MEET OUR
WONDERFUL TEAM

FACULTY

CMDR's leaders are committed educators, scholars, and scientists who have devoted their careers to a trash-free ocean.

BRENDA JENSEN, PH.D

Dean, College of Natural and Computational Sciences
Professor of Biology

bjensen@hpu.edu

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JENNIFER LYNCH, Ph.D.

Co-Director
NIST Research Biologist

jennifer.lynch@nist.gov

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K. DAVID HYRENBACH, Ph.D.

Co-Director
Professor of Oceanography

khyrenbach@hpu.edu

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STAFF

KATHERINE SHAW, Ph.D.

NRC Post Doctoral Fellow

katherine.shaw@nist.gov

RAQUEL CORNIUK, M.S.

Research and Laboratory Technician
Social Media Manager

rcorniuk1@my.hpu.edu

CURRENT MEMBERS

RAY AIVAZIAN III

Seed.World Founder
Lynch Group

ray@seed.world

KELLIE TEAGUE

Graduate Student
Lynch Group

kteague@my.hpu.edu

JENNA KARR

Graduate Student
Lynch Group

ray@seed.world

ILANA NIMZ

Oikonos Visiting Researcher
Hyrenbach Group

nimz@oikonos.org