Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory-Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
7544 Sandholdt Rd
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: 831-771-xxxx, where xxxx is the 4-digit extension you see listed
Email: ####@mlml.calstate.edu, where #### is the name you see listed
Fax: 831-771-4189

Rusty is the director of MPSL-MLML. He started MPSL out of the success of the Bay Protection and Toxic Cleanup Program (BPTCP). Rusty was a student at Moss Landing Marine Labs where he received his Master's Degree in 1992 studying the sampling and analysis of trace metals in sediment interstitial waters. Rusty's advisor was Dr. Ken Johnson. Prior to MLML, Rusty was an Aggie at Texas A&M.

Cass is currently the database manager for the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), but she also helps with other projects at MPSL-MLML. Cass received her Master's Degree in 1996 from Moss Landing Marine Labs. She worked with Dr. Mike Foster and studied light and plant orientation effects on the pigment and reproductive patterns of the alga Bossiella sp.. Before MLML, Cass attended Long Island University, Southampton College for her undergraduate degree.

Marco is the Logistics Coordinator for the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), but he also coordinates fish tissue sampling for the Regional Monitoring Program (RMP). Marco began working for MPSL in 2001. He came from Maryland where he worked with Dr. Greg Ruiz of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). Marco received his Master's Degree in 2000 from the University of Maryland where he studied larval transport into and out of marine protected areas (MPAs). Marco received his B.S. from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) where he also worked with Dr. Paul Dayton and Dr. Lisa Levin at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Mark is a database assistant for SWAMP, but he also helps out with the field work for other projects. Mark obtained his Master's Degree in 1999 from MLML. He studied factors affecting the abundance of the scleractinian coral Paracyathus stearnsii on subtidal rock walls on the central California coast. His advisor was Dr. Jim Nybakken. Mark also received his undergraduate degree from Fresno State University.

Erin joined MPSL in May 2004 as the Project Lead for the Introduced Species Study. Erin's expertise is in intertidal marine ecology. Prior to joining MPSL, she worked for four years with PISCO (Partnership for the Interdiciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans) at UC Santa Cruz. Erin was an original member of PISCO's Intertidal Biodiversity survey team (aka the 'SWAT' team) and later helped to run the intertidal lab and field portion of PISCO. Erin earned a Bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from UC Santa Cruz in 1999.

Ashleigh is currently a project assistant for the Introduced Species Study (ISS) looking for the presence/absence and abundance of non-indigenous species along the coast of California. Ashleigh received her Bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2003. She worked for PISCO (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans) Intertidal for three years while pursuing her undergraduate degree. While with PISCO Intertidal, Ashleigh worked on projects such as mussel growth and fecundity of the California mussel Mytilus californianus, as well as assisting in data collection in the recruitment of bivalves and barnacles along the central coast of California and water nutrient analysis. She also dove for PISCO Subtidal research doing fish and invert transects at various sites across Monterey Bay. Ashleigh has spent time doing thesis research in Moorea, French Polynesia, looking at the symbiotic relationship between Holothurians and Carapids, as well as working in Hawaii for a year doing diving for coral reef health assessment surveys in the main Hawaiian Islands chain.

Susan is currently a project assistant for the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) where she is responsible for loading data and confirming that basic QA/QC requirements are met. She is also the liason for the Department of Fish and Game Laboratories. Prior to joining MPSL, she worked for two years as an Analytical Chemist at ToxScan, Inc. in Watsonville, CA. Susan received her Master's Degree in Biology in 1996 from the Boston University Marine Program in Woods Hole, MA. She worked with Dr. Ivan Valiela and studied types of habitats in relation to exposure on the coastline of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Susan earned her B.A. in Biology in 1995 from Occidental College, Los Angeles

Stacey is currently a project assistant as well as QA specialist for the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) where she is responsible for QA/QC verification of the database, creation of internal SOPs, QA summary reports and QA narratives. She acts as database liaison for Regional Board personnel. Prior to joining MPSL-MLML, she worked for 10 years as Operations Manager/Senior Environmental Chemist at Laboratory Data Consultants, Inc. a third party data validation consulting firm in Carlsbad, CA. Prior to LDC, she worked for 5 years as Laboratory Supervisor and GC/MS analyst for Pacific Analytical in Carlsbad, CA. Stacey received her Bachelor's of Science Degree in Marine Biology in 1989 from the University of New England in Biddeford, ME.

George is currently project assistant for the Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). George received his A.A. Degree in Computer Information Systems - Systems Programming in 1994 from De Anza College in Cupertino, CA. He also received an A.S. Degree in Marine Science and Technology in 2004 from Monterey Peninsula College in Monterey, CA. Prior to joining MPSL-MLML, he worked for 18 years in the software technical support industry. One of his crowning achievements is a marine technician internship aboard the Research Vessel Seward Johnson in the Sargasso Sea.

Kyle came to MPSL in 2005 as a program assistant with the Introduced Species Study (ISS). There she was involved with field sampling and assisted with database design, implementation and quality control. Since then she has entered into the graduate program at MLML under Dr. Stacy Kim and is currently working part time as a database assistant for the SWAMP Program. Kyle received her Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of South Florida in 1999.

Brian joined the SWAMP Data team in 2007 as a programmer.

Zea joined the Introduced Species Study in 2006, performing independent research on introduction statuses of California species. She is also working on the new ISS Access database to handle all field collection, benthic lab and taxonomist-generated data. Additionally, she is responsible for creating a QA/QC system of database queries to perform thorough quality checks on all data entered into the database. She received her bachelors degree from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2000.