Program leadership

Dr. Robert Malouf has been Director of Oregon Sea Grant and a Professor of Marine Fisheries at Oregon State University since 1991.  He has overall responsibility for all Sea Grant activities in Oregon, including competitive grants programs, the Visitor Center of OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center, and programs in communication, education and extension. Dr. Malouf, who earned a Ph.D. in Fisheries in 1977, was a member of the faculty of the Marine Sciences Research Center of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook from 1977 to 1987.  In 1987 he was named Director of the New York Sea Grant Institute, a position that he held until coming to Oregon Sea Grant. Dr. Malouf's area of technical expertise is in the biology and ecology of marine bivalve molluscs.  He has served as major advisor for 18 masters and 5 Ph.D. students. Dr. Malouf has been a member of a number of professional societies for many years, and he served as President of the National Shellfisheries Association and of the Council of Sea Grant Directors.

Current projects include: Sea Grant professorship in free-choice learning/ocean and science literacy; member of Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council; chair of the Council's Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee; one of four permanent members of the Oregon's multi-agency Invasive Species Council. 

Jay Rasmussen leads a team of 20 Extension faculty and numerous support staff in addressing critical marine and coastal issues through proven outreach methods. An historian by education, with a Master's from the University of Utah, he served for 17 years as executive director of the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association before joining Sea Grant in 1996. He is a past chair of the National Sea Grant executive committee and the Assembly of Extension Sea Grant Program Leaders.

A science writer by profession, Joe Cone has been with Oregon Sea Grant since 1983, and over the years he's written and edited books, shot and edited movies and photographs, designed graphics, authored DVDs, and had the great pleasure of working with talented and dedicated colleagues who care about the Oregon coast and ocean.

Current projects include include: Sea Grant video production; use of new technology to communicate about science; the history and sociology of the Northwest salmon crisis.

Sea Grant publications and videos include: Celilo Falls and the Remaking of the Columbia River; Wave Energy; Fire Under the Sea

Evelyn Paret has been Sea Grant's fiscal manager since 1998, and it operations manager since 2001. She provides leadership, oversight, and management of the fiscal and human resource administrative operations of  the program. She also oversees our Webnibus online grants management system.

Evelyn is a founding member of the Oregon State University Research Administrators Network, and an active member of the Oregon State Centers, Institutes and Programs Accounting Group, and the 2005 recipient of OSU's Karel J. Murphy Professional Faculty and Leadership Award

Current projects include: Vice chair and chair-elect, National Sea Grant Fiscal Officers Network

A 23-year veteran of Oregon State University service, Program Associate Peggy Harris joined Oregon Sea Grant a little over 15 years ago. With the help of an outstanding support staff, she keeps the engines running for Sea Grant Extension, overseeing a fiscal, human resource, and program accounting operations. Peggy works closely with Extension faculty and leadership on program planning and implementation, impact accountability, and program reporting, and takes a lead role on a variety of special projects.