Previous work & experience
  
     
     

RECENT (2008) CONTRACTS
ORGANIZATION PROJECT TYPE DURATION
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group Scientific diving 2 weeks
ForestPark Lands, LLC Cartography & graphic design 6 months (on-going)
Puget Sound Restoration Fund Outreach coordination 1 year (on-going)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Oceanography field work 2 weeks
Smithsonian Marine Station Scientific diving & aquarium / experimental setup (coral spawning) 1 week
The Nature Conservancy

Graphic Design

 3 weeks

University of Washington

- Carolyn Friedman

- Glenn van Blaricom

- Tim Essington

Aquaculture, scientific diving & graphic design for outreach

Graphic design for outreach

Data analysis & database design

4 months (on-going)

1 week (on-going)

6 months
Virginia Commonwealth University Graphic design (conceptual diagram for manuscript) 1 week
EDUCATION

M.S. Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; University of Washington Seattle; June 2007

B.S. Chemistry, highest honors; University of California Santa Barbara; June 2000

COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES
R / S-Plus Visual Basic for Excel Photoshop CS3 Fireworks CS3
ArcGIS Access InDesign CS3 Flash CS3
MS Office PC & Mac OS Dreamweaver CS3  
       
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
J.T. Watson, C. E. Lennert-Cody, T. E. Essington, and M. A. Hall. Trade-offs in the design of fishery closures: silky shark bycatch management in the eastern Pacific Ocean tuna purse seine fishery.  Conservation Biology: In Press.
Watson, Jordan. The west coast abalone decline. Northwest Dive News. In Press.
Watson, J. T. 2007. Trade-offs in the design of fishery closures: silky shark bycatch management in the eastern Pacific Ocean tuna purse
seine fishery. University of Washington, Seattle. Masters Thesis.
Watson, J. T.  “Shark bycatch in the Eastern Pacific tuna purse seine fishery: Fishery management for the latest FAD”, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Quantitative Seminar Series.  17 Nov. 2006.
Watson, Jordan. In Search of the Vietnamese Pancake. www.pilotguides.com. 2005
Watson, J.T. 2004.  Soil Science: An Introduction to the soils of Cambodia. Maharishi Vedic University, Cambodia. 60 pps.

Watson, J.T. 2004. Principles of Soil Care. Maharishi Vedic University, Cambodia. 46 pps.
Moderator, Participatory Rural Appraisal (2 day workshop). Epau Village, Vanuatu.  2003
Han, Y.J.,  J.T. Watson, G.D. Stucky, A. Butler. 2002.  Catalytic activity of mesoporous silicate-immobilized chloroperoxidase.  J. Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 17: 1-8.
Watson J. T., M.A. Saito, J.W. Moffett.  pH dependent oxidation kinetics of cobalt-EDTA complexes. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Seminar, 09/1999.
DIVING
    As an AAUS research diver since 1998, I have dove in various capacities with:
    • Catalina Island Marine Institute
    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • United States Antarctic Program
    • Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    • University of Washington
    • Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
    • Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
    • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute / Mote Marine Laboratory

    Underwater activites have included hydraulic drilling / coring (corals), line transects for fish and invertebrates, video transects, animal collection, SCUBA instruction, instrument deployment & recovery.

    Relevant certifications & training:

    • NAUI SCUBA Instructor
    • IANTD Nitrox Diver
    • DAN O2 provider
    • AAUS scientific diver
    • Santa Barbara City College Recreational Diving Specialist and Marine Diving Technology training
    • SCUBA equipment repair
    • PSI SCUBA Cylinder Inspection