Dr. Michelle Paddack

Senior Conservation Scientist

OPOR Board Member

Co-Founder of One People One Reef
Professor & Department Chair in Biological Sciences at Santa Barbara City College, California
Expedition Leader with the Oceanic Society
Fish Biologist – Food webs, & Herbivores
Benthic Ecology
Explores the structure & sustentation of reef communities through statistical & meta-analytical analysis of long-term, large-scale ecological interactions between fish and their environment
Provides tangible scientific and educational inputs toward creating sustainable management and conservation of marine ecosystems
Ph.D.(Marine Science): Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
M.Sc. (Marine Science): University of California at Santa Cruz
B.A. (Marine Biology), University of California at Santa Cruz