The staff of the Marine Mammal Physiology Project is very diverse. Many of our staff members are either undergraduate students at UC Santa Cruz or recent graduates in pursuit of their next life goal. Together they form a team which accomplishes great milestones.
Staff
Dr. Terrie M. Williams
Director - Marine Mammal Physiology Project
Professor - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz
Beau Richter
Head Trainer
Traci L. Kendall
Program Manager and
Director of Research Training
Graduate School
18%
Aquarium & Zoological Community
27%
Marine Biology
18%
Human Medicine
5%
Veterinary Medicine
5%
BioTech
5%
Education
9%
Other Professional Fields
14%
All our funding comes from scientific research grants. Many of these grants are limited in the amount of salary money they provide and as a result we rely on our incredible staff of interns to operate our program. To date, the Marine Mammal Physiology Project has worked with over 180 volunteer staff which operate every aspect of the program from animal care to animal training. The skill set these interns acquire serves them in a variety of capacities when they move on from the project. These areas of speciality include medical school, veterinary school, graduate school, professional animal training, and many other exceptional career paths.
Current Staff:
Alyssa Castillou
Assistant Trainer
Mariana Salas
Senior Animal Care
Kalissa Valdez
Senior Animal Care
Ryan Quevedo
Senior Animal Care
Lindsey Hennick
Animal Care
Rosanna Nagamori
Senior Animal Care
Jeannette Peters
Animal Care
Masha Oroudjeva
Animal Care
Brooke Robinson
Animal Care
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