Education
- B.S. Environmental Science, University of Mary Washington (USA), 2010
- M.S. Marine Science, University of South Carolina (USA), 2013
- Ph.D. Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science, University of Maryland (USA), 2021
Current and Previous Appointments
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Natural History Museum, London, UK (2022 – present)
- Science Officer, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, IOC-UNESCO, (2021 – 2022)
- Senior Research Assistant, Arctic Research Lab at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, (2017 – 2021)
- Marine Science Planner, US Antarctic Program, NSF Polar Programs/Leidos (2015 – 2017)
- Program Analyst, International Activities Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Research (2015)
- Explorer-in-Training, NOAA/UCAR (2015)
- Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Research, National Sea Grant Program (2014)
- Research Assistant, Beach and Dune Laboratory, University of South Carolina (2011 – 2013)
Current Projects
- NGPlastics, Canada – Inuit Nunangat – UK Arctic Research Programme 2021 – 2025 (CINUK), NERC funded
- SEARCH Co-production Team Member, Drivers and Ecological Consequences of Arctic Environmental Change, NSF-funded, 2022 – 2027
- IARPC Collaborations Co-lead, Early Career Forum, 2019 – 2022
- Distributed Biological Observatory, graduate researcher, funded by NSF and NOAA, team member from 2017 – 2021
Dr. Chelsea Wegner Koch 