Chad Waluk
Faculty Research Assistant

Chad is a  jack of all trades who thinks he runs the lab. He builds things, programs things, analyzes data,and participates in field efforts.

Amanda Kaltenberg
Ph.D. Student

Amanda joined the lab in July 2005 though she'd been coming around for nearly a year before that. She completed her master's at Texas A&M applying acoustic techniques to sperm whale prey. She's involved in the epipelagic fish project, working to integrate various acoustic and optical techniques. Her primary interest is in the ecological role of schooling fish.

Neal McIntosh
M.S. Student

Neal is an new COAS student who started in the Fall of 2008. She's working on the ecology of forage fish in the Bering Sea.

Prospective Students

The research in my lab at Oregon State focuses on water-column ecology in both open and coastal marine environment. Students with an interest understanding ecological processes in the ocean at any trophic level are encouraged. Most of the work in my lab involves acoustical oceanographic techniques so students will need a solid background in physics. Computer programming skills are a plus.

For more information, see my letter to prospective students.

Pelagic Ecology Lab in Burt 328 (Wet lab in Burt 226)

Lab Alumni

Daniel Wisdom
Masters in Marine Resources Management, December 2008

Dan joined the lab in September of 2006. He used his engineering background to work on the development of a new sonar and to calibrate custom-built light meters. He used these new tools to address the role of light in fish behavior.