Biological Technician

B.S. Environmental Biology

Portland, Oregon

John is a Biological Technician with a broad range of field experience. He has experience in fish monitoring techniques and population dynamic analyses, including PIT tagging, gill net sampling, mark-and-recapture studies, line-transect distance sampling, and acoustic telemetry. With over a decade of boating experience on oceans, lakes, and rivers throughout the Pacific Northwest, John has honed his skills in identifying Oregon’s diverse fish populations. John has experience collaborating with a diverse array of partners, some of which include private landowners, watershed councils, federal agencies, and tribes. John graduated from Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR, with a B.S. in Environmental Biology. Most recently, John worked at Cramer Fish Sciences as a field lead, focusing on capturing the behavior and survival of emigrating juvenile spring chinook salmon from the Hood River into the Columbia River using acoustic telemetry. He is now pursuing an M.S. in Fisheries Science at Oregon State University, starting in the fall of 2024.