Erin M. Oleson

Erin M. Oleson received the Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA, in 2005. She is the Cetacean Research Program Leader at NOAAs Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, USA. Her research uses passive acoustic technology to augment, and in some cases replace, more standard cetacean survey methods. Dr. Oleson was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Obama in 2011 for her use of advanced technology to further NOAAs cetacean population assessment and bycatch mitigation efforts.