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Joseph Merz

Joseph Merz

Fisheries Biologist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Restoration Ecologist - President Cramer Fish Sciences

  • Education

    • California State University-Sacramento

      1991 - 1994
      M.S. Consevation Biology

      Activities and Societies: Davis Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Studied flow regulation effects on aquatic communities;Deans List

    • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

      1984 - 1989
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Environmental and Systematic BIology

      Activities and Societies: Cal Poly Wildlife Club Under-graduate studies

    • University of California, Davis

      2002 - 2004
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Conservation Ecology

      Activities and Societies: Davis Chapter of AFS Conservation Ecology

  • Experience

    • EBMUD

      Jan 1994 - Jan 2007
      Fisheries Biologist

      Helped develop fisheries monitoring program

    • California State University, Sacramento

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2007
      Part-time Faculty

      Instructor- Environmental Studies Department

    • Northwest Environmental Training Center

      Jan 2007 - now
      Instructor

      Instructor of Salmonid Ecology, Fish Passage, and Spawning Habitat Restoration courses

    • Cramer Fish Sciences

      Jul 2007 - now
      President/Principal Scientist in Restoration Ecology

      Vice-President of Cramer Fish Sciences-Leads a team of scientists and restoration experts that performs field and laboratory research and monitoring and provides technical advice to inform water policy and management of aquatic resources; Provides supervision and mentorship to students and researchers conducting analyses of ecological and geographical data for conservation and management of freshwater and anadromous ecosystems.

    • UC Santa Cruz

      Apr 2013 - now
      Adjunct Assistant Professor

      Teaches freshwater ecology and provides student advising

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fisheries Scientist American Fisheries Society

      American Fisheries Society

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Joseph Merz
      Scientific Excellence Award California Nevada Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Mar 2014
    • Awarded to Joseph Merz
      Publications Award - Co-Author Best Pulbication of 2009 American Fisheries Society - Transactions 2009 Each year one outstanding paper is selected from each of the society’s journals to receive this award.
    • Awarded to Joseph Merz
      Editor's Choice - Science Magazine Science Magazine 2006 ECOLOGY/EVOLUTION Subsidy from the Sea - Andrew M. SugdenScience 14 July 2006: 148. [DOI:10.1126/science.313.5784.148a]
    • Awarded to Joseph Merz
      Employee Excellence East Bay Municipal Utilities District 2005
    • Awarded to Joseph Merz
      Environmental Excellence East Bay Municipal Utility District 2004