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Researchers, Staff & Collaborators

Biographies are presented below for SLOSEA affiliates whose information is not already presented somewhere else on the web.   To make contact via e-mail, please refer to the relevant entry on People page.

Lenora Brewer, BS Education:  B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California (2007). Major in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Marine Biology. Current Research:  Lenora is working with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to conduct testing on non-toxic hull coatings using laboratory assays and in situ testing in the Morro Bay harbor.  These coatings are designed to either prevent accumulation or to facilitate easy removal of biofouling using methods that are environmentally benign.  In addition, Lenora provides technical and logistical support for student research and manages all aspects of the Wendt research lab.  She is a trained boat operator and a certified AAUS Scientific Diver.

Jennifer Oquendo, PhD Education: Brown University, Sc.B. Aquatic Biology 1995; UC Davis, Ph.D. Ecology 2001. Current Research: The distribution and effects of 4-nonylphenol on estuarine organisms. We have found that the endocrine dispruptor 4-nonylphenol is widespread in estuaries along the west coast of North America.   Due to its hydrophobic tendencies, even small levels of nonylphenol entering the estuary can accumulate to high concentrations in the anaerobic sediment and livers of organisms.   Arrow gobies in Morro Bay have high levels of nonylphenol as well as gonadal tumors.   One of our aims is to influence regulation of inputs to estuaries that contain nonylphenol, such as wastewater and agricultural runoff.

John Steinbeck, MS John Steinbeck is Vice President & Principal Scientist at Tenera Environmental Inc.   John has an M.S. in Biological Sciences from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and has over 30 years experience as a professional environmental scientist.   He is the manager of the San Luis Obispo Tenera offices and for the past 20 years he has been the principal investigator and manager for the environmental monitoring conducted at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant under contract to Pacific Gas and Electric Company.   This program is one of the largest long-term marine environmental monitoring programs conducted in the United States.   He has also been involved in studies on the effects of cooling water intake systems at most of the coastal power plants in California and Hawaii.   Mr. Steinbeck combines a broad background of involvement in field and laboratory biology with extensive experience in data analysis and data management.   He has testified and made presentations in formal agency hearings and workshops on water quality issues, study design, and thermal and ecological modeling and has authored or co-authored several papers in scientific journals and numerous technical reports including a California Energy Commission report on methods for sampling and analysis of studies on the effects of power plant cooling water intake systems that is used as the guidelines for these studies for California resource agencies.