SCCWRP scientific staff serve in leadership capacities for a wide variety of professional societies, advisory committees and peer-reviewed journals. These leadership roles provide an opportunity for SCCWRP to work toward building broad scientific consensus on emerging research, and to effectively incorporate scientific findings into decision-making and policy development. SCCWRP staff held 151 such leadership roles in 2022.
Advisory Committees
National and International
Genome Canada
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Member, College of Reviewers, Genomic Solutions for Natural Resources and the Environment
Global Water Research Coalition
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Technical Advisory Committee Member, Effect-Based Monitoring in Water Safety Planning
National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
National Harmful Algal Bloom Committee
Dr. Jayme Smith, Voting Member
Dr. Jayme Smith, Organizing Committee Member, US HAB Symposium
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Science Advisory Board
National Stormwater Research Council
Kenneth Schiff, Member
U.S. Army
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Army Science Advisory Board/Environmental Advisory Board
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Watershed Assessment Committee
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Committee on Advanced Training in Compensatory Mitigation
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, National Estuarine Bioassessment Workgroup
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee
U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Member, Rapid eDNA Assessment Technical Advisory Team
Water Research Foundation
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Member, CEC Issue Area Team
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Advisory Committee Member, Microplastics in Water
State and Regional
Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Technical Advisor, Bay Area Regional Monitoring Coalition
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Statewide Trash Assessment Technical Advisory Committee
California Ocean Protection Council
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Science Advisory Team
California State Lands Commission
Dr. John Griffith, Member, Technical Advisory Group, Marine Invasive Species Program
California Water Quality Monitoring Council
Ken Schiff, Alternate Member
Dr. Jayme Smith, Co-Chair, California Cyanobacterial and Harmful Algal Bloom (CCHAB) Network
Dr. Joshua Steele, Chair, Wastewater Based Epidemiology Committee
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Environmental Flows Workgroup
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Healthy Watersheds Partnership
Dr, Eric Stein, Member, California Wetlands Monitoring Workgroup
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Estuary Monitoring Workgroup
Dr. Kris Taniguchi-Quan, Member, Environmental Flows Workgroup
Dr. Kris Taniguchi-Quan, Member, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Workgroup
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Co-Chair, Molecular Methods Workgroup
Dr. Leah Thornton Hampton, Member, Microplastics Subcommittee
Dr. Jan Walker, Member, Estuary Monitoring Workgroup
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member
National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Science Review Panel Member, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Science Advisor
Dr. Martha Sutula, Science Advisor
Dr. Christina Frieder, Science Advisor
State of Oregon Stormwater Technology Testing Center
Dr. Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Member, Advisory Committee
Public Policy Institute of California
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Water Policy Center Research Network
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Governing Board Member
Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition
Ken Schiff, Co-Chair, Executive Committee
Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Science Advisory Panel
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, Science Advisory Panel
Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Bioassessment Workgroup
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Round Table
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Round Table
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Member, Bioassessment Workgroup
University of California Sea Grant
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Advisory Council
University of Southern California Sea Grant
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Advisory Board
University of Washington
Dr. Martha Sutula, Science Advisor, Puget Sound Institute, Center for Urban Waters
West Coast Ocean Partnership/West Coast Regional Planning Body
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Co-Chair, West Coast Ocean Data Portal
Local and Project Level
CALeDNA Protecting Our River
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Member, Technical Advisory Committee
City of Imperial Beach
Dr. Kristine Taniguchi-Quan, Technical Advisory Committee Member, Tijuana River Sediment Management Work Plan and Monitoring Program
