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Coastal Dumpsite Experts
UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has a variety of scientific expertise related to observing, understanding, and mitigating the industrial waste dumpsite in the San Pedro Basin. If you are a reporter interested in contacting these researchers to schedule an interview, or are interested in securing a speaker to discuss this issue at an upcoming event, please email scrippsnews@ucsd.edu.
![Lihini Aluwihare](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-05/aluwihare_lihini.jpg?itok=6ABQ5pdw)
Lihini Aluwihare
Professor, Chemical Oceanographer
Identifying and characterizing chemical fingerprints of anthopogenic pollutants
![Anela Choy](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/20190925_choy-18-2.jpg?itok=e39r49dQ)
Anela Choy
Assistant Professor, Biological Oceanographer
Trophic tracing of contaminants through pelagic food webs
![Sarah Gille](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/gille_sarah_2015_headshot.jpg?itok=SEkvMF4O)
Sarah Gille
Professor, Physical Oceanographer
Ocean current modeling to understand physics of the seafloor and bottom transport and dispersal of contaminants
![amro hamdoun](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/hamdoun_amro.jpg?itok=Nadcb-z3)
Amro Hamdoun
Professor, Developmental Biologist and Environmental Toxicologist
Molecular studies of legacy and emerging persistent organic pollutants
![Jensen](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/exp_A_JensenLab10-007.jpg?itok=bmSrErq_)
Paul Jensen
Professor, Research Microbiologist
Use of metagenomics to analyze role of microbes in breaking down chemical compounds, analysis of microbial community composition
![Sophia Merrifield](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/merrifield_sophia.jpg?itok=ah0DUsqa)
Sophia Merrifield
Assistant Researcher, Physical Oceanographer
Data analytics and machine learning to classify targets on the seafloor
![Carlos Neira](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/neira_carlos.jpg?itok=jB8D1uGT)
Carlos Neira
Senior Project Scientist
Contaminant influence on benthic invertebrate communities, and body burden
![Amina Schartup](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/schartup_amina_400_0.jpg?itok=k6oIj495)
Amina Schartup
Assistant Professor, Biogeochemist
Food web bioaccumulation modeling to understand how contaminants end up in marine species
![Brice Semmens](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/semmens_brice.jpg?itok=8OpHDjcM)
Brice Semmens
Associate Professor, Director of CalCOFI, Marine Biologist
Time series analysis of biological samples from the Scripps Oceanographic Collections to trace for contaminant levels
![Uwe Send](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/send_web.jpg?itok=pambLYH6)
Uwe Send
Professor, Physical Oceanographer
Coastal circulation processes and physical-biogeochemical and ecosystem interactions
![Eric Terrill](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-05/terrill_eric.jpg?itok=FZp4jZMP)
Eric Terrill
Director of Marine Physical Laboratory, Physical Oceanographer
Ocean robotics expertise to conduct wide area surveys to detect objects on the seafloor
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