Our Team

Seth John, PhD

Director and Chief Scientist

Professor, University of Southern California, Earth Sciences

Emily Seelen, PhD

GEM Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Lisa Micheli, PhD

Strategic Partnerships

Jade Clemons

Director of Economic and Workforce Development at AltaSea

In June, an extraordinary group of oceanographers, marine ecologists and South Pacific leaders came together at the University of Southern California to discuss a co-designed scientific research plan to explore the Growing Oceans approach.