City of Los Angeles
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Technical Advisory Committee Member, City of Los Angeles Biodiversity Index Team
Dr. Eric Stein, Technical Advisory Committee Member, City of Los Angeles Biodiversity Index Team
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Dr. Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Member, Technical Advisory Committee and Monitoring Subcommittee, Groundwater/Low Impact Development Strategic Planning Group
Ken Schiff, Technical Advisory Committee Member, Dominguez Channel Emergency Response
County of San Diego Watershed Protection Program
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Regional Water Quality Equivalency Guidance Document
Elkhorn Slough Tidal Wetland Project
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, Water Quality Working Group
Genome British Columbia iTrackDNA Project
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Member, Research Oversight Committee
Integral Corporation
Dr. Faycal Kessouri, Technical Advisory Committee Member, Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on the California Upwelling Ecosystem
King County, Washington
Ken Schiff, Member, Water Quality Benefits Evaluation Advisory Committee
Laguna Oceans Foundation
Dr. Eric Stein, Chair, Science Advisory Team, Aliso Creek Estuary Restoration
Dr. Jan Walker, Member, Science Advisory Team, Aliso Creek Estuary Restoration
Los Angeles River Watershed Monitoring Group
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Technical Advisory Group
Los Angeles Freshwater Mussel Restoration Project
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Technical Advisory Group
Los Cerritos Wetland Conservation Authority
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Los Cerritos Wetland Restoration Technical Advisory Committee
Loyola Marymount University
Dr. Eric Stein, Academic Science Advisory Committee Member, Center for Urban Resilience
Malibu Lagoon Restoration
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, Technical Advisory Committee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant
Dr. Charles Wong, Member, Technical Review Panel
National Parks Service
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Technical Advisory Group, Mediterranean Coast Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
The Nature Conservancy
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Coastal Conservation Assessment Science Panel
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Southern California Greenprint Advisory Committee
Ormond Beach Wetland Restoration
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Technical Advisory Committee
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, Technical Advisory Committee
San Diego Association of Governments
Dr. Eric Stein, Coordinator, Scientific Advisory Committee, Resource Enhancement and Mitigation Program
San Diego Climate Science Alliance
Dr. Eric Stein, Member of the Fourth Climate Assessment Workgroup
San Francisco Estuary Institute
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Member, Emerging Contaminants Workgroup
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Technical Advisory Team, Bay Area Modified Channels Project
Dr. Jayme Smith, Member of the San Francisco Bay Harmful Algae Data Analysis Expert Group
Dr. Martha Sutula, Chair, Nutrient Numerical Modeling Expert Review Committee
Dr. Martha Sutula, Science Advisor, San Francisco Nutrient Management Strategy Assessment Framework Development
San Gabriel River Regional Monitoring Program
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Technical Guidance Committee
Santa Monica Mountains Resources Conservation District
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Topanga Lagoon Restoration Technical Advisory Committee
Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Member, Technical Advisory Committee
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Technical Advisory Committee
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Science Advisory Team, Tidal Restoration Program
Dr. Martha Sutula, Member, Science Advisory Team, Tidal Restoration Program
University of Delaware
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Dean’s Advisory Council, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment
University of Manitoba
Dr. Charles Wong, Member, Expert Advisory Board, Environmental Science and Environmental Studies Program
University of New Hampshire Sea Grant
Dr. Charles Wong, Member, Technical Review Panel, Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Coastal and Estuarine Areas of the U.S. East Coast
U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
Ken Schiff, Member, Pulsed Stormwater Toxicity Advisory Committee
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Hydrology Technical Advisory Committee
Vanguard University
Dr. Jayme Smith, Member, Science and Pre-Engineering Advisory Council
Water Research Foundation
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Project Advisory Committee Member, Development of Standard Operating Procedures for the Collection, Storage, and Extraction of Aqueous Samples for In Vitro Bioanalytical Screening (4828)
Journal Editorships
