noaa.gov
Research Fisheries Biologist
Shellfish Assessment Program, Kodiak Lab
Email: shannon.hennessey@noaa.gov
Research Biologist, Program Manager
California Current Ecosystems Program
Office: (206) 526-4028
Email: sharon.melin@noaa.gov
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: (206) 526-4171
Environmental Communications Intern
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Resource Ecology and Ecosystems Modeling
Email: smoreno7@uw.edu
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Office: (206) 526-4171
Deputy Director, Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division
Office: (206) 526-4693
Email: stephani.zador@noaa.gov
Economist
Economic and Social Sciences Research Program
Office: (206) 526-4727
Email: stephen.kasperski@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Economic and Social Sciences Research
Office: 206-526-4727
Email: stephen.kasperski@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management, Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessments Program
Office: (206) 526-4211
Email: steve.barbeaux@noaa.gov
Communications and Education Coordinator, Contractor with IBSS
Communications
Office: (907) 531-6604
Email: stori.oates@noaa.gov
Fisheries Research Biologist
Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
Office: 206 526 4417
Email: susanne.mcdermott@noaa.gov
Research Biologist, Program Manager
Alaska Ecosystems Program
Office: (206) 526-4040
Email: tom.gelatt@noaa.gov
Program Manager
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management
Age and Growth
Office: (206) 526-4200
Email: thomas.helser@noaa.gov
Program Manager, Newport Laboratory Director
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Fisheries Behavioral Ecology Program, Newport Laboratory
Office: (541) 275-1719
Email: thomas.hurst@noaa.gov
Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Auke Bay Laboratories
Office: (206) 526-4697
Email: todd.tenbrink@noaa.gov
Director
Operations, Management and Information Services Division
Office: (206) 526-4005
Email: tracy.sims@noaa.gov
Supervisor, Aleutian Islands / Gulf of Alaska Survey
Groundfish Assessment Program
Office: 206-526-4104
Email: wayne.palsson@noaa.gov
Preferred Pronouns
He/Him
Chemistry Laboratory Technician, Contractor with Azura Consulting LLC
Auke Bay Laboratories
Recruitment Energetics and Coastal Assessment
Email: wil.licht@noaa.gov