Michael O. Navarro
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (858) 534-3579; Fax: (858) 822-0562, E-mail: monavarr@ucsd.edu
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EDUCATION
Ph.D (in progress) Marine Biology
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Levin; Committee Members: Dr. David Checkley, Dr. George Sugihara
Working Dissertation Title: The ecology of the market squid, Loligo opalescens, and
implications for the multimillion dollar fishery.
exp. 2013-2014
M.S. Biology (in progress); GPA: 3.82
2009
California State University Fullerton (CSUF), Fullerton, CA; Advisor: Dr. Danielle Zacherl
Committee Members: Dr. Steven Murray, Dr. Michael Horn, Dr. Lisa Levin
Thesis title: Linking the statolith chemistry of the sea hare, Aplysia californica, to
watershed runoff along the open coast.
exp. Jan
B.S. Biology, Concentration: Marine Biology
2000
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
Sept
EMPLOYMENT
Marine Biologist
Marine Region, California Department of Fish and Game, Santa Barbara, CA
May 07-Oct 08
Coordinated sampling of fisheries based in the Santa Barbara Region. Led several projects
including a stock identification Loligo opalescens project as well as a study on fishery impacts
on L. opalescens egg beds.
Research Associate
Feb 07
Los Angeles Dolphin Project, Ocean Conservation Society (www.oceanconservation.org),
Marina Del Rey, CA
Sept 06-
Collaboration with Dr. Maddalena Bearzi, researching population structure of offshore and inshore
of Tursiops truncatus and other cetatceans in the presence and absence of watershed discharge
plumes in Santa Monica Bay, CA.
Vice Chair/ Director of Finance
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics InterClub Council, CSUF, Fullerton, CA
2006-2007
Reviewed research travel proposals for students in the College of NSM from a $14,500 budget.
Wrote the 2007-2008 budget requesting $27,177 (~10% more than 06-07).
Graduate Assistant
F06,S06,F05,F04
Department of Biological Science, CSUF, Fullerton, CA
F04, Biology 461, Invertebrate Zoology. Organized teams of AAUS certified volunteers for
sub-tidal collections of invertebrates. Captained 18’ zodiac to collection sites for teams to collect
via SCUBA. Maintained life-support of invertebrates including many water quality sensitive
invertebrates using a closed aquaria system at CSUF. Invertebrates were used for laboratory.
Graduate Research Assistant
S05
CSUF Foundation, Fullerton, CA
S06,
Under the advisement of Dr. Danielle Zacherl, I am conducting research for my thesis.
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Educational Program Coordinator
Residential Department, Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA
2002-2004
On-site supervisor of college degreed instructional staff at the Lazy W Camp in Cleveland
National Forest, CA.
Aquarist
May 2004
Ocean Education Center, Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA
Nov. 2003-
Maintained organisms in aquaria and conducted presentations for the public on local species of
sharks and on the life cycle of the moon jelly, Aurelia aurita.
Research (Seasonal) Assistant
2004
Orange County Marine Life Refuge Project, Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA
2002-
Under supervision of project manager Jon Lewengrub, conducted time searches and quadrate
surveys on collector species in the intertidal zone of Orange County.
Educational Wildlife Instructor
Educational outreach program, S.T.A.R., Ecostation,Culver City, CA
2000
Educational Researcher
Santa Monica Restoration Project, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Worked with US Fish and Wildlife to educate students about endangered species
Under supervision of Dr. Steven Strand, I researched the natural and life history of local species
for an interactive educational CD on Santa Monica Bay wildlife for K-College students.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant Volunteer
05-06
Los Angeles Dolphin Project, Ocean Conservation Society, Marina Del Rey, CA
99-02,
Research assistant for marine mammal behavior. Received university credit for a three month
independent research study on fisherman observations in the Santa Monica Bay.
Undergraduate Helper
Department of Ecology and Evolution (formerly Organismic Biology, Ecology, and
Evolution), UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
W00
OBEE 166M- Animal Physiology. Prepared laboratories and quizzes and taught a lab about
osmoregulation.
PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
-Western Society of Naturalists
-CSUF, Biology Graduate Students Club
-Southern California Academy of Science
-American Academy of Underwater Sciences
-CSUF, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics ICC
-American Fisheries Society
-Ocean Studies Institute
-Save San Onofre Campaign
-Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
-Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
AWARDS AND HONORS
-San Diego and Duff Fellow, Univerisity of California, San Diego
$36,000 per annum.
-Second Place, Oral Presentation. Natural Science and Mathematics Interclub Council
Conference, Fullerton; $100 gift card to REI
-Minority Scientist Development, Graduate Research Stipend
$17,200 per annum.
-CSUF Bridges Scholar, National Institute of Health, Graduate Research Stipend.
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2007
2006-2007
2004-2006
$18,000 per annum.