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Dr. John Griffith, Editorial Board Member
Chemosphere
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Editor, Toxicology and Risk Assessment Section
Dr. Charles Wong, Managing Guest Editor, Methods for Detection and Quantification of Microplastics
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
Dr. Charles Wong, Associate Editor
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Dr. Martha Sutula, Associate Editor
Environmental DNA
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Guest Editor
Environmental Pollution
Dr. Charles Wong, Associate Editor
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Editorial Board Member
Environmental Science & Technology Letters
Dr. Alvina Mehinto, Associate Editor
Dr. Charles Wong, Editorial Board Member
Freshwater Biology
Dr. Eric Stein, Co-Editor, Special Issue on Environmental Flows
Freshwater Science
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Associate Editor
Frontiers in Environmental Science
Dr. Eric Stein, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science: Freshwater Science
Dr. Eric Stein, Topic Editor, Environmental Flows in an Uncertain Future Research
Frontiers in Microbiology
Dr. Joshua Steele, Associate Editor, Aquatic Microbiology
Dr. Joshua Steele, Review Editor, Microbiotechnology
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Dr. John Griffith, Editorial Board Member
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Dr. Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Associate Editor
Dr. Joshua Steele, Guest Editor, Pathogens and Fecal Indicators in Stormwater
Macroplastics and Nanoplastics
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Guest Editor, Microplastics Health Effects
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Ken Schiff, Associate Editor
Water
Dr. Eric Stein, Editorial Board Member
Dr. Eric Stein, Associate Editor, Hydrology and Hydroecology Section
Professional Societies
American Society for Microbiology
Dr. Joshua Steele, Division Councilor, General and Applied Microbiology Division
Dr. Joshua Steele, Councilor, Council on Microbial Sciences
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Dr. Kris Taniguchi-Quan, Board Member, Pacific Southwest Region
American Water Works Association
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Member, Biological Examination Standard Methods Committee
California Estuarine Research Society
Minna Ho, Board Member-at-Large
Dr. Jan Walker, Board Member-at-Large
Center for Watershed Protection
Ken Schiff, Planning Committee Member, National Stormwater Conference
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Scott Martindale, Editorial Board Member, Coastal and Estuarine Science News
Joint Committee on Urban Drainage
Dr. Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Chair, International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling
National Association of Marine Laboratories
Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Board Member
North American Lake Management Society
Dr. Karen McLaughlin, Planning Committee Member, National Monitoring Conference
Dr. Karen McLaughlin, Program Committee Member, National Monitoring Conference
Pacific Northwest Consortium on Plastics
Dr. Leah Thornton Hampton, Member
Society for Freshwater Science
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Secretary, California Chapter
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Member, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force
Dr. Katie Irving, Member, Early Career Committee
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Darrin Greenstein, Steering Committee Member, North America Aquatic Toxicity Testing Interest Group
Ken Schiff, Member, Whole Effluent Testing Advisory Technical Committee and Interest Group
Dr. Leah Thornton Hampton, Member, Microplastics Interest Group
Society of Wetland Scientists
Dr. Eric Stein, Past President, Western Chapter
Dr. Eric Stein, Member, Ways and Means Committee
Student Thesis/Dissertation Committees
California State University, Bakersfield
Dr. Charles Wong, Master’s Committee of Amy Fetters
California State University, Long Beach
Dr. Jan Walker, Master’s Committee of David Boehmer
California State University, Monterey Bay
Dr. Raphael Mazor, Master’s Committee of Emma Debasitis
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Master’s Committee of Shawn Melendy
California State University, San Diego
Dr. Eric Stein, Master’s Committee of Kelly FIint
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Dr. Charles Wong, Supervisor, Ph.D. Committee of Aura Ledezma Espinoza
Jinan University, China
Dr. Charles Wong, Supervisor, Ph.D. Committee of He Zixuan
Monash University, Australia
Dr. Charles Wong, Ph.D. Committee of Chuyen Phung Khanh
Texas Christian University
Dr. Leah Thornton Hampton, Ph.D. Committee of Rashidat Jimoh
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Susanna Theroux, Ph.D. Committee of Ashton Bandy
University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Eric Stein, Ph.D. Committee of Jennifer Taylor
University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Charles Wong, Supervisor, Ph.D. Committee of Luis Chaves Barquero
Dr. Charles Wong, Master’s Committee of Carlie Lau