Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Pamela Lewis
is the administrative coordinator with the Ocean Studies Board. She joined the
Academies in 1997 as a program assistant working in the Division on Engineering and Physical
Sciences (DEPS), Board on Army Science and Technology and the Air Force Studies Board. She
received a promotion to program associate in DEPS with the Board on Physics and Astronomy,
where she was a recipient of a DEPS Staff Award. Ms. Lewis attended Berkeley-Claremont Busi-
ness School in New York City, majoring in business management. Prior to going to the Acad-
emies, she was employed as an ofice manager at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Sherrie Forrest
is a research associate on the Ocean Studies Board and Board on Science
Education at the National Research Council. She graduated from the Institute of Marine and
Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University with an M.S. in oceanography in May 2008. Her gradu-
ate work employed molecular techniques to explore oceanic nitrogen and iron budgets using
quantitative analysis of an essential physiological structure. Ms. Forrest also has a B.A. in English
from Pepperdine University. Before transitioning to science, she worked in development and
production of feature ilms and documentaries in both California and New York. More recently,
she worked as a freelance science writer for Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Jeremy Justice
is a senior program assistant with the Ocean Studies Board. He earned a B.A. in
international and area studies from the University of Oklahoma in 2008. Since joining the staff
in October 2008, Mr. Justice has worked on
Science at Sea: Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals
with a Robust Academic Research Fleet
,
Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture
,
and
Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends
, in addition to this report.
Helena Antoun
was a
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow (Fall 2009).
She holds a master's degree in marine sciences from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag�ez
and a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences and chemistry from the University of Puerto
Rico-Rio Piedras. As part of her graduate research, she participated in oceanographic expedi-
tions in the Caribbean, studying the impacts of the Orinoco River plume and mesoscale eddies
on phytoplankton dynamics. She has also been involved in different projects ranging from
environmental pollution to impact assessment of climate change in the Caribbean and ocean
acidiication. Ms. Antoun is currently working with the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico.
Ian Brosnan
was a Christine A. Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow on the
Ocean Studies Board (Winter 2010). A former U.S. Coast Guard oficer, his service included com-
mand of the Coast Guard Cutter Cobia and liaison to members of the U.S. Congress. He received
his master's degreein marine affairs from the University of Washington in 2010 and is presently
pursuing a Ph.D. at Cornell University. His research centers around the use of advanced tagging
and tracking technologies to address marine conservation concerns in the Paciic.