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Christina Swanson, Ph.D.
swanson@bay.org
Christina Swanson was appointed Executive Director of The Bay Institute in 2008, after previously serving as the organization's Senior Scientist. She also serves as The Bay Institute's Chief Scientist.
Before joining The Bay Institute in 1999, Dr. Swanson spent eight years as a researcher at the University of California, Davis, working with Sacramento-San Joaquin watershed fishes. She has an extensive background in fish biology, aquatic ecology, conservation biology, and ecosystem restoration and specific expertise in environmental biology of fishes, fish protection and passage, and aquaculture. Dr. Swanson has conducted applied research and published numerous scientific journal articles and technical memoranda on habitat requirements and environmental management of delta smelt, splittail and Chinook salmon, impacts of water diversions on native fishes, and development of fish screen design and operational criteria.
As The Bay Institute's Senior Scientist, Dr. Swanson was engaged in analyzing the effects of water management operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin on fisheries resources and the ecosystem; developing and evaluating habitat and fisheries restoration efforts as part of The Bay Institute's San Joaquin River Restoration Initiative; and developing the Flow, Fish, and Fishable-Swimmable-Drinkable components of the Bay-Delta Ecological Scorecard. Dr. Swanson is principal author for The Bay Institute's State of the Environmental Water Account Reports (2001, 2002), the Ecological Scorecard San Francisco Bay Index (2003), and the Year in Water (2004). In 2003, she was appointed by NOAA Fisheries to the Central Valley Technical Recovery Team, a team of scientists charged with developing recovery criteria and strategies for Endangered Species Act-listed salmonids in the watershed. She also serves on the California Bay-Delta Authority's Adaptive Management Planning Team for Delta ecosystem restoration. In 2003, she was awarded the Distinguished Professional Achievement Award by the California-Nevada chapter of the American Fisheries Society and elected President of the chapter (2004-2005). In addition to her work in the Sacramento-San Joaquin system, Dr. Swanson has worked and conducted research on marine and estuarine fishes in Hawaii, the Philippines, and other areas in California. Through a part-time appointment at UC Davis, she also continues her research on fish screens and lectures in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology.
swanson@bay.orgChristina Swanson was appointed Executive Director of The Bay Institute in 2008, after previously serving as the organization's Senior Scientist. She also serves as The Bay Institute's Chief Scientist.
Before joining The Bay Institute in 1999, Dr. Swanson spent eight years as a researcher at the University of California, Davis, working with Sacramento-San Joaquin watershed fishes. She has an extensive background in fish biology, aquatic ecology, conservation biology, and ecosystem restoration and specific expertise in environmental biology of fishes, fish protection and passage, and aquaculture. Dr. Swanson has conducted applied research and published numerous scientific journal articles and technical memoranda on habitat requirements and environmental management of delta smelt, splittail and Chinook salmon, impacts of water diversions on native fishes, and development of fish screen design and operational criteria.
As The Bay Institute's Senior Scientist, Dr. Swanson was engaged in analyzing the effects of water management operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin on fisheries resources and the ecosystem; developing and evaluating habitat and fisheries restoration efforts as part of The Bay Institute's San Joaquin River Restoration Initiative; and developing the Flow, Fish, and Fishable-Swimmable-Drinkable components of the Bay-Delta Ecological Scorecard. Dr. Swanson is principal author for The Bay Institute's State of the Environmental Water Account Reports (2001, 2002), the Ecological Scorecard San Francisco Bay Index (2003), and the Year in Water (2004). In 2003, she was appointed by NOAA Fisheries to the Central Valley Technical Recovery Team, a team of scientists charged with developing recovery criteria and strategies for Endangered Species Act-listed salmonids in the watershed. She also serves on the California Bay-Delta Authority's Adaptive Management Planning Team for Delta ecosystem restoration. In 2003, she was awarded the Distinguished Professional Achievement Award by the California-Nevada chapter of the American Fisheries Society and elected President of the chapter (2004-2005). In addition to her work in the Sacramento-San Joaquin system, Dr. Swanson has worked and conducted research on marine and estuarine fishes in Hawaii, the Philippines, and other areas in California. Through a part-time appointment at UC Davis, she also continues her research on fish screens and lectures in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology.
