Management Committee

Robert Dunbar

Robert Dunbar is a member of the Center for Ocean Solutions Management Committee.  He is the William M. Keck Professor of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, and the Victoria P. and Roger W. Sant Director of the Earth Systems Program, the largest undergraduate and co-terminal masters program in the School of Earth Sciences.  More...

Stephen Monismith

Stephen Monismith is a member of the Management Committee at the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) and serves as the Center’s Interim Science Director.  As Chair of Stanford University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor Monismith's research and teaching apply fluid mechanics principles to the analysis of flow processes in lakes, estuaries and the oceans.  More...

Stephen Palumbi

Stephen Palumbi serves on the Management Committee of the Center for Ocean Solutions.  He is also the director of Hopkins Marine Station. Professor Palumbi's research focuses on genetics, evolution, conservation, population biology and systematics of a diverse array of marine organisms.  More...

Chris Scholin

Chris Scholin is the MBARI representative to the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) Management Committee, as well as a member of the COS Fellowship & Curriculum Committee.  Scholin is the President and CEO of MBARI.  More...

Michael Sutton

Michael Sutton is a member of the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) Management Committee, as well as the Fellowship & Curriculum Committee.  He is also Vice President of the Monterey Bay Aquarium where he directs the Center for the Future of the Oceans.  More...

Buzz Thompson

Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson is a member of the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS) Management Committee.  He is the Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, the Robert E. Paradise Professor in Natural Resources Law at Stanford Law School, and a leading expert in environmental and natural resources law and policy.  More...