Overview
Below is a summary of research projects I served as a project manager for at the Environmental Markets Lab.
emLab manuals
Harnessing GitHub and Bookdown, we developed two manuals for the emLab team to centralize resources and aid in our goal in supporting open data science.
- emLab Team Manual: contains information on all things emLab from onboarding to project management and expectations.
- emLab Standard Operating Procedures: centralizes all technical information and guidance for the emLab team.
emLab communications strategy
I conceptualize and implement emLab’s communications strategy by developing new content for the emLab website, creating social media content, and producing outreach materials on emLab’s high impact research achievements and publications for diverse audiences. This portfolio includes:
- Redesigning the emLab website
- Running emLab's twitter and instagram accounts
- Supervising undergraduate science communications interns
- Developing project specific content for monthly newsletters, social media, and print materials
The future of food from the sea
Summary: Demand for food is set to rise substantially in the coming decades, which raises a question: How well can the ocean fill the gap between current supply and future need? Commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy and in collaboration with a group of global experts, we examined the future of food from the sea, finding that with policy reform and technological innovation, the production of food from the sea can increase substantially with the greatest gains coming from mariculture.
Publication: Costello, C., Cao, L., Gelcich, S., Cisneros, M.A., Free, C.M., Froehlich, H.E., Golden, C.D., Ishimura, G., Maier, J., Macadam-Somer, I., Mangin, T., Melnychuk, M.C., Miyahara, M., de Moor, C., Naylor, R., Nøstbakken, L., Ojea, E., O’Reilly, E., Parma, A.M., Pina Amargos, F., Plantinga, A.J., Thilsted, S.H., & Lubechenco, J. (2020). The future of food from the sea. Nature, 588(7836), 95-100.
Media Coverage: UCSB Current, Axios, Forbes, The Economist, emLab blog
Publication: Costello, C., Cao, L., Gelcich, S., Cisneros, M.A., Free, C.M., Froehlich, H.E., Golden, C.D., Ishimura, G., Maier, J., Macadam-Somer, I., Mangin, T., Melnychuk, M.C., Miyahara, M., de Moor, C., Naylor, R., Nøstbakken, L., Ojea, E., O’Reilly, E., Parma, A.M., Pina Amargos, F., Plantinga, A.J., Thilsted, S.H., & Lubechenco, J. (2020). The future of food from the sea. Nature, 588(7836), 95-100.
Media Coverage: UCSB Current, Axios, Forbes, The Economist, emLab blog
The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy
Summary: Commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, we assessed global to local climate impacts on three of the largest sources of ocean-based revenue and jobs: coral reef tourism, wild capture fisheries, and marine aquaculture.
Publication: Gaines, S., Cabral, R., Free, C.M., Golbuu, Y., Arnason, R., Battista, W., Bradley, D., Cheung, W., Fabricius, K., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Juinio-Meñez, M.A., Molinos, J.G., Ojea, E., O’Reilly, E., & Turley, C. (2019). The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at www.oceanpanel.org/blue-papers/expected-impacts-climate-change-ocean-economy
Media Coverage: Reuters
Publication: Gaines, S., Cabral, R., Free, C.M., Golbuu, Y., Arnason, R., Battista, W., Bradley, D., Cheung, W., Fabricius, K., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Juinio-Meñez, M.A., Molinos, J.G., Ojea, E., O’Reilly, E., & Turley, C. (2019). The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at www.oceanpanel.org/blue-papers/expected-impacts-climate-change-ocean-economy
Media Coverage: Reuters
The environmental impacts of agricultural intensification
Summary: Working with CGIAR’s Standing Panel on Impact Assessment we are guiding a research agenda of the environmental impacts of agricultural innovations. We developed a call for proposals, selected projects, and continue to offer technical guidance to the funded studies. Additionally, we led a workshop on remote sensing for impact evaluation, which is helping to fill the data gaps left by COVID-interrupted field work.
Master's thesis
Summary: In partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we developed a 60-page ecosystem health overview booklet that synthesizes 16 years of environmental data for the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM). Our publication provided NOAA with a data-driven foundation for creating a management plan for the PRIMNM.
Publication: Boyle, S., De Anda, V., Koenig, K., O’Reilly, E., Schafer, M., Acoba, T., Dillon, A., Heenan, A., Oliver, T., Swanson, D., Vargas-Ángel, B., Weijerman, M., Williams, I., Wegley Kelly, L., & Brainard, R. (2017). Coral reef ecosystems of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument: a 2000–2016 overview. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-17-003, 62 p.
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Publication: Boyle, S., De Anda, V., Koenig, K., O’Reilly, E., Schafer, M., Acoba, T., Dillon, A., Heenan, A., Oliver, T., Swanson, D., Vargas-Ángel, B., Weijerman, M., Williams, I., Wegley Kelly, L., & Brainard, R. (2017). Coral reef ecosystems of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument: a 2000–2016 overview. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-17-003, 62 p.
Related Links
- Project website
- Bren School deliverables: brief | poster | final report
Coming soon
- Forced labor and fisheries
- Innovative ocean financing