-Marine Conservation Research Institute, Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
May 2005
Research Partner. Equipment and labor contributions (~$750).
-Associated Students Incorporated, CSUF, Student Research Grant. $450.
-College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Inter-Club Council, CSUF
Award to Present at 86th Annual Western Society of Naturalists. $189.
-CSUF, Department of Biological Science Department Award. $100 per semester.
-Donald Gardner Memorial Scholarship, CSUF, Department of Biological Science.
Award to recognize an outstanding teacher. $500.
-Care Scholar, Center for Academic and Research Excellence, UCLA
Stipend $1,000.
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S06
F05
F05, S05, F04
2005
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PUBLICATIONS
Navarro MO, Zacherl DC, Paradis G, Nezlin N, Warner RR (in preparation). Linking the statolith
chemistry
of Aplysia californica to runoff along the open coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Navarro MO (in review) California market squid. Ed. Dale Sweetnam. California Cooperative Oceanic
Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) 2008 Report. 3 pp.
Navarro MO, Porzio DL, Miller B, Brady B (2008) Market squid (Loligo opalescens) stock identification
project standard operating procedures. An operating manual for California Department of Fish and
Game. 50 pp.
Navarro MO, Bearzi M (2007) Effects of marine mammals on the sport fishery in Santa Monica Bay,
CA. Southern California Academy of Sciences Bulletin. 106 (3): 215-217.
Cooper (legal name changed to Navarro as of November, 2002) M, Pham J, Rodriquez A (1998). Homing
behavior in the woolly sculpin, Clinocottus analis (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae). Student Report,
Cadet Hand Library (www.bml.ucdavis.edu/chl/libsearch.html), Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of
California, Davis, Bodega Bay, CA.
PRESENTATIONS
Poster: Linking statolith chemistry of Aplysia californica to watershed
discharge environments. American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, CA.
Oral: Linking statolith chemistry of Aplysia californica to watershed
2007
runoff along the open coast. NSM-ICC Sympsosium, Fullerton CA. *Second Place
Poster: Linking statolith chemistry of Aplysia californica to watershed
discharge environments. Southern California Academy of Sciences, Malibu, CA.
Poster: Linking statolith chemistry of Aplysia californica to watershed
discharge environments. 86th Annual Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, CA.
Oral: Cetaceans of Baja California with a focus on the vaquita
Phocoena sinus. 31st Annual Festival of Whales, Ocean Institute, Dana Pt., CA.
Sept. 2007
April
May 2006
Nov. 2005
Mar. 2004
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Vice Chair, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics ICC, CSU, Fullerton, CA
2007
Student Representative, Ocean Studies Institute Dive Council, Long Beach, CA
Ambassador, Wildcoast, Imperial Beach, CA
Volunteer, Surfrider, South Orange County Chapter, San Clemente, CA
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2006 2006 - 2007
2005
2004 - 2005
Officer, Graduate Biology Club, California State University, Fullerton, CA
2006
Volunteer SCUBA Diver, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
2004 2004 - 2005
SPECIAL SKILLS
I have experience captaining small craft (< 20 ft) including regular trips from San Pedro to Catalina on an 18
ft
zodiac with a 90 hp engine, in Santa Monica Bay driving a 31’ JC and am certified for ‘Boating Skills and
Seamanship’ by the US Auxillary Coast Guard. I am a rescue certified, AAUS scientific diver with over 230
logged dives and have a collecting permit #801055-04 issued from the Department of Fish and Game of the
State of California. I am certified in the Principles and Applications of ICP-MS taught by expert Dr. Zed
Mason
and have over 150 hrs of experience using the LA-ICP-MS at UC Santa Barbara. I’ve been trained to write
NSF
grants at SCRIPPS as part of SIO 275A taken as an extension student. I am competent using both MAC
and IBM
computers and have proficient skills using Word, Excel, and Powerpoint and I have novice experience using
C++ for computer programming. I have professional skills using Adobe Photoshop version 6.0 as a former
free-lance photographer for the OC Register. I have and have applied my conversational ability in Spanish
while
working for Baja Discovery, an ecotourism company, while setting up a base camp for grey whale
encounters at
Punta Piedra, in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
REFERENCES
Dr. Danielle C. Zacherl
Department of Biological Science
California State University Fullerton
MH 282, P.O. Box 6850
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850
Phone: (714) 278-7510
E-mail: dzacherl@fullerton.edu
mbearzi@earthlink.net
Dale Sweetnam
Dr. Maddalena Bearzi
State of California
Director, Los Angeles
Department of Fish and Game
Dolphin Project
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
P.O. Box 12860,
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508
Marina del Rey, CA 90295
Phone: (858) 546-7170
Phone: (310) 822-5205
E-mail: dsweetnam@noaa.gov
E-mail:
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